Line Cook; Hotel

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To advance The Kirkwood Community College Center for Hospitality Excellence's vision to lead the world in educating and preparing the finest hospitality professionals that will impact the global community. Our mission is to be the best place to learn, recruit and stay. We do this by teaching, developing, and serving.

• 18 days of paid time off a year
• Low cost health insurance
• Tuition benefits
• Hotel stay discounts
• Generous retirement account program

Full‑time with benefits. Sunday availability is a must.

Prepare, season, and cook soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, or other foodstuffs for both fine dining restaurant and banquet/event guests. Serves as a trainer, supervising learning experiences of students in all areas of the hotel at Kirkwood Center, The Kirkwood Center for Hospitality Arts and The Kirkwood Center for Continuing Education.

• Advocate for continual improvement
• Collaborate with mutual accountability
• Champion service
• Perseverance
• Lead through positive influence

• Inspect food preparation and serving areas to ensure safe, sanitary food‑handling practices.
• Substitute for, assist other cooks during emergencies or rush periods.
• Wash, peel, cut, and seed fruits and vegetables in preparation for use.
• Prepare, season, and cook soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, or other foodstuffs for consumption.
• Identify, list, and explain ingredients in response to dietary inquiries.
• Prepare and serve family meals for hotel employees.
• Maintain regular and consistent attendance at work.
• Perform other related work duties as assigned.
• Cook II – demonstrate constant predefined kitchen skills.

• Effective time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to follow instructions and cook and plan meals.
• Must stand 5–6 hours a day and be able to squat, reach & bend regularly.
• Knowledge of food storage/handling techniques.
• Welcome, value, and nurture people of all backgrounds.

• Occasional (10–33%) sitting, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling.
• Frequent (34–66%) lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Constant (67–100%) standing, walking, reaching, talking, hearing, tasting, smelling.

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Some kitchen line or prep experience desired.

• Post high school degree preferred.
• Minimum two years full‑time experience in a related hospitality setting preferred.

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