Line Cook/ Prep Cook - Cedar Rapids (Full Time)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary/Objective

The line and prep cook positions are responsible for preparing and/or cooking a variety of dishes- ensuring that they meet our high standards of taste, quality and presentation. Your passion for culinary, attention to detail, and ability to thrive in a fast-paced kitchen environment will be instrumental in providing an exceptional experience for our guests.

Core Values

Big Grove only hires and retains people who exhibit our core values. Our Core Values are:

1. Set the Tone

2. Thirst for Improvement

3. We Care

4. Practice Candor

5. Passion Driven

You will be given a culture deck explaining these core values. The goal of our culture deck is to show you who we are as a company, and then you can decide if you personally align with us and are excited to begin a career here.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Line Cook

1. Prepare and cook a variety of menu items following established recipes and presentation guidelines.

2. Ensure that food is fresh, properly stored, and consistently high in quality.

3. Manage a designated station within the kitchen and maintain equipment and tools.

4. Uphold the highest standards of food safety, hygiene, and cleanliness.

5. Ensure food comes out simultaneously, exceeding kitchen standards within appropriate ticket times

6. Communicate effectively with the kitchen team to maintain a smooth and organized workflow.

7. Adapt to changing menu items and work collaboratively to address kitchen challenges.

8. Contribute to kitchen cleanliness and sanitation during and after service.

9. Maintain a positive & professional approach with coworkers, vendors & customers

Prep Cook

1. Prepare, measure, portion and store food items as needed for service.

2. Safely operate kitchen equipment such as knives, slicers, food processors, and ovens.

3. Ensure that food is fresh, properly stored, and consistently high in quality.

4. Uphold the highest standards of food safety, hygiene, and cleanliness.

5. Communicate effectively with the kitchen team to maintain a smooth and organized workflow.

6. Adapt to changing menu items and work collaboratively to address kitchen challenges.

7. Constantly contribute to kitchen cleanliness and sanitation

8. Maintain a positive & professional approach with coworkers, vendors & customers

Competencies

1. Team focused approach

2. Positive attitude

3. Safety minded

4. Detail and thoroughThoroughness

5. Efficient

6. Adaptable/Flexible

Be a high performing Big Grove team member with ability to look at business as a whole, communicate with all people, collaborate with all departments, work to solve organizational problems, and accomplish goals. Contribute to and exemplify BGB values, vision, standards, and culture.

Supervisory Responsibility

None

Work Environment

This position operates in a hospitality/ brewery environment. This role routinely uses cleaning supplies, high heat kitchen equipment, and point of sale terminal systems.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This position is very active and requires standing, rotating, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a part-time or full-time position and hours of work/ days may vary from week to week. Schedules will be posted the week prior to allow time for employee’s to be informed of work requirements. The business is open 7 days a week during day & evening hours. Evening and weekends are a key requirement.

Travel

None

Preferred Education and Experience

1. Up to 1 year of related experience.

2. Knowledge of prep skills, food safety, and sanitation procedures preferred

3. Adaptability to changing menu items and work hours.

4. Ability to work in a fast-paced, high pressure kitchen

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.