Dependent on experience - Starting pay rate: $13.00-$17.00

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required for this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Basic cooking skills & techniques in all existing kitchen stations: Salads, Desserts, Broiler/Grill, Sauce/Sauté, Fryer and Vegetables
• Basic overview of all kitchen stations
• Advanced overview of a single station
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills such as describing daily specials, writing prep list
• Good knowledge of Meat and Fish cooking temperature and stages of doneness
• Basic knowledge of large-volume food preparation
• Basic knowledge of Cakes & Individual Pastries
• Basic knowledge of Garde Manger plate & platter presentation, Fruits and Vegetable carvings
• Must know how to clean, fillet, marinate and properly store most Fishes
• Must know how to clean, bone, tie, portion, marinate and store most prime-cut meat & poultry
• Good food portioning skills
• Basic knowledge of American regional cooking
• Some knowledge of international cooking techniques and basic recipes
• Basic recipe knowledge in Meats, Fish, Vegetables, Fruits, Stocks & Sauce preparations
• Basic food purchasing & receiving knowledge. Must know how to read an invoice
• Basic knowledge of accounting procedures such as inventories, recipes and menu costing
• Some leadership knowledge
• Basic knowledge of kitchen cleaning chemicals
• Basic kitchen organizational skills
• Intrinsic desire to become a Culinarian in all aspects