Line Cook

Kinseth Hospitality Companies - Ames, IA

Full-time - Entry Level

Ames, IA

Accommodation

About the position

The Line Cook is responsible for preparing, seasoning, and cooking a variety of food items for consumption in a restaurant and banquet setting. This role involves following recipes, ensuring food quality, and maintaining health and sanitation standards while working in a fast-paced kitchen environment.

Responsibilities

• Adjusts thermostat controls to regulate temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, roasters, and steam kettles.
• Measures and mixes ingredients according to recipe to prepare soups, salads, gravies, desserts, sauces, and casseroles.
• Bakes, roasts, broils, and steams meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods.
• Adds seasoning to foods during mixing or cooking.
• Cooks and tests foods being prepared by tasting, smelling, and piercing with fork to determine that it is cooked.
• Ensures that items are prepared according to recipes in a timely, efficient manner that prevents waste yet ensures quality and guest satisfaction.
• Carves meats, portions food on serving plates, adds gravies and sauces, and garnishes servings to fill orders.
• Washes, peels, cuts, and shreds vegetables and fruits to prepare them for use.
• Cuts, trims, and bones meat prior to cooking.
• Bakes bread, rolls, cakes, and pastry.
• Follows proper procedures in handling food to ensure health and sanitation guidelines are met.
• Uses tools and equipment properly to ensure safety and avoid injury or damage to equipment.
• Assists in unloading trucks that arrive with supplies, storing and rotating inventory.
• Cleans work area, freezers, kitchen area and dish area to ensure proper cleanliness is maintained.

Requirements

• Less than high school education; or up to one-month related or transferable experience/training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read, comprehend and follow simple instructions given either orally or in writing.
• Ability to write simple messages/notes/letters.
• Ability to communicate clearly in person, via telephone and in writing.
• Ability to read, write and recognize numbers, comprehend signs and symbols.
• Ability to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving variables in standardized situations.

Nice-to-haves

• Franchise specific certifications may be required.

Benefits

• Competitive starting wages
• Health, Dental, Vision and other benefits available after 60 days
• DailyPay
• 401k
• Paid Training
• Paid PTO
• Referral program
• Discounts at all Kinseth Hotel Corporation hotels and restaurants