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About the Role
We are seeking cooks to safely and efficiently prepare and cook food that will keep our customers coming back. Our goal is to have customers tell us that our food and service is excellent!
Responsibilities
- Prepare and cook menu items in accordance with established recipes, portion sizes, and quality standards, ensuring consistency and adherence to food safety guidelines.
- Follow proper cooking techniques and methods, including grilling, frying, roasting, baking, and sautéing, to achieve desired flavors, textures, and appearances.
- Monitor food temperatures, cooking times, and ingredient quantities to prevent waste and ensure that food is cooked and served at optimal quality.
- Collaborate with the culinary team and management to develop and refine menu items, specials, and promotions that appeal to guests' preferences and dietary needs.
- Experiment with new ingredients, flavors, and cooking techniques to create innovative and unique dishes that showcase the restaurant's culinary expertise and creativity.
- Stay informed about culinary trends, industry developments, and seasonal ingredients, and incorporate these insights into menu planning and execution.
- Maintain a clean, sanitized, and orderly kitchen environment at all times, including workstations, equipment, utensils, and storage areas, in compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Assist with inventory management, including receiving, storing, and rotating ingredients and supplies, and conducting regular stock checks to ensure adequate levels for production.
- Follow proper food handling and storage procedures to minimize the risk of contamination, spoilage, and foodborne illness, and ensure that all kitchen equipment is maintained and operated safely.
- Communicate effectively with kitchen staff, servers, and management to coordinate food preparation, cooking times, and service priorities, and ensure smooth operations during peak hours.
- Support and assist colleagues as needed, including dishwashing, food plating, and garnishing, to maintain efficient workflow and meet service deadlines.
Requirements
- Provide high-level customer service.
- Communicate effectively with guests and team members.
- Follow instructions.
- Ability to learn quickly.
- Pay attention to detail.
- Maintain composure when working under pressure.
- Safe and appropriate use and operation of kitchen equipment.
- Knife skills, grill, broiler, sauté and Expediter skills; garde manger experience.
- Speed in meal production while ensuring high-quality food.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience.
- Experience with receiving orders and inventory control helpful.
Skills
- Customer service
- Effective communication
- Ability to follow instructions
- Quick learning
- Attention to detail
- Composure under pressure
- Safe operation of kitchen equipment
- Knife skills
- Grill operation
- Broiler operation
- Sauté operation
- Expediter skills
- Garde manger experience
- Speed in meal production
- High-quality food preparation
- Inventory control
Location
- Schroon Lake
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum 2 years’ experience
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent work experience
- Culinary Arts education preferred
- Serve-Safe Certification preferred
- Allergy Awareness Training preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $21.50 per hour
Benefits
- Health Coverage (contribute up to 80% toward individual plans)
- Affordable dental insurance
- Affordable vision insurance
- FSA options
- HSA options
- 401K plan
- Discretionary yearly 401K match
- Paid group term life insurance (for select positions)
- 50% shared cost short-term disability
- Optional additional employee paid life insurance
- Robust PTO plan
- 7 paid holidays
- Earned wage access program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Sober support network
- Recovery-friendly workplace
- Hotel travel discounts
About the Company
- The Lodge at Schroon Lake creates a fun, supportive environment where growth never stops, and success is celebrated together.
- Guided by our values of continuous improvement, accountability, concern for others, and trust, we foster a culture of collaboration and integrity.
- We are more than just a business—we’re a values-driven organization that believes in creating an environment where every team member can thrive.
- Our core values guide everything we do, from how we interact with each other to how we serve our guests and community.
- Olympia Hospitality is committed to supporting employees both in and out of the workplace, focusing on health and wellness, future security, and overall satisfaction.
Equal Opportunity
- The Olympia Companies is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable law.