Cook
The Cook position prepares high-quality organic flatbread pizza, salads and desserts, following Flatbread Company recipes. Daily tasks include preparing dough, slicing, and chopping toppings such as vegetables and meats and executing guests’ orders in consideration of special requests and food allergies, ensuring safety and sanitation standards are upheld.
Activities/Tasks
• Prepare flatbread pizzas from our menu and special requests from guests.
• Prepare and bake traditional and gluten-free doughs, with knowledge of the quality targets.
• Execute recipes and prep procedures, including dough mixing & fermentation, and sauce preparation.
• Daily oversight of quick count variance and targeted portion control.
• Wash and chop vegetables. Cut, slice and cook meats including chicken, ham and beef.
• Monitor food stock levels and communicate with the manager about what needs to be ordered.
• Prepare salad ingredients and plate according to Flatbread Company’s specifications.
• Recommend and develop specials in collaboration with the Kitchen Manager.
• Maintain a clean cooking station and sterilize equipment, following strict safety standards.
• Respectfully communicate with team members on a regular basis and carry out tasks as directed by the Manager on Duty.
• Assist with ordering and receiving of orders.
Culture
• Contribute in a positive way to a working environment that is fun, productive, respectful and professional
• Have an open mind and represent a genuine concern for fellow team members
Job Requirements
• Work experience as a pizza cook or similar role in a restaurant
• Hands-on experience with preparing and baking pizza doughs
• Familiarity with professional kitchen equipment and brick or stone oven
• Understanding of food hygiene and commitment to food safety policies
• Great time-management skills
• Dependable consistent attendance, and flexible to work shifts that include weekends and evenings
• High school degree or equivalent in education and experience.
• Commitment to food safety, ingredient knowledge, allergens, personnel safety, sanitation, product preparation, and personnel development
• Ability to collaborate with team members and display team spirit.
• Must be physically present in the building. This role is not eligible for remote work.
Supervisory Responsibility
• This role does not have any supervisory responsibilities
Physical Requirements/Environment/Working Conditions
• This job operates predominantly in a restaurant environment requiring extensive standing.
• Exposure to heat, smoke, cold.
• Must have the ability to sit and stand; exhibit manual dexterity to use equipment; see and read printed material with or without vision aids; communicate so that others may understand clearly; physical ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds; to bend, to stoop, to walk and to reach overhead.
• Must have high level of mobility/flexibility. Bending, reaching, walking
Disclaimer
This position description is not intended, and should not be construed to be, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended, however, to be an accurate reflection of those principal job elements essential for making decisions related to job performance, employee development and compensation. As such, the incumbent may perform other duties and responsibilities as required.
At Flatbread Company, we believe that employment and advancement is based on your enthusiasm, skills and performance, not politics. Your gender, your gods, your sex life, your skin color, the fact that you’re a grandparent or who you know don’t make a difference to us. If you are community oriented, believe in supporting local farms, serving real food, empathetic, passionate, smart and good at what you do – come as you are! We believe diversity should be celebrated which commits us to creating a respectful, inclusive environment for all team members. We believe in a workplace that keeps each other well while renewing our spirit and doing a little something to save our planet.