Cook - Part Time

🔥 Join Our Kitchen Crew as a Line Cook! 🔥

Are you passionate about creating mouth-watering dishes and making food that makes people smile? We’re looking for a talented and energetic Line Cook to bring flavor, fun, and flair to our busy Golden Owl kitchen at the UNC Charlotte Marriott!

What You’ll Do:

🍳 Prepare delicious dishes with love and precision

🔥 Keep the line running smoothly and efficiently

🎉 Be part of a fun, fast-paced team that loves to cook and serve

🌟 Bring your creativity and enthusiasm to the table

What We’re Looking For:

✅ Kitchen experience (a plus, but we love to train passionate newbies!)

✅ A positive attitude and a team player mindset

✅ Ability to work under pressure and keep things fun

✅ Reliable, punctual, and ready to cook up a storm

Perks & Benefits:

🎉 Competitive pay + tips

🎉 Flexible schedule

🎉 Staff meals and discounts

🎉 A lively, welcoming work environment where your skills shine

Ready to turn up the heat and join our culinary family? Apply now and let's cook up some greatness together!

Prepare food items in accordance with production requirements and quality standards while maintaining a safe sanitary work environment.

• Prepare food of consistent quality following recipe cards and production and portion standards, per dupe from servers.
• Start food items that are prepared ahead of time, making sure not to prepare more than estimated needs.
• Date all food containers and rotate as per the SOP, 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.
• Assist in keeping buffet stocked.
• Return all food items not used on next shift to designed 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 SOP.

Education/Formal Training

High school education or equivalent experience.

Experience

Minimum one-year food service or related work.

Knowledge/Skills

Knowledge of cooking and the practices and procedures of a kitchen in order to perform non-repetitive analytical work.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying: Position regularly involves lifting food cases and metros weighing up to 70 lbs. Items include food, small equipment -75% of the time.
• Periodic climbing required.
• Bending of the knees does become necessary when using the lower oven for cooking, 5-10 times a day.
• Mobility -full range of mobility and the ability to travel 30-50 feet on a regular basis throughout the day.
• Continuous standing -during preparation, during service hours or during expediting, usually all day.
• Must be able to hear equipment timers and communicate with other staff.
• Must be able to see that product is prepared appropriately.
• Lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying.
• Must be able to understand and follow verbal/written instructions and communicate both verbally and in writing.

Environment

Inside 100% of 8 hour shift. Going in the freezer temperatures can be -10 degrees. On the front line, temperatures can be over 100 degrees.