Job Description:

• 1) Plans menus and cooks foreign-style dishes, dinners, desserts, and other foods, according to recipes: Prepares meats, soups, sauces, vegetables, and other foods prior to cooking.

• 2) Seasons and cooks food according to prescribed method.

• 3) Portions and garnishes food.

• 4) Serves food to waiters on order.

• 5) Estimates food consumption and requisitions or purchases supplies.

• 6) Usually employed in restaurant specializing in foreign cuisine, such as French, Scandinavian, German, Swiss, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, and Cantonese.

• 7) May be designated according to type of food specialty prepared as Cook, Chinese-Style Food; Cook, Italian-Style Food; Cook, Kosher-Style Food; Cook, Spanish-Style Food.