New Jersey Chefs/Cooks Job Listings

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Personal Chef

We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Personal Chef to join our family’s household and provide exceptional culinary services. As a Personal Chef, you will be responsible for creating delicious and healthy meals tailored to our family’s preferences and dietary needs. This is a part-time position, depending on the family’s requirements, and the successful candidate will have a passion for cooking, creativity, and the ability to deliver high quality meals. Responsibilities Menu Planning Collaborate with the family members to create customized menus based on their preferences, dietary restrictions, and health goals. Source fresh, seasonal, and high-quality ingredients and adapt menus. Maintain an updated inventory of food supplies and ingredients, ensuring their freshness and availability. Meal Preparation Prepare and cook meals according to the agreed-upon menus, ensuring exceptional taste, presentation, and nutritional balance. Utilize culinary techniques, creativity, and expertise to deliver a variety of dishes that cater to different tastes. Accommodate dietary restrictions and preferences. Kitchen Management Maintain cleanliness, organization, and sanitation standards in the kitchen area. Keep an inventory of food supplies and ingredients, ensuring their freshness and availability. Manage grocery shopping, selecting the best ingredients and ensuring they are well-stocked. Special Dietary Considerations Develop an understanding of individual family members’ dietary preferences, allergies, and restrictions. Create alternative meal options to accommodate specific dietary needs. Provide recommendations for healthy and balanced meal choices. Culinary Expertise Stay updated on culinary trends, techniques, and nutrition to enhance the quality of meals. Continuously explore new recipes and ingredients to introduce variety and creativity to the menu. Events & Special Occasions Plan and execute menus for special family events, celebrations, or dinner parties. Coordinate with family members or event planners to ensure seamless execution. Provide exceptional service during events, including meal preparation, plating, and serving. Requirements Proven experience as a Personal Chef, private cook, or similar, preferably in a household setting. Strong culinary skills with knowledge of various cuisines, cooking techniques, and dietary requirements. Ability to create diverse and appealing menus that cater to different tastes and preferences. Attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality meals. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to understand and accommodate individual preferences and dietary restrictions. Flexibility to adapt to changing schedules and occasional special events. Discretion and respect for privacy, maintaining the confidentiality of family-related matters. Food safety and sanitation certification is desirable. A valid driver's license is required for grocery shopping. Benefits We offer a competitive compensation package based on experience and the agreed-upon work schedule. If you are a talented and passionate chef who enjoys creating personalized culinary experiences, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your resume, along with a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you believe you would be an excellent fit for our family. Salary Range: $20/hr - $30/hr USD + Bonus Type of Employment: Part-Time Shift: Flexible work hours 10-15 hours per week, 2-3 days per week (schedule to be determined)

Glen Rock, NJ 07452, USA

$20-30/hour

Cook I - Pastry - Seasonal63499918233345121

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Cook I - Pastry - Seasonal

A Cook 1 will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook from scratch, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods in various outlets/preparation locations according to the outlet/preparation location recipes and SOPs and within current health and safety standards set forth by Ocean Casino, local, state, and federal regulatory agencies. Position Responsibilities Prepares and cooks food from scratch to order based on recipes, SOPs, and verbal instruction by the room chef, sous chef, and/or manager on duty. Prepares and cooks food in an ala carte style of service, banquet/catering style of service, and buffet style of service. Provides the highest quality of food and service to customers on Ocean Casino property and/or at offsite events representing Ocean Casino at all times. Reads food orders and/or receives verbal instructions on food required by guests and prepares, cooks, and presents food according to instructions, recipes, and SOPs. Proficient in sauté, grilling, searing, frying, braising, blanching, boiling and poaching. Proficient in using standard kitchen equipment including but not limited to open flame burners, open flame grills, flat top grills, broilers, salamanders, fryers, steamers, steam jacketed kettles, tilt skillets, convection ovens, combi ovens, induction cookers, fryers, mixers, blenders, robot coupes, and burr mixers. Comprehensive understanding of how to gauge proper cooking temperatures per guests request, recipes, SOPs, local, state, and federal regulatory agencies, or verbal instruction by room chef, sous chef or manager on duty for proteins including but not limited to: beef (rare, medium rare, medium, medium well, well done) poultry, lamb (rare, medium rare, medium, medium well, well done), fish and shellfish, pork, eggs. Comprehensive understanding of how to gauge proper cooking temperatures per guest’s request, recipes, SOPs, local, state, and federal regulatory agencies, or verbal instruction by room chef, sous chef or manager on duty for vegetables and starches. Can proficiently perform the position responsibilities of a cook 2, cook 3 and kitchen runner. Can work independently with limited to no supervision for various periods of time adhering to all position responsibilities listed. Keep all workstations clean, sanitary, and organized at all times. May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned Essential Functions Able to read, convert recipes according to production requirements Continuous standing, walking for long periods Periodically pushing and pulling heavy carts and lifting products in proper storage areas Ability to work in contrasting hot and cold areas Lift food items sometimes as heavy as 50 lbs. Repetitive heavy lifting Requirements High School diploma or equivalent preferred Either a culinary apprenticeship or an Associate’s degree in Culinary Arts Minimum two year high volume baking and bakery training experience, with emphasis on decorating and plated desserts Must be proficient in the conversion of recipes Serv Safe certified. 2 years’ experience in a high-volume kitchen. The ability to communicate, read, and comprehend the English language. Successfully pass with a score of 80% a practical cooking test. Must follow all Ocean Casino policies including wearing black non-slip shoes, an Ocean hat, plain black hat, or disposable toque, or sailors cap, kitchen uniform, and name tag. Benefits Training & Development Free Meal while on shift Free Parking Pay Rate: $24.00/hour

Atlantic City, NJ, USA

$24

Cook I - In Room Dining - Seasonal63499806127107122

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Cook I - In Room Dining - Seasonal

A Cook I will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook from scratch, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods in various outlets/preparation locations according to the outlet/preparation location recipes and SOPs and within current health and safety standards set forth by Ocean Casino, local, state, and federal regulatory agencies. Position Responsibilities Prepares and cooks food from scratch to order based on recipes, SOPs, and verbal instruction by the room chef, sous chef, and/or manager on duty. Prepares and cooks food in an ala carte style of service, banquet/catering style of service, and buffet style of service. Provides the highest quality of food and service to customers on Ocean Casino property and/or at offsite events representing Ocean Casino at all times. Reads food orders and/or receives verbal instructions on food required by guests and prepares, cooks, and presents food according to instructions, recipes, and SOPs. Proficient in sauté, grilling, searing, frying, braising, blanching, boiling and poaching. Proficient in using standard kitchen equipment including but not limited to open flame burners, open flame grills, flat top grills, broilers, salamanders, fryers, steamers, steam jacketed kettles, tilt skillets, convection ovens, combi ovens, induction cookers, fryers, mixers, blenders, robot coupes, and burr mixers. Comprehensive understanding of how to gauge proper cooking temperatures per guests request, recipes, SOPs, local, state, and federal regulatory agencies, or verbal instruction by room chef, sous chef or manager on duty for proteins including but not limited to: beef (rare, medium rare, medium, medium well, well done) poultry, lamb (rare, medium rare, medium, medium well, well done), fish and shellfish, pork, eggs, vegetables and starches. Can proficiently perform the position responsibilities of a cook 2, cook 3 and kitchen runner. Can work independently with limited to no supervision for various periods of time adhering to all position responsibilities listed. Knowledge of and adherence to company policies and procedures Keep all workstations clean, sanitary, and organized at all times. All other duties as assigned. Essential Functions Able to read, convert recipes according to production requirements. Continuous standing, walking for long periods. Periodically pushing and pulling heavy carts and lifting products in proper storage areas. Ability to work in contrasting hot and cold areas. Lift food items sometimes as heavy as 50 lbs. Repetitive heavy lifting. Requirements High School diploma or equivalent preferred Serv Safe certified preferred. 2 years’ experience in a high-volume kitchen preferred The ability to communicate, read, and comprehend the English language. Successfully pass with a score of 70% a practical cooking test. Must follow all Ocean Casino policies including wearing black non-slip shoes, an Ocean hat, plain black hat, or disposable toque, or sailors cap, kitchen uniform, and name tag. Benefits Paid Time Off Training & Development Free Meal while on shift Free Parking Pay Rate: $24.00/hour

Atlantic City, NJ, USA

$24

Cook I - Ocean Steak - Seasonal63393535340291123

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Cook I - Ocean Steak - Seasonal

About the Role A Cook will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods: to include Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Special/Catered Events. Position Responsibilities Prepares and cooks to order foods that may require short preparation time. May prepare food and serve customers at an a la carte and may operate a grill station. Prepares food in accordance with current applicable federal, state and company standards, guidelines and regulations to ensure high-quality food service is provided. Reads food order or receives verbal instructions on food required by guests and prepares and cooks food according to instructions. Provides the highest quality of service to customers at all times. Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments. Prepares foods under direct supervision or instruction by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use. Attends all allergy and foodborne illness in-service training. Complies with all Ocean Casino Resort HACCP policies and procedures. May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Essential Functions Able to read, convert recipes according to production requirements Continuous standing, walking for long periods Periodically pushing and pulling heavy carts and lifting products in proper storage areas Ability to work in contrasting hot and cold areas Lift food items sometimes as heavy as 100 lbs. Repetitive heavy lifting Requirements High School diploma or equivalent preferred Either a culinary apprenticeship or an Associate’s degree in Culinary Arts Experience in a high volume kitchen helpful The ability to effectively communicate in English Serv Safe certified Benefits Paid Time Off Training & Development Free Meal while on shift Free Parking Pay Rate: $24.00/hour

Atlantic City, NJ, USA

$24

Cook II - Zhen Bang - Seasonal63392024646145124

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Cook II - Zhen Bang - Seasonal

A Cook II will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods in various outlets/preparation locations according to the outlet/preparation location recipes and SOPs and within current health and safety standards set forth by Ocean Casino, local, state, and federal regulatory agencies. Position Responsibilities Prepares and cooks food to order based on recipes, SOPs, and verbal instruction by the room chef, sous chef, and/or manager on duty. Prepares and cooks food in an ala carte style of service, banquet/catering style of service, and buffet style of service. Provides the highest quality of food and service to customers on Ocean Casino property and/or at offsite events representing Ocean Casino at all times. Reads food orders and/or receives verbal instructions on food required by guests and prepares, cooks, and presents food according to instructions, recipes, and SOPs. Can proficiently perform the position responsibilities of a cook 3 and kitchen runner. Must be able to perform the following duties based on recipes, SOPs, written and verbal instructions with minimal supervision to no supervision for various periods of time adhering to all position responsibilities listed. Knowledge of and adherence to company policies and procedures Once properly trained: Deep frying, marking/searing proteins, and various food items. Place any food items in an oven or any cooking equipment, set thermostats and timers on equipment as instructed verbally or in writing by room chef, sous chef, or manager on duty after being properly trained on the specific equipment. Removing hot food items from all kitchen equipment. Panning hot and/or cold food. Heating soups and sauces. Transferring hot and/or cold food items to and from various cooking and/or serving vessels. Heating/cooking items that are not being cooked from a raw state with the exception of foods that are at the intermediate level of cooking and/or to be considered fast food and/or quick service such as eggs, burgers that are only cooked to well done, cheese steak meat cooked to well done, and chicken cheese steak meat cooked to well done, fried items such as chicken tenders or chicken wings cooked to well done (165 degrees), vegetables, and starches. Keep all workstations clean, sanitary, and organized at all times. Adhere to federal, state and local laws and regulations All other duties as assignedEssential Functions Continuous standing, walking for long periods of time. Pushing and/or pulling heavy carts, lifting products, and placing into proper storage areas. Ability to work in hot and/or cold areas within the same shift. Lift perishable and non-perishable items up to 50 pounds. Repetitive lifting, bending, reaching. Must follow all Ocean Casino policies including wearing black non-slip shoes, an Ocean hat, plain black hat, or disposable toque, or sailors cap, kitchen uniform, and name tag. All duties as assigned. Requirements What’s Required High School diploma or equivalent preferred. 1 years’ experience in a high-volume kitchen. The ability to communicate, read, and comprehend the English language. Intermediate skills in at least 2 of the following cooking methods preferred: Deep frying, marking, searing, cooking proteins to a well-done state only (burgers, chicken) and other various food items, fast food and/or quick service food methods. Intermediate skills in using at least 50% of the following kitchen equipment preferred: open flame burners, open flame grills, flat top grills, fryers, steamers, convection ovens, mixers, blenders, robot coupes, and burr mixers. Successfully pass with a score of 70% a practical cooking test. Benefits Paid Time Off Training & Development Free Meal while on shift Pay Rate:$22.50 /hr

Atlantic City, NJ, USA

$22.5

Cook II - Stephen Starr - Sunny's - Seasonal63392024465283125

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Cook II - Stephen Starr - Sunny's - Seasonal

About the Role A Cook 2 will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods in various outlets/preparation locations according to the outlet/preparation location recipes and SOPs and within current health and safety standards set forth by Ocean Casino, local, state, and federal regulatory agencies. Position Responsibilities Prepares and cooks food to order based on recipes, SOPs, and verbal instruction by the room chef, sous chef, and/or manager on duty. Prepares and cooks food in an ala carte style of service, banquet/catering style of service, and buffet style of service. Provides the highest quality of food and service to customers on Ocean Casino property and/or at offsite events representing Ocean Casino at all times. Reads food orders and/or receives verbal instructions on food required by guests and prepares, cooks, and presents food according to instructions, recipes, and SOPs. Can proficiently perform the position responsibilities of a cook 3 and kitchen runner. Must be able to perform the following duties based on recipes, SOPs, written and verbal instructions with minimal supervision to no supervision for various periods of time adhering to all position responsibilities listed. once properly trained: Deep frying, marking/searing proteins, and various food items. Place any food items in an oven or any cooking equipment, set thermostats and timers on equipment as instructed verbally or in writing by room chef, sous chef, or manager on duty after being properly trained on the specific equipment. Removing hot food items from all kitchen equipment. Panning hot and/or cold food. Heating soups and sauces. Transferring hot and/or cold food items to and from various cooking and/or serving vessels. Heating/cooking items that are not being cooked from a raw state with the exception of foods that are at the intermediate level of cooking and/or to be considered fast food and/or quick service such as eggs, burgers that are only cooked to well done, cheese steak meat cooked to well done, and chicken cheese steak meat cooked to well done, fried items such as chicken tenders or chicken wings cooked to well done (165 degrees), vegetables, and starches. Keep all workstations clean, sanitary, and organized at all times. May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Essential Functions Continuous standing, walking for long periods of time. Pushing and/or pulling heavy carts, lifting products, and placing into proper storage areas. Ability to work in hot and/or cold areas within the same shift. Lift perishable and non-perishable items up to 50 pounds. Repetitive lifting, bending, reaching. Must follow all Ocean Casino policies including wearing black non-slip shoes, an Ocean hat, plain black hat, or disposable toque, or sailors cap, kitchen uniform, and name tag. May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Anything outside of job duties will be compensated at the appropriate hourly rate based on job classification responsibilities preformed after 8 hours within a month. Requirements High School diploma or equivalent preferred. 1 years’ experience in a high-volume kitchen. The ability to communicate, read, and comprehend the English language. Intermediate skills in at least 2 of the following cooking methods preferred: Deep frying, marking, searing, cooking proteins to a well-done state only (burgers, chicken) and other various food items, fast food and/or quick service food methods. Intermediate skills in using at least 50% of the following kitchen equipment preferred: open flame burners, open flame grills, flat top grills, fryers, steamers, convection ovens, mixers, blenders, robot coupes, and burr mixers. Successfully pass with a score of 80% a practical cooking test. Benefits Training & Development Free Meal while on shift Free Parking Pay Rate: $22.50/hour

Atlantic City, NJ, USA

$22.5