Sandcastles Cook

Sandcastles Cook at Hilton Sandestin Beach is responsible for maintaining, setting up, producing, and performing quality control on all meat, fish, fowl, and other food items prepared in Sandcastles Kitchen. Duties include following standard recipes, transporting heavy food products, preparing daily requisitions, reading and applying recipes with math, visually inspecting ingredients for highest quality, verifying proper storage and portion control, maintaining cleanliness of refrigeration, equipment, and work areas, ensuring compliance with health code regulations, and labeling and storing products properly. The role requires knowledge of broiler, sauté, and fry cooking, sanitation standards, operation of kitchen equipment, and basic math for recipes and requisitions. The position may involve general cleaning and other duties as needed to ensure a safe working environment. Education: High school diploma preferred; Culinary or Apprenticeship program preferred. Experience: Two years cooking experience required. Licenses/Certifications: Florida Sanitation Certificate; ability to obtain any government required license or other certificates. The employer is an equal opportunity employer.