Line Chef / Line Cook

As the leader in upscale casual cuisine, Romano's Macaroni Grill offers you outstanding career growth opportunities and a dynamic environment to showcase your skills. Join the family today!

Summary
The Line Chef’s role is to provide a "Guest First" service at all times, making the Guest the heart and passion of all they do. This includes friendly and timely interaction with Guests and Team Members, ensuring correct recipe and cooking procedures for all dishes, maintaining ticket time for appropriate day part, and following up to ensure each Guest receives their correct food order.

Duties and Responsibilities

Prepare menu items according to company recipes, FATT (Flavor, appearance, Temperature, and Texture) criteria, cooking procedures, food safety and sanitation procedures, and plate presentation ensuring proper execution of dishes resulting in a high quality and consistent product

Ready and willing to assist fellow Team Members in meeting Guest needs

Clearly understands correct procedures in serving Guests with allergens

Communicates ticket times and potential problems with the Expeditor, Manager, and other Line chefs as necessary

Performs Stations Readiness Assessments (prep work and station duties) at the start, throughout, and end of each shift as required

Maintains cleanliness and sanitation throughout the shift. Always adheres to company food handling, safety and sanitation procedures

Performs all duties and responsibilities according to the Company’s written Employment Guidelines

Keeps immediate supervisor promptly and fully informed of all food quality and Guest service issues. Takes prompt corrective action as appropriate

May be assigned additional tasks in support of the business

Requirements
Qualifications

At least six months of related experience preferred

High school diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED) preferred

Food handler’s certification required

Communicate clearly and concisely with Team Members, Managers, and Guests

Add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals

Understand written recipes, procedures, prep lists, and other related work notes

Manage personal work flow under time pressure and resolve questions and problems with supervisor

Ability to stand and/or walk throughout the entire shift and work in a restaurant environment

Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

Subject to cleaning chemicals, heat, moisture, steam, humidity, open flames, cooking odors, refrigeration/freezer temperatures, loud noise and occasional wet floors

Will work around knives, power equipment and cooking equipment

This job description is a summary and not all inclusive of position duties and responsibilities.