Prep/Line Cook
The Restaurant at Embers, is actively searching for a creative, fast-paced, and professional Prep/Line Cook to join our Culinary Team. Our restaurant offers breakfast, lunch anddinner 7 days a week in season for hotel guests and locals.
Tucked in the quaint mountain town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, The Embers Hotel offers 36 guest rooms and suites with full-service restaurant and al fresco dining patio. Managed by Hay Creek Hotels, this boutique location embodies a fireside retreat with 4-star service in an approachable, natural setting.
$17-$19 per hour.
Job Summary:
- Work closely with the Sous Chef and Executive Chef to ensure that all items needed are in stock. Maintain daily pars and place inventory orders as needed.
- Regularly make table visits to ensure guest satisfaction.
- Practice and enforce proper food storage safety, allergy awareness, compliance with health department code, and all other safety and security policies and procedures.
- Oversee all work stations, often assisting in completing daily prep and working on each station.
- Enforce quality control of food at all times. Coordinate with the Sous Chef and Executive Chef on proper food preparation, execution, and plate presentation.
- Maintain cleanliness of workstation, kitchen area, and walk in cooler/freezer.
- Assist in training other culinary team members as needed.
- Participate in the execution of special events, private parties, and banquets.
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- 2+ years of recent Culinary experience in a high volume, full service restaurant.
- Inspired to work with food and passionate about our hospitality industry.
- Excellent Knife skills.
- Open to learn new skills.
- Must continuously demonstrate a positive, upbeat and customer-focused attitude.
- Flexibility to work nights or mornings, weekends, holidays, and busy seasonal days.
