Why Work at The Lake House? Employment at The Lake House offers a beautiful place to work in a fun, team-oriented, professional setting. Advantages of being a Lake House team member include:
- Paid Time Off during your first full calendar year for Full Time employees.
- Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits for Full Time employees.
- 401k with up to 4% Employer Match.
- Membership Discounts to the Sands Family YMCA
- FREE Lunch and/or Dinner during your shift.
- Robust and formalized training program to get you doing what you love as soon as possible.
- Rooms, Food & Bev, and Spa Discounts at The Lake House.
- Many Employee Discounts at The Lake House and through LifeMart.
- Company sponsored Community Service and Wellness Events.
Position: Grill Cook
Department: Rose Tavern
Reports to: Chef de Cuisine
General Summary of Duties: Responsible for working the Hearth (wood burning Grill), and assisting the culinary leadership with the work requirements of the day-to-day operations while maintaining a high standard of cleanliness and sanitation in designated work areas.
Starting the fire:
- Dispose of all wood hash safely from the previous shift before starting your fire
- Start your fire at 3pm
- Create your house, shingle stack a line of logs in the very back of the grill from the top of the grill
- Fill the house with four to five piece of cardboard boxes at the bottom
Fire Management:
- Stock the fire and feed it about every 45 minutes to 1 hour
- If the fire is not hot enough or not cooking fast enough, feed that fire.
- Ensure that you keep a full stock of wood logs underneath the grill hand to feed the fire
Examples of Duties (including but are not limited to the following):
- Prepare mise-en-place in advance of cooking process; review recipe; check and measure necessary ingredients; wash, chop, and place ingredients in individual bowls; and retrieve and prepare for sue all necessary equipment
- Prepare and handle food according to the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) program guidelines
- Check and clean refrigerators, trolleys, utensils, and kitchen equipment on a daily basis
- Maintain the specific kitchen area clean and hygienic
- Make proper use of leftover food items to minimize wastage under the guidance of the Chef de Partie or Sous Chef
- Pick up products from stores in accordance with HACCP guidelines and Company policies
- Assist with daily inventory of assigned station for daily requisitions and provide daily per levels to Chef de Partie
- Perform additional duties and projects as assigned
- Cutting and inventory of (all meats) on the station daily
Position Requirements:
- A minimum of 2 year of culinary experience working grill station in professional kitchen
- Ability to speak, read, write and understand English
- Professional demeanor appropriate for a luxury environment
- Knowledge of statutory requirements regarding health and safety, sanitation, proper chemical usage, fire procedures, and HACCP
- Knowledge of all kitchen equipment operations
- Knowledge, understanding, and compliance of policies and procedures, job descriptions, daily memorandums, chemical labels, and other instructions
- Must be able to tell the difference in temperature of cooked meats from rare, medium rare, medium, medium well to well done
Education:
- High School education or equivalent
- Culinary training or accredited apprenticeship program preferred
Typical Physical / Mental Demands:
- Must be able to stand and walk for prolonged periods of time
- Must be able to work around heat that goes up and above 350 degrees
- Must be able to bend, stoop, crouch
- Must use hands to reach, grasp, handle, pull and push
- Must have good near and far vision
- Must be able to hear, talk, smell
The Lake House believes in equal opportunity for all and is committed to ensuring all individuals have an opportunity to apply for those positions that they are interested in and qualify for without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.