Cook - Paschal's Express (Atlanta Airport)

Job Category: Food and Beverage Service

Requisition Number: COOKP003452

Location: Atlanta, GA 30320, USA

Job Details

Description

Purpose / Position Summary: Support the operation to deliver superior guest service by performing duties, which includes cooking and plating food products in accordance with production requirements and quality standards. Maintains a safe sanitary work environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cooks, plates, and follows portion standards for food products in accordance with production requirements.
• Organizes and plans activities by reviewing daily pull and prep lists.
• Cooks and stores food at required temperature; labels, dates, and rotates all products in accordance with company standards.
• Prepares items from scratch using the required Company recipes.
• Tests foods for proper cooking standards using methods such as tasting, smelling, measuring devices or other utensils.
• Monitors and maintains proper cooking temperatures of large volume equipment such as grills, deep fryers, ovens, broilers, and roasters.
• Maintains food preparation area, cleans all equipment and workstations immediately after use or as required.
• Follows safe food handling and proper hygiene practices.
• Adheres to workplace safety standards for operating and maintaining equipment and reports any equipment malfunction to management immediately.
• Performs opening and/or closing side works according to established checklists.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Previous Experience: High school diploma, or general education degree (GED); six months or more related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Skills:

• Knowledge of basic food preparation and cooking skills.
• Must be able to properly identify and use various cooking utensils and equipment.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions and effectively communicate information individually and in small group situations to customers and co-workers.
• Ability to understand the English language both written and verbal.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, and common fractions.
• Ability to apply reasonable understanding in carrying out instructions in written, oral or diagram form.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand during 6-8hr shift, and use hands to maneuver and coordinate objects, tools or controls; Reaches, bends, stoops, shakes, stirs and wipes; The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and taste or smell the food.
• The employee must be able to hear well amongst loud background noise; Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50-pound cases several times per shift. Frequently immersion of hands, in water and other cleaning agents.

Work Environment:

• Must be able to work in various hot and cold temperatures.