Department: Culinary 

Employment Type: Full Time 

Salary or Hourly: Hourly

Salary Range: $16-$18

The Cook plays a very important role in the overall success of the Newfields Culinary Arts Department. This position works closely with the Executive Chef and Sous Chef to ensure that seasonal operations needs of the team are met. The Cook makes sure that the needs of all seasonal projects for both the customer and employees are being met during each shift.

Examples of duties that will be expected of this position are: Relaying inventory counts and quality issues to the Chef, proper food handling, making sure spaces are clean and secure when closing for the day, alerting management to staffing issues and becoming familiar with overall Newfields policies and procedures so that they can help lead the team in being compliant.

Position requires working an average of 15 hours per work week, and must have Sunday 9a-5p availability.

Overview 

This position will allow for individuals to learn alongside experts in the hospitality field as well as be offered opportunities to learn and grow themselves.

Responsibilities

• Taking excellent care of Newfields Guests
• Communicating operational needs to the Chef
• Ensuring quality standards in product and service are upheld
• Strong communication with management and coworkers
• Strong knowledge of food safety standards
• Ability to problem-solve in the moment
• Strong customer-service focused attitude

Required Skills

• Strong communication with management and coworkers
• Strong knowledge of food safety standards
• Ability to problem-solve in the moment
• Strong customer-service focused attitude

Educations and/or Experience

• 2 years experience in comparable food-service role

Physical Demands of Work Environment

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this hob, the employee must be able to stand for 3-5 hours at a time; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/ or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color, vision peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the position. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.