First Cook

Job summary

The First Cook is responsible for preparing high-quality menu items according to recipes while ensuring efficient service and presentation standards. They also oversee kitchen stations, manage inventory, and direct other cooks to maintain operational excellence and safety compliance.

Job details

Exceptional Hospitality Starts with You Picture yourself brightening someone’s day. When you join our Hotels team, that’s exactly what you’ll do every time you come to work! As a First Cook, you’re not just preparing great tasting food items – you’re spreading the light and warmth of hospitality by delivering memorable experiences that make the stay for every guest. RESPONSIBILITIES Here's what you'll do during a typical day: * Prepare high-quality dishes: Prepare menu items according to designated recipes and quality standards * Delight our guests: Manage guest orders efficiently while ensuring a positive dining experience * Execute complex recipes: Maintain a strong knowledge of menu offerings, handle complex recipes, and oversee stations, execution, quality control and inventory checks * Inspect and finalize plates: Inspect all preparations and dishes ahead of serving to ensure they meet quality and presentation standards * Maintain a clean and organized workspace: Keep food service stations stocked and sanitary while following proper food handling, storage, and safety protocols * Manage product and operational needs: Coordinate timing and plating, manage/direct cooks during shifts, assist with inventory checks, ordering, shift briefings and some special features * Comply with regulatory standards: Maintain compliance with health, safety, sanitation, and alcohol awareness regulations, ensuring the highest standards of guest and team member well-being QUALIFICATIONS What It Takes to Make the Stay At Hilton, our core values define what it takes to succeed here and guide the qualities we look for in every team member: A passion for spreading the light and warmth of Hospitality. Acting with Integrity and always doing the right thing. Inspiring others through Leadership. A belief that Teamwork drives the best outcomes. A sense of Ownership and accountability. And a focus on the Now, bringing urgency and discipline to every moment, knowing it can make a lasting impact. Join an Award-Winning Workplace Culture At Hilton, we don’t just deliver exceptional experiences for our guests—we build an exceptional workplace for the Team Members who make it all possible. As a global leader in hospitality, we’ve welcomed more than 3 billion guests worldwide, all while staying true to our founding vision: to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality. Our award-winning culture has earned us repeated recognition on the World’s Best Workplaces list by Great Place to Work and Fortune. With our suite of world-class brands [https://www.hilton.com/en/brands/], [https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hilton.com/en/brands/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!O2xa4zGt-T01ceC-TUkMR1pfcFCVB7ok76P2VHgrYJIgwQs8Hw4LctiIL1cb1PVtH7hfkg0RhiUKqr1rbiE9oUenw2MC$] and a company-wide commitment to providing the best stay for every guest, we’re setting new standards for the future of travel. Whether you’re starting your career or exploring something new, Hilton supports your journey every step of the way. Come for the job, stay for the career—and help us make every stay a little more magical. Curious about life at Hilton? Explore our Careers Blog [https://jobs.hilton.com/blogs] to see why we’re more than a great place to stay—we’re a great place to work.

What you’ll do

The First Cook is responsible for preparing high-quality menu items according to recipes while ensuring efficient service and presentation standards. They also oversee kitchen stations, manage inventory, and direct other cooks to maintain operational excellence and safety compliance.

Requirements

Candidates should possess a strong passion for hospitality and the ability to lead team members effectively. A focus on integrity, accountability, and maintaining strict health and safety standards is required for this role.

Listed skills

• Food preparation · Preferred
• Quality Control · Preferred
• Inventory management · Preferred
• Team Leadership · Preferred
• Food safety · Preferred
• Shift Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Food preparation
• Menu execution
• Quality control
• Inventory management
• Kitchen sanitation
• Team leadership
• Food safety
• Plating
• Recipe compliance
• Shift management
• Ordering
• Health and safety compliance
• Curiosity
• Leadership
• Accountability
• Teamwork
• Inventory Control
• Blogs
• Quality Control
• Food Services
• Food Safety And Sanitation
• Sanitation

Job areas

• Hospitality
• Food & Beverage
• Management & Leadership
• First Cook
• Cook
• Cooks
• Cooks, Restaurant

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