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Cook

Posted on April 30, 2024
UNITE HERE 8
GateGourmet
Full-time
Starting at 
23.00
 per hour
Seattle, WA
Applications accepted until position filled

We’re looking for motivated, engaged people to help make everyone’s journeys better.

A Cook is responsible for preparing and cooking various food items according to recipes and monitors cooks production acting as a lead

40 hours per week.

Job Summary:

A Cook is responsible for preparing and cooking various food items according to recipes and monitors cooks production acting as a lead

 

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Assembles equipment according to airline specifications following procedures and assembly diagrams.
  • Packages and prepares alcoholic beverages for airline flights.
  • Keeps production areas in compliance with sanitation standards and customer requirements
  • Documents inventory in compliance with requirements
  • Follows directions.
  • Works as a member of a team.
  • Supports Hot Food leadership in monitoring team’s production quality and efficiencies
  • Additional duties may be assigned as deemed necessary by management

 

Qualifications

 

Education:

  • Culinary degree and/or cook certification is preferred

 

Work Experience:

  • At least 1 year of experience cooking in a high volume institutional catering environment is preferred
  • Experience with maintaining temperature logs for all food items prepared.
  • Recipe conversion experience required to accommodate the kitchen’s daily production needs.

 

Technical Skills: (Certification, Licenses and Registration)

  • Not applicable

 

Language / Communication Skills:

  • Read, write, and follow food specifications and menu guidelines
  • Communicate effectively with supervisors and co-workers

 

Requirements of the Job:

  • Handle various food products such as seafood, beef, pork, poultry, fruits, and vegetables.
  • Handle knives and kitchen tools properly.
  • Work assigned schedule which may vary and could include weekends and holidays
  • Work overtime when required
  • Arrive to work on-time
  • Completes paperwork and related administrative duties
  • Complies with company policies

 

Work Environment

  • Handles pork, poultry, meat and fish products
  • Will be exposed to extreme temperature changes and noise.
  • Must be able to lift, push, pull, and move product, equipment and supplies up to fifty (50) pounds frequently during shift.
  • Regularly stands, bends, lifts, and moves intermittently during shifts of 8+ hours.

 

Demonstrated Values to be Successful in the Position

Employees at gategroup are expected to live our Values of Excellence, Integrity, Passion and Accountability. To demonstrate these Values, we expect to observe the following from everyone:

  • We treat each other with respect and we act with integrity
  • We communicate and keep each other informed
  • We put our heads together to problem solve and deliver excellence as a team
  • We have passion for our work and we pay attention to the little details
  • We foster an environment of accountability, take responsibility for our actions and learn from our mistakes
  • We do what we say we will do, when we say we are going to do it
  • We care about our coworkers, always taking an opportunity to make someone’s day better
About the employer: GateGourmet

Gate Gourmet is the leading global provider of airline catering solutions and provisioning services for airlines, both in-flight at over 200 airports as well as at airport lounges. From menu design through execution and delivery, our passion is giving our airline customers and their passengers an exceptional experience.

Working with our airline customers and business partners, our talented chefs develop innovative culinary creations that delight the passenger senses. Our operational excellence team and program ensures standardized and consistent catering services across the globe while our extended supply chain and complex logistics operations deliver reliable on-time handling.

Our passion for culinary innovation and commitment to operational excellence enables our airline customers to provide their passengers with an exceptional dining experience.

About your union: UNITE HERE 8

UNITE HERE Local 8 represents about 5,000 workers in the hospitality industries of Oregon & Washington State. Local 8 members work in hotels, restaurants, food service, and airport concessions. They include room cleaners, cooks, bartenders, bellmen, food and beverage servers, bussers, and dishwashers. Local 8′s parent union, UNITE HERE, represents hotel, food service, and gaming workers throughout the US and Canada.

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