Cook
Crying Tiger
Apply to this jobWe’re hiring people to join our team as LINE COOKS!
A Few of Our Line Cook Benefits:
- Restaurant Discounts
- Employee Assistance Program - Focusing on a Commitment to Mental Health & Wellness
- Paid Vacation for Qualifying Employees
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance
- Dental & Vision Insurance
- Life, Accident Protection & Critical Illness Insurance
- Domestic Partner Benefits
- 401(k)
Crying Tiger, from James Beard Award Finalist Chef Thai Dang (HaiSous Vietnamese Kitchen) and Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants, is slated to open later this year at 51 West Hubbard Street in Chicago’s River North. The restaurant’s menu draws inspiration from Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and beyond. Beverage Director and Partner, Kevin Beary (Three Dots and a Dash, The Bamboo Room and Gus’ Sip & Dip), will curate Crying Tiger’s beverage menu, incorporating regional flavors into original cocktails.
Join the Lettuce Entertain You team! Our 100+ restaurants are nationally recognized for great food and service and as great places to work. We hire and care deeply for people with creativity, passion and the drive to be the best. And we reward our teams with top notch benefits, career-long training and development and opportunities for growth. If you want a career at a progressive company with a long-standing commitment to people, join our caring and creative team.
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Line Cooks are responsible for the preparation, production and presentation of all menu items.
Essential Functions
- Prepare menu items according to prescribed recipes and/or special requests
- Available to work a variety of hours, days and shifts, including weekends
- Safely and effectively use and operate all necessary tools and equipment, including knives
- Ability to effectively communicate in order to perform and follow job requirements in written and spoken direction
- Multitask calmly and effectively under pressure
- Work in a confined, crowded space of variable noise and temperature levels
- Able to move and lift up to 10 pounds, frequently move and/or lift up to 25 pounds, and occasionally move and/or lift up to 50 pounds
- Ability to stand and walk for an entire shift and move safely through all areas of the restaurant, which may include stairs, uneven or slick surfaces
Key Responsibilities and Duties
- Follow all prescribed portioning controls and par levels
- Maintain food safety and quality standards
- Ability to read a thermometer correctly and efficiently
- Communicate any food delays or issues to Coordinator
- Maintain menu item counts and communicate to Management and service staff when quantities fall below restaurant specific minimum quantity
- Accurately account for all items coming out of the station
- Understand and follow the food allergy procedure and special orders/restrictions
- Comply with all safety and sanitation guidelines and procedures
- Follow all rules, policies, procedures and conditions of employment, including those outlined in the Employee Handbook
- Get along well with others and be a team player
- Other duties will be assigned as needed
Summary
Prepare and present menu items, maintain food safety, work in a team environment
Job title
Cook
Experience level
not specified
Industry
hospitality
Location requirements
Chicago, Illinois, USA; not specified if remote
Salary
USD 34,528–52,000 per year
Management role
No
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Chicago, IL, USA