What are the responsibilities and job description for the Line COOK/Full Time/Family owned/Breakfast experience preferred position at Willy's Kitchen?
NOW HIRING! Rare opportunity to join our culinary team at Willy’s Kitchen. We can best be described as a mom and pop/family owned restaurant that serves delicious breakfast, lunch and dinner. Over the years we have earned a 4.5 star rating based on over 2K reviews across the internet. We pride ourselves in that we have provided stable & lucrative employment to our kitchen staff for the last 20 years, including during the pandemic. All culinary staff are given full time hours, two days off, meals, uniforms and a consistent stable environment that will allow you to not only succeed but grow through the encouragement of utilizing your creativity as well as the ability to work in a restaurant where you matter. If this sounds like a place you would like to work and you like to hustle hard, work in a fast-paced environment and have a passion for cooking WE WANT YOU!! Pay/Salary is always up for negotiation if you are the right candidate!
We are currently looking for 1 line cook with AM availability and a minimum 3 years-experience. The ideal candidate will assist us in delivering a high-quality dining experience that our customers are used to and have strong work ethic and culinary skills. Must also have good communication skills, the ability to work FAST under pressure, a passion for cooking, a GREAT attitude, willingness to learn, the ability to work extra hours when needed as well as be extremely reliable as we have a small staff. Most important of requirements is ATTITUDE and RELIABILITY! Must have breakfast experience as we serve a fast-paced breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. All of our line cooks also typically prep one day out of the week as well.
A day in the life at Willy’s Kitchen….
AM Shift – Arrive at Willy’s at 6am and get to work! Fire up the grill, fryer, oven, steam table and get set up to begin serving breakfast at 7am. This will typically include cooking breakfast meats, home fries, prepping or heating gravies, chopping veggies, cooking home fries, making pancake batter, French toast mix, creating a special and communicating that to the front of the house as well as preparing a list of what you need for lunch which begins at 11am (12:30pm on the weekend) and doing a little lunch prep. Open up at 7am and receive orders on our kitchen display screen (toast pos) as well as printed tickets . Prepare and plate or box up orders according to customers tickets (currently 10 percent of our business is to-go orders). You will typically serve 15-20 covers per hour during the week and 25-30 covers per hour on the weekend (two people will be on the line on Saturday and Sunday). Dishwasher will arrive shortly after opening, dishwasher will do some light prep. Deliveries from 1-2 suppliers will come in each day and you will have to assist in getting orders put away as time allows. 10:45am begin transitioning your line from breakfast to lunch as we do not serve breakfast all day. 11am begin serving lunch and preparing orders according to customer tickets, this will take place at 12:30 on the weekends. Second shift arrives at 1:00 pm and will take over the line. You will spend the next hour cleaning up your work station, communicating the with the next shift and assisting them with any prep they may need to have a successful shift. You may leave for the day once you feel the second shift is prepped and ready to go.
PM Shift – Arrive at Willy’s at 1:00pm, step into the line to begin to transition the AM shift off the line. Communicate with the AM shift about what the specials for lunch are. Begin cooking tickets as they are received from the kitchen display screen or utliize printed tickets. Plate or box up food according to the customers request. Fulfill all orders in a timely manner. 3pm begins a down time in which you will prepare yourself for your dinner shift which begins at 4:30pm. This includes communicating specials to the front of the house, making or heating gravies, stocking the line with any dinner food that is needed and doing any prep as it is needed which can include making burgers, crab cakes, meatloaf, slicing meats, prepping your dinner special etc..You will also be required to assist with any orders that may still need to be put away as time allows. 8pm we close the kitchen and you will begin your clean up and breakdown for the night which will take approximately one hour, dishwasher will remain to help clean and close up as well. You may leave for the evening once you are cleaned up and all product is put away.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $19.00 - $21.00 per hour
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Work Location: In person
Salary : $19 - $21