Advanced Cook

About the role:

Four Seasons Hotel Houston is looking for a Restaurant Cook to help prepare breakfast, lunch, and dinner food items per guest orders in accordance with production requirements and quality standards while maintaining a safe, sanitary work environment. The Advanced Cook is expected to demonstrate leadership qualities among the other culinary staff members.

What you will do:

• Prepare food items per guest orders of consistent quality following recipe cards, as well as production, portion, and presentation standards; complete mis en place and set-up station for breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner service.

• Start food items that are prepared ahead of time, making sure to not prepare beyond estimated needs.

• Operate, maintain and properly clean kitchen equipment, including deep fryer, broiler, stove, steamer, food processor, mixer, slicer, oven, steam table, tilt kettle, waffle iron, and flat top grill.

• Date all food containers and rotate as per policies, making sure that all perishables are kept at proper temperatures; check pars for shift use, determine necessary preparation, freezer pull and line set up; note any out-of-stock items or possible shortages; return all food items not used to designated storage areas, being sure to cover/date all perishables; assist in setting up plans and actions to correct any food cost problems; control food waste, loss and usage per policies.

• Assist in prep work of vegetables and condiments as required for the next shift.

• The Advanced Cook is expected to be creative and experiment with new ingredients and techniques to continually enhance culinary skills.

What you bring:

• Average reading, writing and oral proficiency in the English language.

• Three years of culinary experience required. https://careers.fourseasons.com/us/en/job/REQ10374059/Advanced-Cook