ChefSuite, a full-service commercial cooking facility with private kitchens rented by restauranteurs for the preparation of food for pick-up and delivery, seeks an experienced and detail-oriented Lead Cookin Richmond, Virginia to oversee a team of line cooks and prepare high-quality dishes while following set recipes and procedures. You'll work alongside a team to ensure clean, safe, and efficient kitchen operations.
Position Information:
Full Time
Pay Range: $19-$20
Responsibilities/Duties/Functions/Tasks:
Effectively leads a team of line cooks
Participates in the interviewing and training of new hires
Place orders for food, supplies, and disposables with vendors
Creates and maintains shift schedules for all restaurant employees
Maintains inventory of all food and supplies
Ensures final product leaving the kitchen is consistent and high-quality
Continuously creates efficiencies in the kitchen
Sets up workstations with all needed ingredients and cooking equipment
Prepares ingredients including but not limited to washing, peeling, chopping, marinating meat, baking, and any other tasks necessary to prepare for service
Properly operates various kitchen equipment and utensils
Properly cooks and monitors the cooking process to prevent waste
Ensures each order is presented properly and appealingly
Keeps a sanitized and orderly environment in the kitchen per health code standards
Ensures all food is stored properly and labeled correctly
Maintains quality control of ingredients
Keeps up-to-date inventory, monitors stock, and places orders as needed
Prepares batches of food that are cooked to order or kept warm until ordered and sold, which may include such food items as hamburgers or fried chicken
Operates large-volume cooking equipment such as griddles, grills, or deep fryers
Prepares, washes, and cuts food to be cooked
Prepares and cooks food according to instructions provided on food order slips or through verbal directions; verifies the quality and quantity of all orders
Multitasks by cooking several different orders at once, ensuring that all items are prepared per customer instructions
Maintains overall sanitation, health, cleanliness, and safety standards for food preparation areas, cooking services, and dishes and utensils
Performs other related duties as assigned
Qualifications
Proven experience cooking professionally
Knife skills, and experience with varied kitchen tools, cookware, and bakeware
Knowledge of various cooking procedures and methods (grilling, baking, boiling etc.)
Strong communication skills
Able to perform all physical requirements of the position
Ability to follow all food handling techniques, preparation, and cooking procedures
Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment
Ability to work quickly and efficiently
Ability to lead and work well as part of a team
Ability to maintain personal hygiene
High school diploma or equivalent
Diploma from a culinary school is preferred but not required
Current Food Handlers Certification (Food Manager Certification preferred)
Ability to follow all sanitation and regulations for workplace safety procedures
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Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Management and Manufacturing
Industries
Internet Publishing
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