Cook H-2B Job Description
Cook at Walloon Lake Country Club
Start Date: May 11, 2026
End Date: October 10, 2026
Walloon Lake Country Club, located in Petoskey, Michigan, seeks eight (8) full-time, temporary Cooks who will be responsible for preparing, seasoning, and cooking dishes such as soups, meats, vegetables, or desserts in a restaurant, ensuring that orders are prepared in a timely fashion and according to high-quality standards and that nutrition and sanitation regulations and safety standards are met. Cooks will also be responsible for answering, reporting, and following the executive or sous chef's instructions, as well as assisting the chef with receiving and fulfilling orders, preparing salads, bread, salad dressings, and sauces, working on both cold and hot stations, creating daily prep lists and ensuring that prep lists are completed by the end of the shift, setting up and stocking stations with all necessary supplies, ensuring that kitchen equipment and appliances are ready for use, cleaning up stations and labeling and storing leftover food, stocking inventory appropriately, washing and cleaning the kitchen, dishes, cooking equipment, and utensils and storing equipment at the end of shifts. Cooks may also order supplies, keep records and accounts, price items on the menu, or plan menu.
Will report directly to the Executive Chef at Walloon Lake Country Club.
Six (6) months of culinary experience in a fine-dining or high-volume environment at a high-end restaurant, resort, or private club required.
Travel is not required.
Daily transportation to and from worksite is not provided.
On-the-job training is provided.
Wage: $18.00 - $25.00 per hour, paid bi-weekly. Overtime is available at $27.00 - $37.50 per hour. Employee may be eligible for additional compensation in the form of a discretionary signing bonus of up to $500 and/or a discretionary referral bonus for recommending another employee and that employee stays for the entire season.
Schedule: 40 hours per week. Work schedule can vary and can include evening, weekend, and holiday hours. Work may be performed on any day of the week from Monday through Sunday. 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, 1:00 pm - 9:00 pm, 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Shift hours may vary.
A single workweek will be used to compute wages due.
Optional housing is offered on a first-come, first-serve basis for workers who are relocating to begin employment. Cost of housing, if accepted, is $150.00 per bi-weekly pay period. If used, total cost of housing will be deducted from paycheck.
In accordance with applicable Michigan state law, Earned Sick Time Act 338, employers are required to provide earned sick time to their employees. The amount of paid sick leave provided may vary depending on the size of the business.
All deductions from paycheck required by law will be made.
If the worker completes 50% of the work contract period, employer will pay directly for and/or reimburse workers for transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of work. Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, employer will provide or pay for worker’s reasonable costs of return transportation and subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer. The employer will pay directly for and/or reimburse workers for all reasonable inbound transportation and subsistence costs within the first workweek. The employer will pay directly for and/or reimburse workers for all reasonable outbound transportation and subsistence costs during the last workweek. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of $16.28 per day during travel to a maximum of $68.00 per day with receipts.
The employer guarantees to offer work for hours equal to at least three fourths of the workdays in each 12-week period of the total employment period.
The employer will provide workers at no charge all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform the job.
H-2B workers will be reimbursed in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by government (excluding passport fees).
Inquire or send applications, indications of availability, and/or resumes to Michigan State Workforce Agency, Northwest Michigan Works! Traverse Service Center, 1209 South Garfield Avenue, Suite C, Traverse City, MI 49686, (231) 922-3700. Job Order 352225751.
Mail resume to Tracie Odenbach, Walloon Lake Country Club, P.O. Box 801, Petoskey, MI, 49770, [email protected], (231) 535-2799.
