Line Cook

**Job Title:** Line Cook

**Reports to:** Executive Chef

**Department:** BOH Operations

**Hours of work:**

Ability to work a variable schedule, including weekends.

**Organizational Overview:**

Bottleneck Management operates vibrant, high-energy, approachable restaurants in the most dynamic neighborhoods and locations. From the start, weve been about genuine people and genuine hospitality. Weve grown into a crowd-pleasing hospitality juggernaut while continuing to hold our core values close to our hearts. We offer a fun and supportive working environment, with competitive salaries, insurance, 401k, vacation, paid sick days and generous restaurant discounts.

**Core Values**

**Understand** the wants and needs of others

**Support** others through words and actions

**Empower** each team member to excel

**Enjoy** each other, our guests and our time at work

We believe its our people that make us strong, so were committed to finding driven, hospitable, upbeat and intelligent teammates. Whether its in our home office or our restaurants, we put hospitality first, like excellent hosts at a party.

**Career Development**

**Red Shirt Program:**

Restaurant employees are eligible to enroll in our career advancement program. We value our staff and know the benefits of promoting from within.

Whether you see your restaurant job as a stepping stone, or as your career path, were here to help you achieve your goals. Many of our managers have been promoted from within. Our Red Shirt program is a way for our team members to grow as industry professionals, building our bench with the next wave of talented players.

**Position Summary**

Our Line Cooks are a key part of our team, and critical to providing genuine hospitality. They are energetic, excited to grow in the hospitality industry and care about their team.

Our Line cooks help prepare and maintain assigned par levels of food items. The optimum Line Cook is skilled in culinary arts and is knowledgeable in kitchen equipment. The Line Cook upholds the origination of all recipes and provides the guests with the best possible culinary experience.

**Primary Responsibilities and Requirements**

**Essential Functions:**

Follow recipes and procedures to prepare assigned sauces and food items according to prep lists and par guidelines

Comply with all health code requirements

Use knives correctly to include use of a cut glove to chip, cut, dice, etc.

Prepare, season, and cook dishes such as soups, meats, vegetables, or desserts in restaurants

May order supplies, keep records and accounts, price items on menu, or plan menu

Inspect and clean food preparation areas, such as equipment and work surfaces, or serving areas to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices

Operate equipment safely determined by position and OSHA regulations

Contribute to a positive guest experience by doing everything to exceed their expectations

Store, receive, stock and rotate food throughout the work day per company standards as needed

Ensure food is stored and cooked at correct temperature by regulating temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, and roasters

Ensure freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items, and rotating stock

Turn or stir foods to ensure even cooking

Portion, arrange, and garnish food, and serve food to waiters or patrons

Observe and test foods to determine if they have been cooked sufficiently, using methods such as tasting, smelling, or piercing them with utensils

Wash, peel, cut, and seed fruits and vegetables to prepare them for consumption

Understand and follow the food allergy procedure and special orders/restrictions

Work closely and communicate with BOH and FOH team members, in a high-paced environment while doing a variety of time restraint tasks

Assist other cooks during high volume when needed

Other functions as assigned by management

**Qualifications and Skills**

Previous prep experience preferred

Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced work environment Good judgment skills and adaptive attitude

Must have all required food / alcohol certifications as designated by location

**Supervisory Responsibilities:** N/A

**Work Environment/ Physical Demand:**

75% Work at approximately 36 table/stove and reach in approximately 36 75% Reach (6 to overhead) bend, stoop, and wipe

60% Perform job at continuous high pace, under pressure, also maintain quality and speed 50% Lift and carry sacks, boxes, and product up to 50 pounds from floor to above waist level, approximately 20 feet and sometimes involving stairs

Must be able to walk and stand for full shift Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds

Must have good hearing for accurate communication with guests.

Must be able to use hands and fingers to handle and feel objects, tools controls and type Must be able to work in areas of loud noises

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Bottleneck Management provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

*An equal opportunity employer*

Company : Bottleneck Management

Position : Line Cook

Status : Full Time

Shift : First (Day), Second (Afternoon), Third (Night)

Req # : 6843456

Date Posted : January 21, 2022

Location : 212 Ellington Blvd, Gaithersburg, US, MD, 20878

Job Category : BOH Operations