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Line Cooks Wanted! If cooking is your passion, we'd love you to join us!
Bring your culinary skills and join The Sea Ranch Lodge as a Line Cook, where you can dazzle our guests with your high standards of quality through presentation, preparation, and cooking abilities. Your essential purpose will be to prepare food for restaurant, employee meals, banquets, room service, and special functions, meeting hospitality standards of production quality and quantity.
Benefits for our Line Cooks:
Competitive pay
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance- 100% paid by company!
Paid time off (PTO)
Friendly & family-like team
Lunch, coffee, and beverages provided from our Cafe during your shift
Work next to the ocean- gaze across the ocean on your break!
Discounts at The Sea Ranch Lodge: Retail, Culinary- food/drink
Paid training!
Opportunities for growth
Responsibilities of the Line Cooks:
Follow all specifications to properly and efficiently prepare and present all food items to be served, including accommodating special guest requests.
Follow all specifications to properly and efficiently prepare hot foods, side dishes, and specialty items for employee meals, using left-over food from special functions as much as possible.
Follow all specifications to properly handle all product used in hotel cooking, including trimming and cutting; marinating; and covering, labeling, and storing functions as much as possible.
Assist, as directed, to prepare food for banquet functions.
Ensure proper portions of meat, fish, poultry, as specified, are served to each restaurant and banquet function.
Personally ensure the quality and quantity, as ordered, of all meats, fish, and poultry delivered to the hotel.
Take daily inventory of all items in the meat cooler and fish storage reach-in, and assist, as directed, to order stock.
Rotate food in refrigerator to minimize waste and spoilage.
Assist, as directed, to order food supplies.
Follow all specifications to properly set up hot or cold line stations.
Communicate all guest requests to an appropriate supervisor in a timely professional manner.
Represent and market The Sea Ranch Lodge in a positive and professional manner as requested and continually promote TSRL internally and externally by attending special events when requested and building relationships both on and off property.
Promote and comply with all policies and procedures of The Sea Ranch Lodge.
Immediately report all suspicious occurrences and hazardous conditions and avoid injury to self and others.
Maintain the cleanliness and safety of work areas and equipment at all times.
Attend all mandatory meetings as directed.
Qualifications for the Line Cook:
Able to understand basic English, and to follow simple verbal directions
Must have basic knowledge of production and operations in all relevant kitchen areas
Must be familiar with proper use and maintenance of relevant kitchen equipment and machinery
Valid California driver’s license required
Proof of personal automobile insurance coverage required
Hotel experience preferred but not required
We are also seeking a Steward/Dishwasher to join our team. The Steward/Dishwasher will maintain banquets and operational functions in the restaurant, provide clean tableware for all hotel dining areas and functions, clean and sanitize all pots and pans used by the kitchen staff, and maintain a clean, safe, and comfortable work area for the kitchen and food service staffs.
Benefits for our Stewards/Dishwashers:
Competitive pay
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance- 100% paid by company!
Paid time off (PTO)
Friendly & family-like team
Lunch, coffee, and beverages provided from our Cafe during your shift
Work next to the ocean- gaze across the ocean on your break!
Discounts at The Sea Ranch Lodge: Retail, Culinary- food/drink
Paid training!
Opportunities for growth
Responsibilities of the Stewards and Dishwashers:
Perform routine pre-service tasks as directed, including transporting china, glassware, and silver; making sure service plates are hot and ready to be used.
Attend to food service lines throughout service, including maintaining an adequate supply of clean dishes and utensils; refilling plate warmers as needed; and providing a constant supply of hot dishes and platters.
Sweep, clean, and de-grease all kitchen floors daily.
Follow all specifications to properly presoak, clean, and store all china, glassware, and silverware.
Tear down dish-washing machine at end of each shift and thoroughly wash baskets, tanks, sprayers, and all parts, in preparation for the next shift.
Correctly follow all specified procedures to wash, disinfect, and store pots, pans, and fryers.
Maintain the cleanliness of all sinks in the back of the kitchen, keeping them free of pots and pans.
Retrieve fry pans from the line cooks, and clean and return them as soon as possible.
Perform routine cleaning tasks in the kitchen as directed, including sweeping and mopping; cleaning tasks in the kitchen as directed, including sweeping and mopping; cleaning all machines, sinks, shelves, and working tables; sweeping, cleaning, and mopping inside and out of all walk-in refrigerators and freezers; keeping dumpster area clean and orderly at all times; cleaning dish and food warmers; cleaning work areas; keeping coffee machine area clean; and cleaning and mopping employee dining’ lounge area.
Empty, wash, and reline all trash cans throughout the kitchen as soon as they are filled.
Remove dirty towels from kitchen collection areas as they are filled and replenish supply of clean linens and towels as needed.
Maintain the silver storage areas.
Set tables and empty trash containers in the employee lounge as needed, prior to and during service hours.
Handle, store, and label all hazardous substance according to state and federal regulations.
Represent and market The Sea Ranch Lodge in a positive and professional manner as requested and continually promote TSRLinternally and externally by attending special events when requested and building relationships both on and off property.
Pomote and comply with all policies and procedures of The Sea Ranch Lodge.
Immediately report all suspicious occurrences and hazardous conditions and avoid injury to self and others.
Maintain the cleanliness and safety of work areas and equipment.
Attend all mandatory meetings as directed.
Qualifications of the Steward / Dishwasher:
Able to understand English, and to follow simple verbal instructions.
Some hotel/restaurant experience preferred but not required
Skills & Aptitudes
Detail oriented.
Organize and efficient.
Learns quickly.
Safety-minded.
High quality standards for production and service.
To apply to either position, please send cover letter and resume to info@thesearanchlodge.com.
About Us: The Sea Ranch Lodge is set on 53 acres of coastal California landscape within The Sea Ranch community and has long been a gathering place for Sea Ranch residents and nearby neighbors. It is also an end point of the Bluff Trail, a public beach trail that stretches the length of The Sea Ranch, connecting to Gualala Regional Park. Beyond the Lodge spans acres of meadows, flora and fauna, a barn dating back to the 1870’s, and access to Black Point Beach.
We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
