J-1 Culinary Training

Training Plan: Orientation (0,5 month): You will receive orientation to the company and local community and includes learning about our company’s customers, culture, business strategies, etc.; learn about payroll schedules and payroll tax withholding; local training area, housing options, apartment complexes and transportation options; meet key contacts and other employees; receive computer training on company systems; receive orientation to local community including cultural centers, volunteer opportunities, local sporting events, and entertainment venues. Orientation is scheduled to take up to one month and takes places concurrently with the first phase of training. Garde Manger Demi Cook (4 months): You will learn to prepare and coordinate the production of cold food items in order to maintain high standards of quality; learn American contemporary styles of presenting food and preparation; learn to prepare all cold food items according to standard recipes, visually inspect appearance of all cold food for proper color combination and overall presentation to maintain appeal; prepare requisitions for supplies and food items for production in work stations; check and control proper storage of all food items in refrigerators and freezers to maintain product freshness. Restaurant Demi Cook (4 months): You will learn preparation of products such as savory items, entrees; learn culinary knife skills and cuts; learn product tasting, station organization, egg cookery, small sauce production, and protein cookery such as braising, stewing, roasting, sautéing, broiling, grilling, and poaching; learn the process for simultaneous preparation of several portions of vegetables, starches, and proteins; construction of food presentations on plates; and evaluation of the results. Restaurant Chef de Partie (3,5 months): You will learn supervisor skills by managing the performance of cooks in restaurant kitchen; learn to coordinate work assignments and ensure kitchen is prepared for service; learn to take appropriate action to correct deficient conditions; evaluate, counsel and provide leadership support; monitor set up and maintenance of stations to ensure it is up to standard; assist with traditional and contemporary restaurant menus with an emphasis on quality, quantity, setup, timing, service; organizing the preparation, storage, and delivery of small volume production for a la carte service. Requirements: You have a hospitality degree from a post-secondary academic education with a minimum 2-year full-time course, and Recent relevant work experience in the (ultra) luxury hotel industry OR You have 5 years of recent relevant work experience in the (ultra) luxury hotel industry