Cook & Waiters

**2 x Cooks and 3 x Waiters**

**A - Team Hospitality Limited are looking for 2 x Cooks and 3 x Waiters at our Manawatu-Whanganui hotel. We are a busy and fast-growing Hotel Restaurant & Bar.**

**Cooks**:
**Core duties include;**
- **Examining foodstuffs to ensure quality**
- **regulating temperatures of ovens grills and other cooking equipment**
- **preparing and cooking food.**
- **Manage prep time and minimise wastage.**
- **Maintain and monitoring quality of dishes at all stages of preparation and presentation.**
- **Follow recipes and instructions carefully.**
- **Seasoning food during cooking.**
- **Portioning food placing it on plates and adding gravies sauces and garnishe**
- **Storing food in temperature-controlled facilities**
- **Preparing food to meet special dietary requirements**
- **Stocktake and ordering.**
- **May train other kitchen staff and apprentices.**
- **Assisting in menu planning and prepare seasonal menu.**
- **Be familiar with daily and ongoing menus functions specials etc.**
- **Ensure compliance with food safety standard.**
- **Ensure all statutory as well as establishment hygiene regulations are strictly adhered to.**

**Waiters.**

**Your day-to-day task will include;**
- **Setting and arranging tables.**
- **Greeting customers and presenting them with menus and beverage lists**
- **Taking orders and relaying them to kitchen and bar staff.**
- **Serving food and beverages.**
- **Opening bottles and pouring beverages.**
- **Clearing tables and returning dishes and cutlery to kitchen.**
- **Removing empty bottles and used glasses from tables and refilling and replacing glasses.**
- **Collecting payments for sales and operating point of sales machines and cash registers.**
- **Recommend wines beers and spirit to complement food.**
- **Ensure all statutory as well as establishment hygiene regulations are strictly adhered to.**

**To be considered for this role you should be able to provide previous work references.**

**Working on weekends and will be available on-calls (if required) for this position.**

**Hourly wage rate: $25 - $30 per hour depending on experience and skills.