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TKS Restaurants
Line Cook
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A Cook prepares food in a restaurant or institutional kitchen. May be responsible for a specific station or type of food preparation in a larger kitchen, or specialize as a short-order or fast-food cook. May prepare meals in private homes, or cater parties.
$39,503 / year median in California
-0% projected decline
Job Description
Line Cook TKS Restaurants Pleasanton, CA Job Details Part-time $20 an hour 1 day ago Qualifications Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Kitchen knives Word embeddings Employee relationship building High school diploma or GED Driver's License Stakeholder relationship building Full Job Description Job purpose To participate in day to day kitchen operations by controlling quality of food, labor, inventory of product and flow of kitchen. Maintain a clean and sanitary work area. Essential Functions To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function so of the job. Oversee and coordinates activities of food preparation (kitchen, pantry, and storeroom) and purchases food and kitchen supplies. Follows recipes, controls, portion, and presentation specifications as set by the restaurant Specify number of servings to be made from any vegetable, meat, beverage, and dessert to control portion costs in a sanitary and timely manner. Oversee kitchen staff, ensure cleanliness of kitchen and equipment. Oversee line cooks, tastes, smells, and observes food to ensure recipes are appearance standards. Inventory, storage, and distribution of food and supplies. Purchases food and kitchen supplies as needed. Trains new hires. May set prices to be charged for items with direct supervisor's approval. May plan, change, and standardize recipes to increase number of servings prepared with direct supervisor's approval. Track and report any food waste. Prepare and portion foods, and utilize food surpluses and leftovers. Qualifications Minimum two years' experience in high volume kitchen. Must be comfortable with Microsoft word and excel. Must have a high school diploma or GED equivalent, a professional diploma or food services management.
Qualifications include:
Knowledge of ingredients and kitchen equipment Knife/food preparation skills Positive attitude Able to work well with others Ability to actively attend to, convey and understand the comments and questions of others. Accuracy- ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly Communication, Oral
- Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken work. Customer Oriented
- Ability to take care of the customers' needs while following company procedures. Initiative
- Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal. Relationship building
- Ability to effectively build relationship with customers and co-workers.