Cook
Company: Holiday Inn and Suites Gateway
Location: Williamsburg
Posted on: April 25, 2024
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Job Description:
Cook
Job Summary: Works along with the Chef by prepping meals by
weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, cooking meals,
checking ingredients for freshness, and arranging and garnishing
the dishes. You will also oversee ensuring that the kitchen and
equipment are properly cleaned and maintained when on duty. The
responsibility to run the kitchen when the Chef is out.
Duties and Responsibilities
General
1. Responsible for kitchen duties when Chef is not on property.2.
Assist Chef with food preparation, helping maintain food cost,
quality, quantity, portion control, inventories.3. Assure cooking
standards to maintain a high quality of food and service on a
consistent basis as demonstrated by Chef.4. Enforces hotel's
standard recipes for all dishes to insure portion control and
uniformity of quality and taste under Chef supervision.5. Helps
Chef, for banquet function as prepared by the Sales Office, and
assists during functions as needed.6. Assures security and safety
in the kitchen.7. Makes suggestions to the Food and Beverage
Manager concerning improvements in the kitchen which would enhance
guest satisfaction and, at the same time, maintain payroll and food
costs requirements.8. Attends the weekly Sales meetings.9. Works in
conjunction with the Food and Beverage Manager and General Manager
to ensure that high standard of sanitation and cleanliness are
always maintained throughout the kitchen and dumpster area.10.
Assists the Food and Beverage Manager in taking the end-of-month
inventories.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: High school diploma at a minimum
required and 3 or more years of hotel operations experienced
preferred.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Must have developed language skills to the point
to be able to:
--- Read and interpret documents in English such as routine
correspondence, newspapers, periodicals, journals, and manuals.---
Write routine reports, correspondence, business letters, summaries,
and reports in English using prescribed format, and conforming to
all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.--- Ability
to speak effectively in English to customers and
employees.REASONING ABILITY: Must have developed reasoning
abilities to the point to be able to:--- Apply common sense
understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral,
or diagram form.--- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide
numbers; and ability to calculate figures and amounts such as
discounts and percentages.Cook--- Read and interpret business
records and statistical reports.
COMPUTER SKILLS: Must have sufficient computer skills that will
allow the individual to be able to use, in a proficient manner,
certain Company-issued software programs implemented at the hotel,
including but not limited to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel,
Office 365, Microsoft Outlook, Company-issued internet browser
programs, and Company-issued electronic mail programs. [NOTE:
Company-issued software programs may change from time to time; the
individual is required to learn the new programs and upgrades as
soon as practicable after such items are provided to the
hotel.]
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. While
performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly
required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel;
reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk
or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10
pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The
employee must be able to see differences in widths and lengths of
lines such as those on graphs. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: Inside: Protection from weather
conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. A job is
considered "inside" if the worker spends approximately 75 percent
or more of the time inside.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described
here are representative of those an employee encounters while
performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions.
--- Must be able to work effectively in a stressful environment,
communicate well with others, effectively deal with guests, and
accept constructive criticism from supervisors.--- Must be able to
change activity frequently and cope with interruptions.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Essential functions of this job are described under
the headings above. The job requirements and features are subject
to change from time to time due to the then-current needs and
requirements of the Company and/or the hotel.JB.0.00.LN
Keywords: Holiday Inn and Suites Gateway, Hampton , Cook, Hospitality & Tourism , Williamsburg, Virginia
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