Cook
Employer
The Club at Kalea Bay
Naples, FL 34110
United States
Job description
• Prepare, cook, grill, and assemble food items such as meats, seafood, poultry, vegetables, soups, salads, and sandwiches according to established recipes and instructions.
• Perform food preparation tasks including washing, cutting, mixing, measuring, and portioning ingredients.
• Coordinate preparation and timing of food items to ensure meals are completed at the same time.
• Set up, maintain, and break down assigned cooking stations.
• Operate standard kitchen equipment such as ovens, grills, mixers, steam kettles, slicers, and knives.
• Follow all food safety, sanitation, and personal hygiene standards.
• Ensure work areas, utensils, and equipment are clean and sanitary at all times.
• Properly cover, label, date, and store food items according to food safety guidelines.
• Measure and combine ingredients using approved procedures.
• Bake and cook food items using production ovens or grills, monitor cooking times and temperatures.
• Minimize food waste and properly use kitchen supplies and equipment.
• Tailor recipes to members'/guests' requests for allergies and substitutions.
• Follow all equipment safety standards as a guideline and report any equipment issues to management.
• Cook, bake, and decorate savory and sweet foods in a professional kitchen environment.
Special Requirements
This position operates in a private club setting. Work areas may be crowded and noisy. Work is performed in a commercial kitchen environment where air may be moist, warm, and odorous from cooking foods with equipment such as an oven, stove, dishwasher, slicers, coffee machines, steamers, mixers, and chefs knives. Employee is frequently exposed to heat, steam, and fire. The kitchen floor may be slippery from moisture and grease. The employee may be exposed to hazards, including, but not limited to, cuts, slips, trips, falls, and burns. Frequent hand washing is required. May require the use of stairs to climb daily. The employee may be exposed to weather conditions while moving food from different areas. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move 25 to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, and crouch. Continuous repetitive motions. Work in hot, humid and noisy environment.
All applicants must pass drug tests and background checks, including domestic and H2B visa employees in seasonal, full-time, and annual positions. These standards are applied to all applicants regardless of national origin, race, or gender.