The Cook has the responsibility to prepare the ground work for the daily menu items under a minimal supervision of his section leader or manager and following recipes and guidelines provided. He must possess a good basic professional knowledge of all sections in a classic kitchen.

They can identify flavor balance and take corrective action when needed and hold more of a responsibility for the overall product with the section leader. Most often candidates have previous ship experience and USPH knowledge. The Cook has advanced knife handling skills, confidence with the timing of food preparation and better control of wastage.

Essential duties and responsibilities

Operational

• • Prepare all basic food items for the menu requested by his supervisor.
• • Must possess advanced knife handling skills.
• • Must be able to work in any section of a kitchen.
• • Must have a good food knowledge and understanding of culinary terms.
• • Must be able to read, understand, follow and prepare company recipes.
• • Must be proficient in effecting completing tasks, work efficiently and productively.
• • Follow Public Health according to company standards and expectation (referring to US, Anvisa, Shipsan, Canadian, Australian etc) at all times within his section.
• • Maintains his assigned area in preparation for announced or unannounced United States Public Health type inspection either done by the Food & Beverage Manager or the actual inspectors.
• Reports for duty at assigned times, follows his/her supervisor’s instructions and ensures that personal appearance, uniform and personal hygiene are in accordance with the company’s rules and regulations.

Training & Development

Attends meetings, training activities, courses and all other work-related activities as required.

Financial

responsible for cost containment through the proper use, handling, and maintenance of records, reports, supplies, and equipment.

Safety Responsibilities

Must be familiar with the galley layout in terms of safety and security, must have a full understanding of ships rules/regulations (SMS) and participate in all required safety drills/training.

Resources

Not Applicable.

Other Duties and Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned.)

• Attend early stand-by for any inspection.
• Can be assigned from time to time to late duty.
• Can be assigned from time to time to assist the Procurement team with storing operations.
• This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the shipboard employee occupying this position. Shipboard employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.

Qualifications

Knowledge, experience, skill, and/or ability

Required

High school graduate, with a minimum of 3 years in kitchen operations.

Preferred

Previous Cruise ship experienced preferred but not essential.

Required computer skills

• Microsoft Office Suite 2003 and higher (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Basic Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 Operating Platform knowledge.

Education/experience/certifications

• Culinary School degree.
• Food Hygiene Certification preferred but not essential.
• STCW.

Other Skills

Knowledge of general office practices, procedures and equipment; ability to prioritize tasks and work independently; strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills; ability to interact with senior level management and owner representatives.

Math Ability

Able to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions for this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and smell. The employee must be able to lift or move up to 55 pounds (20 kilograms) without assistance.

The vision requirements include

Ability to adjust focus, depth perception, peripheral vision, distance vision and close vision and to be able to otherwise perform the essential functions of the job in a manner that does not present danger to the employee or others with or without a reasonable accommodation.