What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Cook position at UB Campus Dining & Shops?
Salary Range: Starting Rate: $19.48/hr
Looking to take your Culinary Career to the next level?Working within Campus Dining and Three Pillars Catering, you’ll find tremendous opportunities to grow, both personally and professionally. From industry/collegiate conferences to national culinary competitions, our employees are given the chance to really hone their skills/talents.
Lead Cook Position Summary:
Providing quality meals to students, faculty, staff and visitors in a timely manner with an emphasis on customer service. Oversee and ensure production and prep sheets in high volume operations are being completed and will assist with executing and delegating tasks. Must be able to follow standardized recipes and cook in large quantities/batches. This position requires teamwork, communication skills, and multi-tasking abilities.
Job Assignments
- Minimum 3 years professional cooking experience needed, showcasing multiple cooking techniques including but not limited to; sautéing, roasting, frying, broiling, braising, steaming, stewing, cold food production, and food presentation.
- Ability to slice/portion meats and cheese, set up/break down and sanitize slicer daily, IF APPLICABLE
- Must have excellent customer service skills.
- Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in professional knife-handling skills.
- Experience in following standardized recipes.
- Experience at organizing and maintaining kitchen workstations.
- Experience in safe food handling, preventing food-borne illness, and sanitation techniques.
- Ability to correctly identify product.
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Crossroads Culiniary Center, 3 Frontier Drive, Amherst, NY 14261 (UB's North Campus)
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