Supplemental Cook

Job Title: Supplemental Cook

Job Type: FullTime (Contract)

Location: Houston TX 77026

Schedule: 10:00am6:00pm (5days on)

Pay: $16.00$21.00/hour (depending on experience)

Smarter HR Solutions is seeking 3 organized and culinary skilled individuals for our Medical Hospital clients Supplemental Cook position in their Food Services department. This position will consist of assisting the Executive Chef and Sous Chef with prepping preparing and creating scheduled meals daily ensuring the staff is abiding by food safety and health regulations and performing various routine kitchen tasks.

Requirements

Responsibilities

Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh

Follow recipes including measuring weighing and mixing ingredients to company standards

Bake grill steam and boil meats vegetables fish poultry and other foods

Present garnish and arrange final dishes

Maintain a clean and safe work area including handling utensils equipment and dishes

Handle and store ingredients and food

Maintain food safety and sanitation standards

Clean and sanitize work areas equipment and utensils

Execute opening and closing procedures

Set up workstations with required ingredients and equipment

Check the quality and freshness of ingredients

Monitor station inventory levels

Accommodate guests special requests

Operate kitchen equipment such as broilers ovens grills and fryers

Knowledge Abilities and Skills

Knowledge of safety procedures including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept and to which food must be prepared to avoid food borne illness

2 years of Culinary and/or Cook experience in a Hospital setting

Ability to work as part of a team collaborating on complex dishes

Interpersonal skills to interact with a variety of other people such as waitstaff dishwashers management and sometimes customers

Possess a calm demeanor to work in a highstress fastpaced environment

Accountability for the dishes they prepare measuring up to the expectations of management and customers alike

Comprehension and organization to follow direct orders and recipes and to correctly prepare dishes to the standards of the restaurant

Manual dexterity and handeye coordination to handle tools such as knife techniques for chopping slicing cutting and dicing

Ability to stand in one place for hours at a time handle extreme heat and work shifts

Licenses & Certifications Valid Food Handler Certificate Work Experience 1+ Year of Food or Hospitality Service Experience 2+ Year of Cook/Chef Experience Other Special Requirements Equipment Operated: Industrial Oven and Stove, Deep Fat Fryer, Slicer Physical Requirements Lifting/Carrying : 1-10 pounds - Frequent 31%-60% 11-20 pounds - Frequent 31%-60% 21-40 pounds - Frequent 31%-60% 41-60 pounds - Occasional 10%-30% Pushing/Pulling : 21-40 pounds - Frequent 31%-60% 41-60 pounds - Frequent 31%-60% 61 or more pounds - Frequent 31%-60% Bending/Stooping - Frequent 31%-60% Reading Above Shoulder Level - Never < 10% Driving Automatic Equipment - Never < 10% Working with heavy machinery - Occasional 10%-30% Climbing - Occasional 10%-30% Walking - Continuous 61%-100% Standing - Continuous 61%-100% Sitting - Never < 10% Working in Extreme Temperatures - Occasional 10%-30% Exposure to Toxic/Hazardous Conditions - Occasional 10%-30%