Line Cook

Job description

Position: Line Cook Location: Highland Park Village Start Work Date: January Opening Restaurant Date: February 1 Restaurant: Cafe Dior

MAIN ROLE

As a line cook, you will be an integral part of a team-driven environment, where collaboration, precision, and dedication to excellence are important. You will be working closely with fellow line cooks, sous chefs, and other kitchen staff to ensure smooth kitchen operations. Communicate effectively with the front-of-house team to ensure orders are accurate.

Qualities

• Ensuring that every dish looks and tastes the same consistently is vital for a fine dining setting.
• Communication with the kitchen team, waitstaff, and front-of-house is key to ensuring smooth service. Clear Instruction and the ability to take feedback graciously will help maintain a collaborative and productive environment.
• Teamwork is imperative because of the challenges we face working out of 2 separate kitchens. One must be able to assist your teammates if one falls behind. Since fine dining environments often require collaboration between various chefs and kitchen staff, a line cook must be able to work well with others and maintain a positive attitude under pressure.
• In a fine dining setting, there is a focus on quality over quantity. A CDP should know how to respect portion control, use premium ingredients, and maintain a high standard of cleanliness and organization in the kitchen.
• Adapting to dietary restrictions, accommodating last-minute changes, or adjusting for ingredient availability.

Daily Responsibilities

• Mise en Place: Ensure all ingredients and equipment are ready before service. Mise en place is crucial for maintaining efficiency during service.
• Meetings: Attending pre,post and all staff meetings are important because those are the times we speak about VIP’s, menu changes and feedback.
• Check Inventory: Verify that all ingredients needed for the day’s service are in stock and alert the chef de cuisine or sous chef about any shortages. This may include receiving deliveries and properly storing ingredients.
• Kitchen Sanitation: Clean and sanitize workstations, equipment, and utensils after each use. Ensure that surfaces are regularly wiped down, scratched and polished.
• Food Safety: Follow all food safety protocols, such as proper handling of raw meats, keeping cold items refrigerated, and ensuring that hot food is stored at the correct temperature.
• Working Under Pressure: Manage multiple orders at once while ensuring that all components of a dish are prepared and cooked at the right time, ensuring nothing is overcooked or undercooked.
• Timing: Pay attention to the timing of each dish, particularly in a fine dining restaurant where courses may be served in a specific sequence.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $22.00 per hour

Expected hours: No more than 40 per week

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance

Shift:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Experience:

• Restaurant experience: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Dallas, TX 75205 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Dallas, TX 75205: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person