Patties and Pints - Cook III
Company: Valley View Casino & Hotel
Location: Valley Center
Posted on: August 7, 2022
Job Description:
WHO WE ARE:Be a member of the winning team at Valley View Casino
& Hotel named one of San Diego's Best Places To Work by the San
Diego Business Journal. Valley View is where fun and your future
will come together join our team for a fun and exciting environment
with amazing benefits that focus on you, your family and helping
you reach your lifetime goals! Deeply rooted in the Valley Center
community, we, the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians, have a rich
local history. With traditions founded upon "good neighbor" values,
our Tribe has been a part of this community for many generations.
Valley View Casino & Hotel reflects our proud heritage of
enterprise and opportunity; it is a place for our friends and
neighbors. At Valley View Casino & Hotel our team members are the
foundation of who we are and what we do. The compassion,
encouragement and level of experience that you will be exposed to
will put you on a career path full of opportunities for
advancement. Description of the Position:The Cook III will safely
prepare food items while following menu specifications and standard
recipes in a quick, timely, and accurate manner. Primary Duties,
Responsibilities, and Tasks:
- All team members are obligated to support and uphold the Valley
View Casino's Standards of Excellence as outlined in the Team
Member Guide to Success.
- Maintain positive guest relations at all times, resolving guest
complaints and ensuring guest satisfaction. Greet guests in a
courteous and caring manner using personalized service.
- Provide clear direction, instruction and guidance to team
members.
- Organize and delegate work assignments and tasks to meet
deadlines.
- Train lower-level cooks in proper equipment usage.
- Communicate regularly with Cook III, Assistant Room Chefs and
Room Chefs.
- Prepare all food items according to standard recipes and menu
to ensure consistency of product.
- Exhibit knowledge, understanding, and application of various
cooking techniques.
- Ability to work with small, delicate, and sensitive equipment
(knives) requiring fine finger dexterity. Knowledge of different
knife cuts.
- Exhibit preparation and knowledge of base sauces, stocks, and
soups.
- Demonstrate ability to create compound sauces and derivatives
of mother sauces.
- Actively participate with staff to cook, prepare, dish-up and
assemble food.
- Demonstrate ability to work the line in all locations.
- Operate kitchen equipment including slicer, steamer, deep
fryer, ovens, broiler, grill, mixer, kettle, and flat top.
- Maintain a solid knowledge of all food products.
- Prepare daily prep list.
- Prepare order lists for recipe preparations.
- Prepare written food requisitions for supplies and food
items.
- Demonstrate ability to recite recipes from memory.
- Begin development of daily specials and new dishes for
presentation to Room Chefs.
- Perform all assigned side work to include
replenishing/restocking work station with supplies.
- Adhere to control procedure for food costs and quality.
- Rotate all products on the first-in, first-out philosophy.
Properly label and date all products to ensure safekeeping and
sanitation.
- Check station before, during, and after shift for proper set-up
and cleanliness.
- Abide by all health codes and hand washing guidelines and
encourage team members to do the same.
- Fully observe all safety procedures.
- Strive for picture perfect plate presentation.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management.
- Responsible for conducting all responsibilities in a
professional and ethical manner
- Responsible for maintaining a consistent, regular attendance
record. Required Qualifications:
- Five years of experience as a Cook in a high-volume restaurant
environment.
- Demonstrated proficiency in braising, sauting, broiling, and
poaching.
- Demonstrated proficiency in using a slicer, mixer, robo coupe,
tongs, chef's knife, bread knife, paring knife, steel, high heat
spatula, turner, and whisk.
- Ability to demonstrate basic knife skills and different knife
cuts.
- Ability to identify pan types and knife types.
- Ability to read and produce all recipes designated to assigned
outlet.
- Knowledge of sanitary practices.
- Possession of the basic tools to perform the job duties of a
Cook.
- Working knowledge of weights, measures, and various cooking
techniques.
- Reading and math skills for recipes and measurement.
- Knowledge of MSDS program.
- Ability to stand on a hard surface for long periods of
time.
- Ability to tolerate areas with extreme hot and cold
temperatures.
- Must possess effective communication and organizational
skills.
- Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out a
variety of instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram
form.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of
measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Must apply for, receive, and maintain a Gaming License from the
Tribal Gaming Agency.
- Must successfully pass a drug screening test.
- Must be able to successfully pass applicable auditions or skill
testing. Preferred Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- Formal culinary training. Physical Requirements of the
Position:The physical demands described here are representative of
those that must be met by the Team Member to successfully perform
the essential functions of this job.
- Clear vision (close, distant, peripheral, and depth perception)
is needed for navigating office and casino environments, reading
and reviewing reports and policies, operating data processing
equipment and other essential job functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is
regularly required to talk and hear.
- The Team Member is regularly required to sit and use hands to
manipulate, handle, or feel.
- The Team Member is frequently required to stand; walk; reach
with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or
crawl and taste or smell. Team Member must be able to stand for the
majority of their shift.
- The Team Member must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Working
Conditions:
- The Casino is open 24 hours per day, seven (7) days per week;
therefore, you must be flexible to work any and all shifts.
- While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is
exposed to second hand tobacco smoke, moving mechanical parts and
fumes or airborne particles.
- The Team Member is usually subject to inside environmental
conditions, which provide protection from weather conditions, but
not necessarily from temperature changes.
- The Team Member is occasionally subject to outside
environmental conditions and to wet and/or humid conditions.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
When on the casino floor, the noise level increases to loud. Other
Information:
- Native American hiring preference applies.
- This job description does not list all the duties of the job.
You may be instructed by management to perform other tasks or
functions.
- You will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of
the tasks listed in this job description and your ability to commit
to the Standards of Excellence.
- Management has the right to revise this job description at any
time.
- The job description is not a contract for employment.All team
members are obligated to support and uphold the Valley View Casino
& Hotel's Standards of Excellence as outlined in the Team Member
Guide to Success. Maintain positive guest relations at all times,
resolving guest complaints and ensuring guest satisfaction.
Greeting guests in a courteous and caring manner using personalized
service. Must apply for, receive, and maintain a Gaming License
from the Tribal Gaming Agency. Must be able to successfully pass
applicable auditions or skill testing and a drug screening test.
While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is exposed
to second hand tobacco smoke, moving mechanical parts and fumes or
airborne particles. The Casino is open 24 hours per day, seven (7)
days per week; therefore, you must be flexible to work any and all
shifts. Other details
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