Cook

Description

Do you enjoy putting a smile on people’s faces and creating memories that will last a lifetime? At the Hilton Minneapolis/Bloomington located in the heart of 494 & France Avenue, you will have the opportunity for a rewarding career working with hospitality professionals who together to make the hotel one of the top ranked Hiltons in North America. Our priority is providing our guests and team members with exceptional experiences every day.

The Cook is responsible for preparing and cooking all food items according to menus and expediting orders quickly and correctly. The Cook is also responsible for ensuring all stations are set to standards and following instructions from the Chefs.

What you will be doing:

• Setup workstation as outlined in prep sheet.
• Prepare and cooking food quickly and correctly following all required recipes.
• Store food correctly and use proper rotation and dating standards.
• Maintain sanitary standards before, during and after food service.
• Determine inventory of food items and requisition from storeroom.
• Maintain high quality level of food preparation prior to service.

What we are looking for:

• Follow instructions of Chef and Sous Chef.
• Ability to work sauté, line and broiler station.
• Ability to read orders from the point of sales system.
• Knowledge of cooking techniques for seafood stocks, grilling, sautéing, and deep frying, as well as cold food prep.
• Knowledge of basic prep functions- i.e. cleaning greens, prepping vegetables and cutting skills for all fresh produce and fruit.
• Be able to cut, dice, flan, supreme, julienne, brunoise, med dice, large dice, and slice fresh fruit and produce.
• Knowledge of equipment and food.
• Knowledge of proper cooking procedures.
• Knowledge of proper knife handling and techniques.
• Understand all prep duties, how to run line if needed, and work middle station during busy times.

At the Hilton Minneapolis/Bloomington, we offer the following great benefits:

• Competitive Wages
• Insurance benefits to our associates after 30 days of full-time employment
• Flexible schedules
• Room discounts for Hilton properties and Marcus Hotels & Resorts properties
• Employee referral bonus program

For each position, we require a stable work history verified by a background check, a positive attitude, a willingness to be a team player, and the ability to work weekends and holidays.