FULL TIME
IL-GZIRA, MALTA
FULL DAY
13 October 2026
Ref: 455021

Prepares and cooks food in a professional kitchen, ensuring quality, hygiene, safety, and timely service while working effectively with the kitchen team.

A cook, sometimes referred to as a line cook, is responsible for preparing ingredients, cooking menu items, and maintaining kitchen organization in restaurants, hotels, or other food service establishments. While chefs often oversee the kitchen, cooks execute recipes, manage stations, and ensure food is prepared to quality and presentation standards

Profiles

If multiple Education and Language Profiles are defined, please note that you must fit at least one of them, but not necessarily all.

PROFILE 1

Language

Reading

Speaking

Understanding

Writing

ENGLISH

Competencies

Cook or heat up meat, fish, vegetables, ...
Prepare dishes for service (presentation, composition, finish...)
Wash and clean fruit and vegetables
Maintain and clean work station and kitchen utensils
Dose and mix ingredients
Package and label preparations and products (production and use-by dates). Store them in cold store, pantry...
Prepare work surface and kitchen utensils. Switch on appliances (ovens, hot-plates...)
Prepare meat and fish (clean, cut, bind up, wrap...)
Coordinate team activities
Receive and check goods. Store goods in cold-storage room or pantry
Manage stock; record shortages; place orders
Cook for a target group: Children
Cook for a target group: Senior citizens
Cook for a target group: Hospitalised people
Train employees in professional practices
Draw up menus. Create or adapt recipes (composition, new flavours...)
Prepare product: desserts, ice creams
Prepare product: fish, seafood
Prepare product: catering items
Prepare product: sauces
Prepare product: meat
Prepare dishes: African
Prepare dishes: other world specialities
Prepare dishes: Chinese
Prepare dishes: Spanish
Prepare dishes: European
Prepare dishes: Indian
Prepare dishes: Italian
Prepare dishes: Japanese
Preparing dishes: North American
Prepare dishes: Eastern
Prepare dishes: South American
Supervise preparation and production of dishes. Check application of food safety regulations
Prepare product: sandwiches
Prepare product: breakfast
Prepare dishes: Lebanese
Prepare dishes: Thai
Prepare dishes: Vietnamese

Past Experience

Occupation

Experience(months)

COOK

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Salary: €1,100 per month

Cook

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