Line Cook
COLD SPOT LLC
Charleston, WV
Job Summary
- Prepares, seasons, and cooks soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments
General Accountabilities
- Reads menu to estimate food requirements and orders food from suppliers
- Regulates temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, roasters, and steam kettles
- Measures and mixes ingredients according to recipe to meals
- Bakes, roasts, broils, and steams meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods
- Observes and tests foods being cooked by tasting, smelling, and taking temperature
- Supervises other cooks and kitchen employees
- Washes, peels, cuts, and shreds vegetables and fruits
Job Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent education
- Vocational training from a culinary school
- Some experience preferred
Skills: Other
- Ability to take initiative and problem solve
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to actively engage in conversations with clients
- Ability to present oneself as well as the company in a professional manner
- Attention to detail
- Interpersonal skills and customer service skills required
- Meets challenges resourcefully
- Observes all safety and security procedures
- Commits to long hours of work to complete tasks when necessary
Physical Demands
- Regularly required to stand
- Regularly required to use hands
- Regularly required to talk or hear
Work Environment
- Exposure to extreme heat
- The noise level in the work environment usually is loud
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