Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Hourly
Rate:
Range $12.00 - $15.00
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Paid Time Off
Employee Discounts
Retirement Plan
Professional development opportunities
work-life balance initiatives
Job Description
Loews Hotels & Co is a prominent luxury hospitality company known for creating vibrant, welcoming hotels that provide unparalleled experiences for their guests. Recently, Loews Hotels made a significant expansion by opening the Loews Kansas City Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. This new addition is a remarkable 24-story, all-glass building featuring 800 rooms and offering 60,000 square feet of meeting and function space. Uniquely connected by a sky bridge to the expansive 800,000 square-foot Kansas City Convention Center, this hotel stands as a prime destination for both leisure and business travelers. It marks an important milestone as the first hotel... Show More
Job Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Culinary training or certification as cook
- Minimum one year experience cooking in an upscale, high volume hotel or restaurant
- Knowledge of food service sanitation standards
- Understanding of standard kitchen equipment
- Physical ability to stand, stoop, bend and lift up to 50 pounds
- Proficiency in English
- Flexibility to work weekends and holidays
Job Qualifications
- High school diploma, or its equivalent
- Post secondary culinary training/certification as "Cook" from a recognized culinary training school plus one year experience cooking in an upscale, high volume hotel or freestanding restaurant or equivalent
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of Food Service Sanitation Standards
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of standard kitchen equipment and its use
- Ability to stand, stoop, bend
- lift and carry up to 50 pounds
- Ability to read, write and speak English
- Ability to work flexible schedule to include weekends and holidays
Job Duties
- Sets up and organizes work area with all necessary supplies and equipment
- Receives, inspects, rotates all food products to ensure fresh, high quality ingredients are used
- Prepares and stores raw food products properly
- Follows standardized recipes in the preparation and cooking of menu items
- Adheres to established portion control guidelines, minimizes waste
- Plates cold foods according to established plating/presentation guidelines
- Monitors finished product to ensure food is served promptly, notifies supervisor of any delays in service
- Ensures that a quality product is prepared and served in a timely manner
- Follows all Governmental Food Sanitation Standards at all times
- Monitors refrigeration and holding temperatures, cleans and sanitizes work surfaces, washes hands frequently
- Uses knives, slicers, mixers, choppers, grinders and all other equipment in a safe manner according to the manufacturers recommendations
- Notifies Supervisor of and equipment malfunction or safety hazard immediately
- Provides Steward with timely notification of need for clean dishes, pots, pans etc.
- Returns cooking utensils to pot wash area, informs Steward of any HOT items
- Cleans and breaks down work area, returns all unused ingredients to proper storage at end of shift
- Ensures that all closing side work is complete, cooking equipment is turned off and kitchen is secure at end of shift
- Other duties as assigned
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