Job Overview
As a Lead Line Cook, you’ll keep kitchen service moving with focused preparation, consistent cooking, and clear coordination across the team. You’ll prepare dishes to recipe and food safety standards, guide line execution, and help maintain an organized, sanitary workspace. Your impact: Consistent, well-prepared meals help guests enjoy a reliable dining experience while supporting smooth kitchen operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead daily food preparation and food production, coordinating tasks to keep service on track.
- Cook and plate menu items using methods such as grilling, braising, and poaching.
- Follow recipes and menu plans; support menu planning and communicate ingredient or preparation needs.
- Operate kitchen equipment safely and maintain strong knife skills and food handling practices.
- Apply food safety management and sanitizing procedures; keep work areas, tools, and equipment clean.
Skills
- Essential: Cooking, food preparation, meal preparation, recipe adherence, food handling, food safety, and safe operation of kitchen equipment.
- Essential: Kitchen experience, food service experience, restaurant experience, or other relevant culinary experience.
- Essential: Ability to follow food safety and sanitizing procedures and maintain an organized, clean station.
- Preferred: Fine dining experience, high-volume production experience, dietary aide experience, or dietary department experience.
- Preferred: Menu planning experience and familiarity with the food industry, food production, grilling, braising, poaching, and precise knife skills.
Pay: $18.00 - $21.00 per hour
Expected hours: 32.0 per week
Work Location: In person
