POSITION: LINE COOK
(FULL and PART TIME)
Inspired by coastal cuisine around the world, The CITIZEN is a forthcoming seaside tavern located within the town center of Alys Beach, which is situated along Florida’s scenic Highway 30A. Here, local and seasonal ingredients drive the inspiration for both the food and beverage program. Guests will have a choice between an 18-seat bar, 12-seat raw bar, or the 120-seat dining room. The fresh and vibrant flavors of The CITIZEN will be showcased in a variety of menu items, many of which will be cooked over a wood fired hearth, offering a nod to coastal, Southern fare.
Minimum Requirements:
Physical Requirements:
Summary of Key Responsibilities:
(FULL and PART TIME)
Inspired by coastal cuisine around the world, The CITIZEN is a forthcoming seaside tavern located within the town center of Alys Beach, which is situated along Florida’s scenic Highway 30A. Here, local and seasonal ingredients drive the inspiration for both the food and beverage program. Guests will have a choice between an 18-seat bar, 12-seat raw bar, or the 120-seat dining room. The fresh and vibrant flavors of The CITIZEN will be showcased in a variety of menu items, many of which will be cooked over a wood fired hearth, offering a nod to coastal, Southern fare.
Minimum Requirements:
- At least 2 years’ experience in kitchen preparation and line cook experience
- Basic understanding of professional cooking and knife handling skills
- Basic food cost knowledge
- Understanding and knowledge of kitchen safety, sanitation, and food handling procedures
- Must be available to work nights, weekends, and holidays
- Must be able to speak, read, and understand basic cooking directions
- Must be able to communicate clearly with managers, kitchen, and restaurant employees
Physical Requirements:
- Constant standing/walking
- Occasional environmental exposures to cold, heat, and water
- Occasional stooping, kneeling, or crawling
- Occasional pushing, pulling, lifting, or carrying up to 50 lbs
- Occasional ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps
- Frequent, continual, intermittent flexing, or rotation of the wrist(s) and spine
- Constant reaching, turning, and performing precision work around the kitchen area
- Constant receiving detailed information through oral communication
- Constant talking, expressing, or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word
Summary of Key Responsibilities:
- Willingness to learn how to make homemade pastas and bread, on a daily basis
- Interested in performing whole animal butchery techniques
- Accurately and efficiently preparing the highest quality cuisine for our guests; compiling consistently with our standard portion sizes, cooking methods, quality standards and kitchen rules, policies and procedures
- Assume 100% responsibility for quality of products serves
- Adhere to all DHEC regulations for cleanliness and sanitation
- Stocks and maintains sufficient levels of food products at line stations to assure a smooth service period
- Maintains a clean and sanitary work station area including tables, shelves, grills, broilers, fryers, pasta cookers, sauté burners, convection oven flat top range, and refrigeration equipment
- Prepares item for broiling, grilling, frying, sautéing or other cooking methods by portioning, battering, breading, seasoning and/or maintaining
- Follows proper plate presentation and garnish set up for all dishes
- Assists in food prep assignments during off-peak periods, as needed
- Closes the kitchen properly and follows the closing checklist for kitchen stations; assists others in closing the kitchen
- Attends all scheduled employee meetings and brings suggestions for improvement