Cook - TGI Fridays

To prepare a wide variety of foods according to recipe requirements and to adhere to product sensitivities and plate presentation. To ensure that all prepared food meets TGI Fridays food safety and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensures that all prepared food meets TGI Fridays standard of excellence, 100% recipe adherence, and adheres to product sensitivity and plate presentation guidelines.
• Complies with all food safety rules, laws, protocols, and standards.
• Places expo-ready food in the window using the appropriate zoning standards.
• Keeps updated on recipe changes. Ensures proper execution of recipe procedures to maintain a high quality and consistent product.
• Keeps entire kitchen clean; stocks and sets up rotation.
• Keeps prepared food continuously moving out of the kitchen.
• Communicates ticket times and potential problems with the service staff, kitchen staff and Managers.
• Completes assigned prep work for stocking and set up of station. Breaks down and cleans station thoroughly daily.
• Assists with Line Checks and ensures every product on assigned station is within sensitivity guidelines and adheres to food safety standards.
• Requisitions products on a timely basis. Operates and maintains equipment properly.
• Cleans and sanitizes throughout the shift.
• Ensures proper rotation of all products and stocks products to par. Labels, day dots and signs all products as appropriate.
• Keeps immediate supervisor promptly and fully informed of all problems or unusual matters of significance and takes prompt corrective action where necessary or suggests alternative courses of action which may be taken.

MEASURES OF SUCCESS

• Guest Experience
• Following and enforcement of standards of cleanliness and presentation
• Management of inventory
• Consistently fulfill the Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities above
• Guest satisfaction scores
• Food quality and cost
• Cleanliness and sanitation
• Must be able to perform multiple tasks, while maintaining standards in a high volume, fast-paced environment
• Must produce items exactly according to recipe to ensure Guest satisfaction and control food costs in a high volume, fast-paced environment
• Must follow food handling and sanitation procedures to control food costs and ensure overall safety
• Must be able to read Guest orders
• Must be able to hear kitchen, window person and/or Manager requests in the midst of loud background noise
• Must be able to stand, move and walk for entire shift

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able to bend and stoop frequently
• Must be able to lift and carry sacks and cases of up to 70 lbs., up to 20 times per shift: places these items on high shelves and in walk-in freezers
• Must be able to work frequently in a hot and damp environment
• Must be able to occasionally work in extreme cold temperatures in walk in freezer
• Must be able to use hands 99% of the time

DISCLAIMER: THE CONTENT WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT REPRESENTS THE ROLE OF A TGI FRIDAYS INC. EMPLOYEE. FRANCHISEES MAY INCLUDE DIFFERENT OR ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. PLEASE VERIFY ACTUAL REQUIREMENTS DURING THE INTERVIEW.

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