Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Cooks Job Description

• Knowledge of safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept and to which food must be prepared to avoid foodborne illness 

• Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating on complex dishes 

• Interpersonal skills to interact with a variety of other people, such as waitstaff, 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 dexterity 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