Production Cook- Looking for summer work?

Description

For seven weeks each summer; Marlboro, VT forms a closely-knit community of some 65 exceptional young professional musicians and 25 master artists from the U.S. and around the world. The Brattleboro Food Co-op will be providing 3 meals a day on-site at the Potash Hill Campus in Marlboro. 

Purpose: To prepare excellent quality food in a timely and efficient manner: to accurately follow production lists; to facilitate any and all meal service periods; catering events on site as required; and to actively communicate with staff and coordinators in regards to production.

Customer Service:

• Assists customers with questions in a prompt and courteous manner
• Provide attentive and courteous customer service
• Maintain a polite, friendly and helpful attitude towards internal and external customers

Product Knowledge:

• Knowledgeable about all products. Continues to learn about new products. Answers questions accurately
• Product Presentation and Quality:
• Ensure quality food preparation, presentation and execution

Safety:

• Handles all equipment in a safe manner
• Alert to unsafe equipment and removes any equipment that is unsafe from usage

Teamwork:

• Ensures department teamwork through trust and communication

Accountability:

• Accepts responsibility for personal decisions and actions. Exemplifies honesty, integrity and ethics
• Contributes constructively to the morale of the department
• Shows initiative in solving issues and achieving the departmental goals

Job Specific Functions:

• Preparation of all menu items promptly and efficiently as assigned
• Facilitating all aspects of service, any catering events, and meals as needed including: maintaining the meal line during service, cleaning, set up and break down, and any to-order station as required
• Ensure and facilitate kitchen cleanliness as needed or assigned
• Ensure that equipment is well maintained, and to notify appropriate personnel of any equipment failures or malfunctions in a timely fashion
• Put away orders – follow receiving protocols as defined in training 
• Ensure high quality of products, and quality standards
• Utilization of logbooks, temperature logs, refrigeration logs and other work templates used 
• Accurately follow recipes using proper measurements with a mind to menu specific alterations as directed by a supervisor
• Maintain appropriate par levels of product
• Maintain clean and orderly work stations
• Plan and participate in cleaning projects as assigned
• Adhering to the site’s code of conduct as defined during training
• Provide training to new team members as assigned
• Adhere to established safety and sanitation standards
• Accurately inputting shrink data as needed
• Maintaining clean and orderly work stations
• Adhering to the site code of conduct as defined during training
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Self-motivated, organized, responsible, flexible
• Effective communication skills
• Professional cooking experience; 3-5 years practical application. Line work, fine dining, culinary education, and catering production; large scale food service culinary production experience highly preferred. 
• Quick and proficient cooking skills, knife work, and an understanding of large scale production
• Ability to lift 50 pounds
• Ability to understand and follow directions
• Ability to understand and meet standards for health, safety, and excellence
• Ability to remain alert and focused in an environment that is noisy and fast-paced
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• Detail-oriented and thorough

At Brattleboro Food Co-op, we do not just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Brattleboro Food Co-op is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Keyword: Summer, Catering