About this role
# We’re looking for enthusiastic, fun, and energetic people who take the work seriously, but not themselves. Let’s see if we’re a fit. We hope so.
About ITL Group
ITL Group is a hospitality company rooted in chef-driven concepts, thoughtful beverage programs, and genuine guest connection. Our restaurants combine culinary excellence with polished, welcoming service to create memorable dining experiences. Founded in the Town at Trilith, ITL Group operates within a creative, community-focused environment adjacent to Trilith Studios. ITL Group is committed to professionalism, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement across all operations
The Prep Cook will be responsible for preparing the kitchen in a multitude of tasks to include the day-to-day preparation of the meals within all the F & B outlets and to continually uphold the Mainsail Lodging & Development standards.
What you have
- High School diploma or equivalent or higher
- Minimum of 1-year experience in restaurant
- Previous culinary kitchen experience, pastry & baking preferred
- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
What you’ll do
- Basic vegetable prep – peeling, slicing, dicing, and portioning
- Basic sauce prep – primarily stocks, salad dressings, sauces and vinaigrettes
- Basic cooking of bulk prep items braised meats, soups, and sides
- Minor butchering –processing whole poultry and fish
- Baking & pastry preparation
- General cleaning – to include equipment, floors, walls, coolers, and freezers
- Dishwashing –all Luminary & Co. kitchen staff wash dishes
- Ability to listen and understand specific
- Ability to cut and chop food as well as other tasks
- Ability to work long hours standing over hot stoves and grills.
- Ability to work as a team in a stressful, fast-paced environment
- Follow Safe Staff sanitary compliance throughout every area working in the kitchen
- Follow all safety procedures to include knife safety
- Restock clean dishes, flatware and all cooking equipment to the appropriate storage areas.
- Maintain the kitchen work area in an orderly and clean condition.
- Clean or prepare various food for cooking or serving to include peeling vegetables, portioning products, etc.
- Follow proper hand washing procedures
- Assist with plate up dinners during banquets
- Stock supplies for the kitchen in specified locations and maintain area in order
- Sweep, Scrub, mop floors. Wipe walls, coolers, freezers and equipment
- Sort and remove trash and clean the garbage cans / whales daily
- Maintain trash area and place in proper area for pickup
- Assist with loading and unloading of food deliveries and supplies
- Maintain a professional presentable uniform and personal grooming
- Able to effectively communicate with the team on a daily basis
- Maintain a sense of ownership for the hotel / restaurant
- Follow Safe Staff sanitary compliance throughout every area working in the kitchen
- Perform other duties as management requests to service our guests
Physical Demand
- Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time
- Ability to communicate clearly
- Corrected vision to normal range
- Ability to use knives, kitchen machinery safely and effectively.
- Ability to lift 20 lbs.
- Long hours sometimes required
Mental Demands
- Make sound judgments quickly
- Ability to work with others in a high demand kitchen
- Work on multiple tasks, making appropriate progress towards deadlines
- Able to work independently, take direction and provide direction to others
- Manage differing personalities within the kitchen, the hotel and the community
- Maintain the highest degree of confidentiality
- Ability to work effectively in stressful, high pressure situations
- Ability to effectively handle challenges in the workplace, including anticipating, preventing, identifying and solving problems as necessary