Cook FT - Taj Hospitality Management

Seeking qualified applicants for Cook positions with TAJ Hospitality Management- managed hotels in Lubbock, Texas.

Job Description

Grab the opportunity to provide top quality meals to people from all walks of life and all areas of the country and world!  Cooks make a real difference in someone's day by offering exceptional warm meals and friendly greetings to guests who are away from home and travel weary! 

This position is responsible for seeing that guests have a positive first-class dining experience.  Meal content and presentation should ensure a great start and end of each day and help ensure that the entire guest experience is an exceptional one. 

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

1. Learns and maintains standards in food production and quality.
2. Expedites orders in a timely manner.
3. Practices excellent operational sanitation.
4. Executes scheduled banquet functions.
5. Maintains a professional relationship with fellow associates.
6. Helps reduce loss/waste.
7. Communicates equipment repair needs with GM.
8. Actively participates in training efforts.
9. Incorporates safe work practices in job performance.
10. Attends staff meetings.
11. Checks and dates all deliveries received and report any variances to GM.
12. Verifies that all coolers are at the proper temperatures and are cleaned on a daily basis.
13. Processes inventory requisition and receives supplies as necessary for quality production.
14. Prepares the proper amount of food according to production or forecast sheets and production plans.
15. Prepares items in accordance with established recipes for a consistent product.

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice as required by the General Manager and/or Chief Operations Officer.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position.  Hotel shifts for this position are assigned from 7am – 3pm and 3pm – 11pm.  All effort is made to ensure that hours are primarily on the shift for which you are hired.  However, alternate shifts, extended hours, nights, weekends, and holidays may be required on occasion.

Work Environment

This job operates in a commercial kitchen environment in an indoor hotel.  This role routinely utilizes standard kitchen equipment such as stoves, grills, ovens, microwaves, refrigerators, freezers and utensils required in the preparation of culinary items for the restaurant.  This job also requires use of commercial cleaning supplies consistent with cleaning a commercial kitchen.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; bend; kneel; squat; sweep and push; twist; smell; and reach with hands and arms, and requires the ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Qualifications:

1. Know your work schedule and follow it with a high degree of reliability.
2. Work in a cooperative and friendly manner with fellow employees.
3. Maintain professional attire and personal hygiene.
4. Maintain a clean, neat and orderly work area.
5. Perform your job according to standard operating procedures.
6. Read, understand and follow all policies, procedures and rules as stated in the Employee Handbook and any Policy manual.
7. Implement management company and hotel's safety and emergency policy & procedure (i.e. evacuation, first aid, etc.) to include removing all safety hazards, following company's programs and safe lifting techniques.
8. Inform management promptly of any work-related problems or guest complaints.
9. Provide guest satisfaction.
10. Promote the hotel through goodwill, courtesy and a positive attitude.
11. Attend all scheduled training classes and meetings.

Required Education / Experience

• Minimum: High School Diploma, GED Equivalent or five (5) consecutive years of consistent employment.
• Preferred: 1 to 2 years’ directly related customer service experience. Prior experience within the Hospitality industry preferred.