Cooks- SSB

Cook

Primary Function        

To prepare food in accordance with quality food standards and maintain stock of food-preparations on the line in alignment with the mission and core values of Stones South Bay. This job description pertains to both Line Cooks and Prep Cooks.

Essential Responsibilities

All job duties are to be performed in accordance with Company Policies & Procedures, Safety Regulations and other legal regulations and requirements (California Health & Safety Code, Division 104, Part 7 - Retail Food).  Essential responsibilities include the following. Please note that additional duties may be assigned at a future date:

• Maintain consistent practices and food safety by preparing, cooking, cool-off, re-heating, covering, dating, properly storing, and maintaining food temperature according to Health Department Regulations; finish production list, as needed.
• Receive deliveries and organize according to company procedural standards
• Clean station while working and after finishing prep work.
• Provide a superior dining experience by preparing menu items quickly, and according to recipes, quality standards, and yield guidelines as established by the department.
• Inventory – inform Sous Chef of shortages before any products run out; minimize and maintain controls to attain forecasted food costs.
• Promote teamwork by assisting other Cooks and Food Servers wherever required, to ensure optimum service to guests; assist porters in order to make clean up more efficient.
• Workstations – return all food items to proper storage areas, disinfect and sanitize all cutting boards and work tables, wrap, cover, label, and date all items, clean up and wipe down food prep areas, walk-in, and shelves, return all unused and clean utensils and equipment to specified locations, ice down hot items from the steam table for quick cooling, turn off all equipment not needed for the next shift.
• Follow safe California Food Handlers guidelines.
• Establish and maintain a good rapport with guests to promote continued patronage.
• Report unsafe practices or hazardous conditions to the CSM, Security, Restaurant General Manager or General Manager.
• Report to CSM or Security any individuals in the casino who appear to be underage, intoxicated, whose conduct appears to be illegal, or who poses a threat to the Company's operations.
• Attend annual BSA/AML training, as scheduled.

Qualifications

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 and/or Experience:  Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills are required. High school diploma or GED is preferred, but not required. Entry-level with a minimum of 1 year of cooking experience, preferably high volume in sautés, frying, grilling and sauces.

Language Skills:  Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of guests or team members of organization.

Mathematical Skills:  Basic math skills.  Ability to accurately calculate addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in an efficient manner.

Reasoning Ability:  The ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Conditions of Employment

This job has conditions of employment essential to the position that include:

• Must be able successfully pass a thorough background check from the City of Chula Vista in order to obtain a Gaming License
• Must be able to renew and maintain an active Gaming License according to the city’s requirements
• Must be able to successfully obtain and maintain a current Food Handler’s Card

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be:

• Standing and Sitting: Specific demands for standing and sitting on this job:

• • Constantly required to stand.

• Walking and Reaching: Specific demands for walking and reaching on this job:

• • Frequently required to walk and reach with hands and arms

• Climb, Balance, Crawl: Specific demands for this job:

• • The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

• Dexterity and Sense of Touch: Specific demands for sense of touch and dexterity on this job:

• • Frequently required to use hand to finger movements, handle, or feel;

• Lifting: Specific demands for lifting on this job:

• • Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

• Vision: Specific vision abilities required by this job:

• • Close vision

• • Distance Vision

• • Peripheral Vision

• • Depth perception

• • Ability to adjust focus

• Verbal and Auditory Demands: Specific talking and vision abilities required by this job:

• • Must be able to talk and hear