Cook II

Overview

Job Description — This role prepares ingredients for cooking, including portioning, chopping, and storing food. It involves washing and peeling fresh fruits and vegetables, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, preparing and cooking food according to recipes and standards, preparing cold foods, and operating kitchen equipment such as ovens, stoves, grills, microwaves, and fryers. It also includes testing foods for doneness, monitoring quality, setting up and breaking down the work station, serving food in proper portions, and maintaining cleanliness and safety in the kitchen.

• Prepare ingredients for cooking, including portioning, chopping, and storing food.
• Wash and peel fresh fruits and vegetables.
• Weigh, measure, and mix ingredients.
• Prepare and cook food according to recipes, quality standards, presentation standards, and food preparation checklist.
• Prepare cold foods.
• Operate ovens, stoves, grills, microwaves, and fryers.
• Test foods to determine if they have been cooked sufficiently.
• Monitor food quality while preparing food.
• Set up and break down work station.
• Serve food in proper portions onto proper receptacles.
• Wash and disinfect kitchen area, tables, tools, knives, and equipment.
• Check and ensure the correctness of the temperature of appliances and food.

• Follow all company safety and security policies and procedures; report maintenance needs, accidents, injuries, and unsafe conditions to manager; complete safety training and certifications.
• Ensure uniform and personal appearance are clean and professional; maintain confidentiality of proprietary information; protect company assets.
• Speak with others using clear and professional language.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with others; support team to reach common goals; listen and respond appropriately to concerns of other employees.
• Ensure adherence to quality expectations and standards.
• Stand, sit, or walk for an extended period of time; reach overhead and below the knees, including bending, twisting, pulling, and stooping; move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing up to 25 pounds without assistance.
• Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Supervisors.

• Education: High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent.
• Related
  
  Work Experience:
  
  At least 1 year of related work experience.
• Supervisory
  
  Experience:
  
  No supervisory experience.
• License or Certification: None

At more than 100 award-winning properties worldwide, The Ritz-Carlton Ladies and Gentlemen create experiences so exceptional that long after a guest stays with us, the experience stays with them. We attract the world's top hospitality professionals who curate lifelong memories, and believe that everyone succeeds when empowered to be creative, thoughtful, and compassionate. We set the standard for rare and special luxury service and pride ourselves on delivering excellence in the care and comfort of our guests.

The Gold Standards—Employee Promise, Credo, and Service Values—guide daily work. Joining The Ritz-Carlton means becoming part of a global brand with Marriott International, and offers opportunities to be proud of the work you do and who you work with.

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