JOB SUMMARY:
Prepares food, including hot entrees and sauces to specifications in an accurate and timely manner to provide guests with a quality product.
KEY JOB FUNCTIONS:
Provides safe and wholesome food to our guests.
Maintains a sanitary and organized work area.
Demonstrates proper care, storage, use and cleaning of all tools and equipment.
Demonstrates competent product knowledge by correct storing and handling of all perishables, maintaining quality, security, value and integrity.
Prepares food products according to standard recipes and specifications and demonstrates positive responses to training by chefs.
Effectively communicates with other team members, including service and kitchen maintenance personnel.
Portions, prepares and presents meats, poultry and fish entrees; pastas, vegetables, pan sauces and butter sauces.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
Specialized training in broiler cooking
QUALIFICATIONS:
Ability to understand and respond to written order, recipes and directs in English
Ability to work flexible time periods as required of a cook in a resort environment as well as be flexible enough to work in multiple outlets as needed
Ability to recognize different cooking oils and their cooking temperatures
Ability to use knives, other hand-held instruments and other food preparation equipment
Must have a sense of urgency to serve customers properly
Ability to perform all duties of a Cook’s Helper/Pantry Person and Cook I
Ability to work unsupervised
Ability to coach other cooks in a team environment
Ability to portion, prepare and present meat, poultry and fish entrees; pastas, vegetables, pan sauces and butter sauces
Knowledge of the “mother sauces (espagnole, veloute, béchamel, and tomato) and butter sauces and clear, thick and regional soups with appropriate garnishment
Additional skills required: theme, cuisine or cooking style of the assigned kitchen or restaurant
Ability to interact and communicate with internal and external guests
Ability to uphold and demonstrate the highest level of integrity in all situations and recognize standards required by a regulated business
Acts as a role model to other Team Members and always presents oneself as a credit to Caesars Entertainment and encourages others to do the same.
PHYSICAL, MENTAL and ENVIRONMENTALDEMANDS:
Ability to correctly lift and transport objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
Ability to work a minimum of 8 hours with appropriate mobility and endurance
Ability to stand for 8 hours
Visual range must include immediate environment
Auditory range must include near and medium distances.
Dexterity to use food preparation machinery
Ability to use repetitive hand motion, holding and grasping
Ability to tolerate extreme temperatures
Positions that have contact with the public require the ability to work in a noisy
environment, and may be exposed to guests who use tobacco products. Also, non-public contact positions may be required to enter public areas from time to time, in connection with their duties, and may be subject to the same environment.
Disclaimer
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job,management reserves the right to revise the current job or to require thatother or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, (e.g.emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technicaldevelopments).