Specialty Cook - Amada - Full Time

About the Role

A Specialty Cook will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook from scratch, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items using specialized techniques and skills for various meal periods in various outlets/preparation locations according to the outlet/preparation location recipes and SOPs and within current health and safety standards set forth by Ocean Casino, local, state, and federal regulatory agencies.

Position Responsibilities

• Prepares and cooks specialized hot and cold food items from scratch based on recipes, SOPs, and verbal instruction by the outlet chef, and outlet sous chef.
• Converting and scaling recipes up or down from original recipe specifications.
• May prepare and cook food in an ala carte style of service, banquet/catering style of service, and buffet style of service.
• Provides the highest quality of food and service to customers on Ocean Casino property and/or at offsite events representing Ocean Casino at all times.
• Reads food orders and/or receives verbal instructions on food required by guests and prepares, cooks, and presents food according to instructions, recipes, and SOPs.

• Proficient in sauté, grilling, searing, frying, braising, blanching, boiling and poaching. Proficient in using standard kitchen equipment including but not limited to open flame burners, open flame grills, flat top grills, broilers, salamanders, fryers, steamers, steam jacketed kettles, tilt skillets, convection ovens, combi ovens, induction cookers, fryers, mixers, blenders, robot coupes, and burr mixers.
• Comprehensive understanding of how to gauge proper cooking temperatures per guests request, recipes, SOPs, local, state, and federal regulatory agencies, or verbal instruction by room chef, sous chef or manager on duty for proteins including but not limited to: beef (rare, medium rare, medium, medium well, well done) poultry, lamb (rare, medium rare, medium, medium well, well done), fish and shellfish, pork, eggs, vegetables and starches.
• Comprehensive understanding of how to gauge proper cooking temperatures for all basic and specialized applications produced within the outlet.
• Can proficiently perform the position responsibilities of a cook 1, cook 2 and cook 3.
• Can work independently with no supervision for various periods of time adhering to all position responsibilities listed.
• Assumes leadership role in the kitchen when the outlet chef or outlet sous chef is not present ensuring production/prep lists are completed according to recipes and SOPs and ensures quality standards are met by cook 1, cook 2, and cook 3 cook positions.
• Keep all workstations clean, sanitary, and organized at all times.
• Knowledge of company policies and procedures
• All duties as assigned responsibilities as assigned.
• May assign duties and responsibilities to cook 1, cook 2, cook 3, and kitchen runner as assigned by the outlet chef and outlet sous chef.

Essential Functions

• Continuous standing, walking for long periods of time.
• Pushing and/or pulling heavy carts, lifting products, and placing into proper storage areas.
• Ability to work in hot and/or cold areas within the same shift.
• Lift perishable and non-perishable items up to 50 pounds.
• Repetitive lifting, bending, reaching.

• Has graduated a Culinary Program with a Certificate/Degree with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a high-volume production outlet as a cook 1 or equivalent or fine dining as a cook 1 or equivalent or has 5 years' experience in a high-volume production outlet as a cook 1 or equivalent or fine dining as a cook 1 or equivalent.
• The ability to communicate, read, and comprehend the English language.
• Successfully pass with a score of 70% a practical cooking test specific to the outlet applying for.
• Must follow all Ocean Casino policies including wearing black non-slip shoes, an Ocean hat, plain black hat, or disposable toque, or sailors cap, kitchen uniform, and name tag.

• Paid Time Off
• Training & Development
• Free Meal while on shift
• Pay Rate:$27.00 /HR