Culinary Specialist

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Cook to join our team at Air Culinaire Worldwide. As a key member of our culinary team, you will be responsible for preparing high-quality food and menu items, ensuring exceptional customer satisfaction, and maintaining a safe and clean kitchen environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook a variety of menu items, including hot foods, salads, sandwiches, and desserts, to meet customer specifications and quality standards.
• Assist in the butchering of meats and fish, and participate in daily kitchen operations, including ordering, inventory, and cleaning.
• Ensure that all food preparations and presentations meet Air Culinaire Worldwide's specifications and quality standards.
• Use preventative maintenance with all kitchen equipment and direct other team members to do the same.
• Participate in training and directing new and existing team members, and assist in the development of new culinary initiatives.

Requirements

• A High School diploma is required.
• Current ServSafe Food Handling Certificate is required at hire or within 45 days of hire.
• Must have knife/cutting skills and be punctual and dependable.
• Must have an understanding of cooking techniques and culinary experience in restaurants, hotels, or catering companies, or its equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to take orders and follow through, as well as direct and work well with others in a team-driven, fast-paced environment.

Operational Demands

• Open availability to work weekends and holidays.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stoop, stand for long periods of time, walk, read orders, and listen while discussing orders with fellow co-workers.
• Frequently required to use hands to handle, push, pull, reach, and carry items with hands and arms.
• Must lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply good judgment and understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Final candidate for the position will be required to undergo a pre-employment criminal background check, pre-employment drug test, MVR (if applicable to the position), and E-Verify.

Air Culinaire Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations.

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