Cook at Peniel Apartments Limited

Peniel Apartments Limited is a hospitality company in the heart of Abuja, providing of medium to long-stay, serviced apartments to guests from various parts of the world for over twenty years.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Cook

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• A Cook is responsible for preparing ingredients at our kitchen processing customer orders, producing meals and cleaning their workspace throughout the day to follow health and safety guidelines.
• Cooks follow recipes consistently, make adjustments based on customer requests, communicate with wait staff and prepare garnishes to make an attractive presentation for each meal.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare meals according to our standards and quality.
• Weigh, measure, mix and prep ingredients according to recipes.
• Steam, grill, boil, bake or fry meats, fish, vegetables, and other ingredients.
• Check food and ingredients for freshness.
• Arrange and garnish dishes.
• Handle and store ingredients and food.
• Work well under pressure and within the time limit.
• Ensure that kitchen area, equipment and utensils are cleaned.

Requirements and Skills

• Knowledge of safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept and to which food must be prepared to avoid foodborne illness
• At least 5 years in same or similar role
• Prior knowledge or flair on pastry production is an advantage
• Prior experience in related food and beverage service and food preparation positions
• Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating on complex dishes
• Interpersonal skills to interact with a variety of other people, such as wait staff, dishwashers, management and sometimes customers
• Calm demeanor to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment
• Accountability for the dishes they prepare measuring up to the expectations of management and customers alike
• Comprehension and organization to follow direct orders and recipes and to correctly prepare dishes to the standards of the restaurant
• Manual skill and hand-eye coordination to handle tools, such as knife techniques for chopping, slicing, cutting and dicing
• Ability to stand in one place for hours at a time, handle extreme heat and work shifts.

Application Closing Date
9th August, 2021.