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Grab this chance of a lifetime while you can! We are looking for one or two qualified cooks to join our kitchen staff. This is a small operation, focused on improving the overall experience of our clientele by providing wholesome quality food. If you are a self-starter who takes pride in what you create, this could be a perfect opportunity for you!
The Job: We are looking for a qualified Swing Cook to cover multiple cooking positions in our kitchen. If hired, you would be responsible for cooking breakfast and lunch 2-3 days per week, and dinner 2 days per week.
What we are looking for in a qualified applicant:
Breakfast/Lunch:
Both breakfast and lunch consist of a buffet line, with items stocked in a steam table and cold bar. Short orders are taken for other items.
Skills needed: Baking biscuits, muffins, coffee cakes, and cookies. Cooking standard breakfast fare: eggs, omelets, hash browns, breakfast meats, pancakes. Making soups cooking burgers, slicing lunchmeats and cheese, and other details for setting up lunch bar.
This position will clean up after themselves, which will include dishes. During the busy season, a helper is assigned to do breakfast dishes.
This position requires good public relations skills as the person takes the orders as well as cooks and delivers them. This is a great position for a self motivated person who enjoys early mornings, people, and afternoons off.
Dinner:
Dinner is primarily served on a buffet line, off of a menu that is set with a different special every night.
Skills: This position is responsible for preparing and serving dinner to 50-75 people and must be skilled in all phases of cooking including prepping the main meat course, vegetable, starch, bread baking, and some dessert preparation. The menu is set and the recipes supplied but there is plenty of room for variation and creativity, for the person with adequate skills. This person oversees one prep cook who does the salad bar preparation. Keeping track of food inventory will also be a part of this position.
About the Ranch:
Stehekin Valley Ranch is a full service, rustic, guest ranch located 9 miles up the Stehekin River from the head of Lake Chelan. Folks must take a boat, plane or their own 2 feet to get to this mountain paradise. Stehekin is a remote community in the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, which is part of the North Cascades National Park Complex. Known for its beauty, this area offers a wide variety of recreational opportunities.
We strive for excellence and to have the best service in the business. If you are willing to put in this commitment we encourage you to put in an application!
Is This Job For You?
Though a seasonal job with Stehekin Valley Ranch offers many rewards, it may not be for a person whose only priority is financial compensation. We have discovered that the most successful summer employees are the ones who enjoy people and who enjoy the great surroundings of our area. We pride ourselves in hosting a fun and unique summer experience where each employee is treated with dignity and respect. We are an “employee friendly” business that believes motivated and satisfied employees will do the best job of caring for our ranch guests.
Compensation / Room & Board:
We strive to keep our wages as competitive as possible, and our cooks share in tips as well. Room & Board is also provided. Housing is a private cabin or room, and meals are the same great food we serve to our guests.
Season Dates:
Our season runs June 7-Sept 30, and we give priority to those who can stay for the whole term.
