Cook

Duties & Responsibilities

• Take customer orders and preparing food to their specifications
• Prepares and cooks meats, fish, vegetables, gravies, cereals, soups, fruits, bakery products and other forms of food
• Prepares and cooks food for special diets from recipes formulated by qualified personnel
• Assists in on-the-job training and assist in directing the work of food service workers, students and other employees within area of assignment
• Planning and managing work orders to ensure all items of an order are finished and served at the same time
• Assists in the preparation of salads and desserts
• Grilling, cooking, and frying foods
• Notifies supervisor of food and supplies needed. Checks in food and supplies as necessary
• Maintains food production records
  
  Cleans kitchen, kitchen utensils and equipment; secures refrigerator and freezer
• Serves food as required. Maintains maximum standards of sanitation and safety
• Promptly reports equipment and food quality to kitchen manager
• Uses our Standardized Recipe Card for preparing all products
• Must be able to do shift work - including weekends and night shift
• Must be able lift heavy equipment

• In dependant worker
• Must be able to communicate clearly with managers and kitchen personnel
• Customer focused
• Abiliy to effectively multitask
• Attention to detail
• Be able to work in a standing position for long periods of time
• 2 - 4 years of experience in kitchen preparation and cooking

• Matric
• Relevant qualification