Experienced Cooks - Ann Arbor
The Opportunity
Slows Bar BQ Ann Arbor is now interviewing experienced Line Cooks to join our new location at 207 E Washington. It is your job to make sure that our guests receive the consistent, high quality food that we have built our business on. You will become a part of the team serving some of the best food in Michigan. This is a great opportunity for eager and experienced, highly organized professionals.
Responsibilities:
- Executes customer orders quickly and efficiently providing consistently excellent quality in all meals served.
- Properly measures and portions all food items according to standards.
- Complies with all rules, policies and procedures.
- Work with the kitchen team in preparing, cooking, and storing food, as well as in maintaining kitchen and storage facilities in sanitary condition.
- Utilizes kitchen equipment to prepare food items such as: knives, slicers, whips, pots, pans, warmers, steamers, grills, ovens, etc.
- Ensures and records proper food temperatures.
- Ensures all food is stored correctly.
- Ensures freshness and quality of all menu items and packages all products to proper specifications. Completes line check procedure for each shift worked.
- Performs opening, closing and side work duties as instructed and according to proper guidelines.
- Keeps workstation, coolers and equipment clean, organized, sanitized, and sufficiently stocked. Communicates with Kitchen management about stock needs.
- Follows and upholds all health codes and sanitation regulations.
- Uses waste control guidelines and records all waste on the Waste Sheet.
- Completes end of shift Hot Count inventory and other opening/closing duties in accordance with company checklists and procedures.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year previous experience in a back-of-the-house foodservice position preferred.
- Participation in a culinary program is preferred.
- ServSafe certification is preferred.
- Ability to read and comprehend prep sheets and recipes.
- Basic math skills; ability to understand, calculate and follow recipe measurements and proportions.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to chop, mix, blend, whip etc. a variety of foods and liquids.
- Ability to lift and carry large pans from ovens or freezers, weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to handle or operate dangerous kitchen equipment.
- Standing and walking for the entire length of shift.
- Frequently required to reach up to 6-7 feet, twist at waist, bending and squatting
- Pushing and pulling occasionally, to move equipment, mops and brooms.
- Kitchen environment - noise levels may be moderate-to-high.
- Works frequently in a hot and damp environment.
Requirements
Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year previous experience in a back-of-the-house foodservice position preferred.
- Participation in a culinary program is preferred.
- ServSafe certification is preferred.
- Ability to read and comprehend prep sheets and recipes.
- Basic math skills; ability to understand, calculate and follow recipe measurements and proportions.
- Clean driving record preferred
Physical Requirements
- Ability to chop, mix, blend, whip etc. a variety of foods and liquids.
- Ability to lift and carry large pans from ovens or freezers, weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to handle or operate dangerous kitchen equipment.
- Standing and walking for the entire length of shift.
- Frequently required to reach up to 6-7 feet, twist at waist, bending and squatting
- Pushing and pulling occasionally, to move equipment, mops and brooms.
- Kitchen environment - noise levels may be moderate-to-high.
- Works frequently in a hot and damp environment.
Benefits
Benefits:
• Flexible schedule and opportunity for advancement.
• Medical and Dental available to full-time employees