Line Cook in East Hanover, New Jersey at The Funplex

SUMMARY:
Line Cooks are responsible for serving meals by reviewing recipes, assembling, combining, and cooking ingredients all while maintaining a clean and sanitary kitchen. The cook is a key part of the guest's dining experience by maintaining food quality and executing food production following standards of plating guide specifications.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Attends to the detail and presentation of every order.
• Prepares ingredients by following recipes; cutting, chopping, mincing, stirring, whipping, and mixing ingredients; adding seasoning; verifying taste and plating meals.
• Completes hot meal preparation by grilling, sauteing, and frying ingredients and assembling and refrigerating cold ingredients.
• Adheres to proper food handling, sanitation, and safety procedures.
• Maintains temperature logs to assure equipment is working correctly.
• Maintains appropriate dating, labeling, and rotation of all food items.
• Stores all food according to established standards.
• Completes cleaning according to daily and weekly schedules.
• Cooking food orders on time.
• Handling multiple food orders at one time.
• Ability to take orders from a computerized system.
• Setting up, cleaning, and organizing workstations.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in the ability to safely and effectively operate standard food service equipment
• Adaptability
• Excellent decision-making capabilities
• Excellent oral communication
• Planning, problem-solving, and teamwork
• Self-motivated
• High energy level
• Multi-tasking
• Servsafe certification preferred.
• Knowledge of various cooking procedures and methods
• Ability to work as a team
• Excellent communications skills
• Works well under pressure

Payrate is based on experience.