Main role - Kitchen/Back of House Cook:
- Prepared ingredients, including vegetables, fruits, meats, sauces etc, for meal preparation.
- Cooked/fried, plated, and served full meals, entrées, and desserts while maintaining cleanliness in doing the dishes.
- Handled raw meats frequently and adhered to sanitary requirements for food safety.
- As only one of the usual two kitchen staff/cooks, was able to manage most kitchen operations independently
- High ability in setting up, closing down, cleaning the kitchen as well as handling rubbish/recycling.
Secondary role: Front of House Waitress:
- When the restaurant got busy, would have to multitask and come out from the kitchen to help with any and all duties of a waitress, including working the coffee machine and taking calls for bookings, take-away orders, etc.
- Served drinks—non-alcoholic and alcoholic (possesses an RSA).
- High and good ability to handle all front-of-house duties independently for the entirety of full shifts.
- Fully set up the restaurant in preparation for service, and clean/close down.
- Trained new members of staff.
- Built wonderful knowledge of menus, drinks, restaurant etc