Cook 2 (Youtube Theater)
On-siteInglewood, California, United States
Job Summary
Execute station requirements to specification under the Executive Culinary Team's direction, maintaining a friendly demeanor and professional standards. Prepare classic sauces, soups, stocks, and cold items like guacamole and salads while mastering intermediate knife skills, meat butchery, and protein carving. Manage hot food production including grilling, braising, and smoking, ensuring all equipment remains operational and cleaned regularly. Collaborate with premium purchasing for daily ordering and support event expeditions or service gaps when Cook 1 or management are absent. Rotate between service locations as needed and adhere to County Health and Legends Hospitality sanitation protocols.
Required Qualifications
- 2-3 years of cooking and food prep experience in the foodservice industry, preferably in premium services, catering and concessions environment for a sports and entertainment venue or high-volume restaurant or hotel
- Must be able to communicate with co-workers and management
- Strong commitment to delivering a high level of customer and client service with demonstrated initiative and culinary skills
- Customer service oriented with the ability to interact with all levels of management
- Must be flexible to work extend hours due to business requirements including late nights, weekends and holidays
- Must be able to work in a team environment
- High level of attention to detail and organization
- Must be at least 18 years old
- Be willing to work hours that vary according to event schedule
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs
- Must maintain a friendly, positive attitude and a professional demeanor at all times
- Ability to follow recipes and cook them to desired specifications
- Knowledgeable of intermediate knife skills and techniques to include classic vegetable knife cuts
- Entry Level knowledge of meat butchery, fish butchery, protein carving, proper portioning of proteins
- Working knowledge and creation of classic sauces, soups, stocks with minimal supervision
- Knowledge of cold food production to include (guacamole, cold salads, dressings, vinaigrettes, sandwiches, cut fruit, fruit salad, vegetable cleaning and prep, ready to eat dips and spreads, bagging of cold food, the completion of entire dishes from start to finish)
- Knowledge of hot food production to include (sauces, reheating/retherming of food, smoking, roasting, grilling, and braising of proteins, working with tilt skillet, combi ovens, grill, fryers)
- Knowledge of a la carte restaurant service to include the ability to work multiple stations in a fast-paced environment
- Knowledge of set up and execution of Carving/Action Stations
- Working knowledge of production sheets and event orders and the ability to accomplish them with little supervision
- Ability to step in and help expedite events or service in the absence of Cook 1, Supervisor, or management
- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
- Always Maintain positive guest relations
- Ensures that only the highest of quality product is served to our guests
- Provide efficient service and quality products by following direction of culinary management
- Ensure that all equipment is in proper operational condition and is cleaned on a regular basis
- Shows flexibility by rotating to other service locations within their kitchen and the property when necessary
- Must be able to perform each essential duty above at the highest levels
- Must maintain and abide by County Health/ Sanitation as well as Legends Hospitality standards
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