Line Cook - Green Lantern Pizza
Clinton Twp, MI 48035
About the Job
Green Lantern Pizza is seeking line cook candidates who are motivated, team-oriented, friendly, dependable, and have the drive to provide excellent service in a high-paced Pizza restaurant!
Benefits packages offered include Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Insurance.
Put your application in and join our family of serving the Best Pizza in Town since 1955!!
Summary of position:
Accurately and efficiently cook meats, fish, vegetables, soups, and other hot food products as well as prepare and portion food products prior to cooking. Also, perform other duties in the areas of food and final plate preparation including plating and garnishing of cooked items and preparing appropriate garnishes for all hot menu item plates.
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Prepares a variety of meats, seafood, poultry, vegetables, and other food items for cooking in broilers, ovens, grills, fryers and a variety of other kitchen equipment.
• Assumes 100% responsibility for the quality of products served.
• Knows and complies consistently with our standard portion sizes, cooking methods, quality standards, and kitchen rules, policies and procedures.
• Stocks and maintains sufficient levels of food products at line stations to assure a smooth service period.
• Portions food products prior to cooking according to standard portion size and recipe specifications.
• Maintains a clean and sanitary work station area including tables, shelves, grills, broilers, fryers, pasta cookers, sauté burners, convection oven, flat top range, and refrigeration equipment.
• Prepares items for broiling, grilling, frying, sautéing, or other cooking methods by portioning, battering, breading, seasoning, and or marinating.
• Follows proper plate presentation and garnish set up for all dishes.
• Handles, stores and rotates all products properly.
• Assists in food prep assignments during off-peak periods as needed.
• Closes the kitchen properly and follows the closing checklist for kitchen stations. Assists others in closing the kitchen.
• Attends all scheduled employee meetings and brings suggestions for improvement.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by the Kitchen Manager or manager on duty.
Qualifications:
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in kitchen preparation and cooking.
• At least 6 months experience in a similar capacity.
• Must be able to communicate clearly with managers, kitchen and dining room personnel.
• Be able to reach, bend, stoop and frequently lift up to 40 pounds.
• Be able to work in a standing position for long periods of time (up to 9 hours).
If you’re looking for the best pizza in town, you’re in luck. Green Lantern Pizza is it. Started in 1955 by Thomas and Irene Vettraino, we’re the real deal. We combine an old-school casual-diner feel with modern food and fast service.
Our family-friendly pizza restaurants are one of the most popular late-night pizza places in the Metro-Detroit area. Maybe you want to hang out with friends. Maybe you have an insatiable hunger for amazing pizza. Either way, we’ve got you covered.
OUR RESTAURANTS
Green Lantern Pizza all started with a restaurant at our iconic spot in Madison Heights. Since then, we’ve grown to seven locations in the greater Detroit area, but we never forgot the old neighborhood or our mission.
Today, you can sit down for pizza in our Berkley, Clinton Township and Madison Heights locations. You get the kind of old-fashioned service you got back in the day when every customer was a friend. With our casual and warm dining atmosphere and our amazing food, you’ll see why Green Lantern Pizza is the King of Pepperoni. It’s good to dine with royalty.
CARRYOUT AND DELIVERY:
At Green Lantern Pizza, we get it. When you want a hot slice of pizza, you don’t want to drive all over Michigan to eat. That’s why we’ve got a bunch of spots open, always ready to serve up amazing food. All of our locations let you grab your food to go. We even deliver or cater, so you can eat in your PJs if you want to. We won’t judge.
WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER:
Green Lantern Pizza has had the best pizza in town since 1955. We may be famous for our “Best in Town” round pizza and our deep dish “Detroit-Style” square pizza, but we do have a few aces up our sleeves if you’re craving something else. Check out our full menu of apps, salads, subs, sandwiches and sides. No matter what kind of munchies you’ve got, Green Lantern Pizza has you covered.