Culinary Training Class

Culinary Career Path

Prep Cook Line Cook Lead Line Cook Sous Chef Chef De Cuisine

$15 an hour → $16 an hour → $18 an hour → $55k - $65k a year → $85k - $100k a year

(1-2 years) (2 -3 years) (3-4 years) (4 - 6 years)  (6 - 10 years)

Job Purpose or Objective(s): The Culinary Training Program will help you unlock your culinary potential! Gain hands-on experience, knife safety knowledge, and fundamental culinary experience. You will earn a prestigious certification from OSU IT and accelerate your career in the culinary arts. 

Primary Tasks:

• You will prepare multiple ingredients to be cooked to include washing, chopping, slicing, and peeling of fruits and vegetables.
• Cook food to include: baking, broiling, frying, steaming, braising, and boiling; provide meals that are cooked, tasty and visually appealing; taste foods before serving and provides garnishes for food plates.
• Provide high quality, fresh food to guests using standardized recipes and methods of preparation.
• Control the level of waste by proper production levels and converted portion guidelines.
• You will store and label prepared and open food following the Choctaw Nation food safety guidelines
• Practice proper food storage and follow suitable food serving temperatures.
• Maintain a safe, sanitary, and organized work environment by practicing proper housekeeping procedure cleaning while working.
• Provide help with set-up, service, and clean-up of food production.
• Rotate stock to ensure usage and disposal occur before the expiration date.
• Perform other responsibilities may be assigned.

Job Requirements:

• Speak, read, and write English
• Food Safety Certification
• Six (6) months of culinary experience required or an equivalent combination of culinary education and experience

Benefits

• Free gym membership
• Free access to employee health clinic
• Free lunch for casino & resort associates
• Earned wages access once per week for hourly Associates
• Pet insurance
• Paid vacation / sick time
• Medical / Dental / Vision
• 401(K) with company match
• College tuition reimbursement
• Short-term disability, long-term disability, and family leave
• Employee assistance program
• Employee prescription program
• CNO Paid Life Insurance
• Teladoc
• On Site Dental Clinics (Jet Dental)
• On Site Mammogram Services
• Free diabetes and hypertension monitoring benefit (Livongo)
• Accolade- Concierge Benefits Program
• Wellness Program that equals savings on health insurance cost (Virgin Pulse)
• Maternity Care Program
• (Benefits provided by the Choctaw Nation are based on employment classification)

1. You will prepare multiple ingredients to be cooked to include washing, chopping, slicing, and peeling of fruits and vegetables.
2. Cook food to include baking, broiling, frying, steaming, braising, and boiling; provide meals that are cooked, tasty and visually appealing; taste foods before serving and provides garnishes for food plates.
3. Provide high quality, fresh food to guests using standardized recipes and methods of preparation.
4. Control the level of waste by proper production levels and converted portion guidelines.
5. You will store and label prepared and open food following the Choctaw Nation food safety guidelines
6. Practice proper food storage and follow suitable food serving temperatures.
7. Maintain a safe, sanitary, and organized work environment by practicing proper housekeeping procedure cleaning while working.
8. Provide help with set-up, service, and clean-up of food production.
9. Rotate stock to ensure usage and disposal occur before the expiration date.
10. Perform other responsibilities may be assigned.

• Speak, read, and write English
• Food Safety Certification
• Six (6) months of culinary experience required or an equivalent combination of culinary education and experience