What are the responsibilities and job description for the AM Cook position at Upland Brewing Company?
Reports To: Restaurant General Manager
Location: Castle Rock, Colorado
Salary: $18.00 hourly
Major Objectives:
- Cook all menu items to order in accordance with recipes and company standards.
- Prepare all items on the prep list – consistently use culinary skills to prep and stock the line.
- Receive and put away orders, rotate product and break down boxes.
- Clean as you work and maintain a clean working station, person, and kitchen.
- Work within company, local, and state regulatory requirements.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Proactively work to keep kitchen operations running smoothly.
- Prepare food using recipes and menu items according to records.
- Prepare and stock food according to company standards.
- Maintain a clean and sanitary environment by cleaning as you work, sweeping floors, wiping prep areas, and completing side work and beautification.
- Wash and clean the kitchen, dishes, cooking utensils and equipment.
- Ensure that company, food, safety, and hygiene standards are met.
- Practice good time management skills with the guest experience in mind.
- Cook, prep, rotate, and stock items needed to begin the shift and continually update throughout the shift. Work within the prep list and company standards and practice FIFO.
- Maintain equipment health by cleaning, troubleshooting, and communicating needs to management.
- Follow intended procedures for equipment use and check equipment daily.
- Any other duties/tasks as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Be able to reach, bend, stop and frequently lift, push, and pull up to 50 pounds.
- Be able to work in a standing position for long periods of time and in fluctuating temperatures due to the need to enter the freezer, be on the cooking line, and outdoors on the patio space.
- Be 18 years of age
- Ability to pass menu and recipe tests with reasonable amount of preparation time.
- Proven experience working as a cook or similar role.
- Ability to actively listen, thrive in a team environment, and manage time.
- Flexibility in frequently changing tasks.
- Willingness to follow instructions and ask questions seeking clarification if needed.
- Initiative to continually expand knowledge regarding food preparation and trends.
- Hands on experience with commercial cooking equipment.
- Knife skills and knowledge of cutting and cooking methods and best practices.
- Standard knowledge regarding butchering, kitchen equipment, receiving practices, mandated regulations, and recipe adherence.
- Aptitude for multi-tasking
Prerequisites:
- Consistently detail oriented
- Strong organization skills
- Ability to recognize personal shortcomings
- Excellent verbal and writing skills
- Ability to listen and understand intents and goals
- Ability to think creatively and with innovation Pre-Prerequisites:
- Positive attitude
- Highly organized and efficient multi-tasker
- Relentless problem-solving skills
- Will never claim the work of others as their own
- We are trend setters and standards breakers. Our intent to consistently surprise our audiences by being excellent
- Ability to anticipate
- Understanding the difference between causation and correlation
- We are all broom pushers. Every member of our team is willing to work and support at all levels
Salary : $18 - $23