Experienced Cooks - Ann Arbor

The Opportunity

Slows Bar BQ Ann Arbor is now interviewing experienced Line Cooks to join our new location at 207 E Washington. It is your job to make sure that our guests receive the consistent, high quality food that we have built our business on. You will become a part of the team serving some of the best food in Michigan. This is a great opportunity for eager and experienced, highly organized professionals.

Responsibilities:

• Executes customer orders quickly and efficiently providing consistently excellent quality in all meals served.
• Properly measures and portions all food items according to standards.
• Complies with all rules, policies and procedures.
• Work with the kitchen team in preparing, cooking, and storing food, as well as in maintaining kitchen and storage facilities in sanitary condition.
• Utilizes kitchen equipment to prepare food items such as: knives, slicers, whips, pots, pans, warmers, steamers, grills, ovens, etc.
• Ensures and records proper food temperatures.
• Ensures all food is stored correctly.
• Ensures freshness and quality of all menu items and packages all products to proper specifications. Completes line check procedure for each shift worked.
• Performs opening, closing and side work duties as instructed and according to proper guidelines.
• Keeps workstation, coolers and equipment clean, organized, sanitized, and sufficiently stocked. Communicates with Kitchen management about stock needs.
• Follows and upholds all health codes and sanitation regulations.
• Uses waste control guidelines and records all waste on the Waste Sheet.
• Completes end of shift Hot Count inventory and other opening/closing duties in accordance with company checklists and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year previous experience in a back-of-the-house foodservice position preferred.
• Participation in a culinary program is preferred.
• ServSafe certification is preferred.
• Ability to read and comprehend prep sheets and recipes.
• Basic math skills; ability to understand, calculate and follow recipe measurements and proportions.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to chop, mix, blend, whip etc. a variety of foods and liquids.
• Ability to lift and carry large pans from ovens or freezers, weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to handle or operate dangerous kitchen equipment.
• Standing and walking for the entire length of shift.
• Frequently required to reach up to 6-7 feet, twist at waist, bending and squatting
• Pushing and pulling occasionally, to move equipment, mops and brooms.
• Kitchen environment - noise levels may be moderate-to-high.
• Works frequently in a hot and damp environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year previous experience in a back-of-the-house foodservice position preferred.
• Participation in a culinary program is preferred.
• ServSafe certification is preferred.
• Ability to read and comprehend prep sheets and recipes.
• Basic math skills; ability to understand, calculate and follow recipe measurements and proportions.
• Clean driving record preferred

Physical Requirements

• Ability to chop, mix, blend, whip etc. a variety of foods and liquids.
• Ability to lift and carry large pans from ovens or freezers, weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to handle or operate dangerous kitchen equipment.
• Standing and walking for the entire length of shift.
• Frequently required to reach up to 6-7 feet, twist at waist, bending and squatting
• Pushing and pulling occasionally, to move equipment, mops and brooms.
• Kitchen environment - noise levels may be moderate-to-high.
• Works frequently in a hot and damp environment.

Benefits:
• Flexible schedule and opportunity for advancement.
• Medical and Dental available to full-time employees