Cook needed at Esporta Suites Hotel and Resorts Ltd

Responsibilities

• Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh
• Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing and mixing ingredients
• Bake, grill, steam and boil meats, vegetables, fish, poultry and other foods
• Present, garnish and arrange final dishes
• Occasionally serve food
• Maintain a clean and safe work area, including handling utensils, equipment and dishes
• Handle and store ingredients and food
• Maintain food safety and sanitation standards
• Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment and utensils
• Execute opening and closing procedures
• Set up workstations with required ingredients and equipment
• Check the quality and freshness of ingredients
• Monitor station inventory levels
• Accommodate guests’ special requests
• Operate kitchen equipment such as broilers, ovens, grills and fryers

Requirements

• Knowledge of safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Calm demeanor to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment.
• Accountability for the dishes they prepare measuring up to the expectations of management and customers alike.
• Comprehension and organization to follow direct orders and recipes and to correctly prepare dishes to the standards of the restaurant.
• Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to handle tools, such as knife techniques for chopping, slicing, cutting and dicing.
• Ability to stand in one place for hours at a time, handle extreme heat and work shifts.