Job summary

The cook is responsible for providing a supportive role to kitchen staff in the preparation of meals and ingredients. This includes the daily production of the assigned food items as dictated by the scheduled shift and by the supervisor, ensuring that food quality and operations are consistent with our culture, and high quality products. The prep cook assists their co-workers and management where they are needed while consistently maintaining our high food standards and quick service. The prep cook is expected to perform the jobs of food preparation, quality control, food plating, sanitation, and station maintenance.

Requirements for the position

The café cook is expected to work part of their shift working in the service kitchen, part of their shift preparing the kitchen for service, part sanitation, and assisting your co-workers. This position requires dependability, physical activity, a sense of urgency, and the ability to perform multiple duties within the store. Our store is open daily, which requires morning, evening, weekend, and holiday availability.

Duties & Responsibilities

Prep Cooks perform various food preparation, cooking and cleaning tasks to ensure the kitchen remains efficient in creating and delivering dishes for patrons. Their duties and responsibilities include:

• Completing all tasks, in order, on the prep list from the Head Chef or other kitchen manager

• Filling the morning par of grab & go items to be sold out of the deli cases

• Complete daily catering orders in the provided timeline

• Restocking their station with prepped items for the following shift

• Labeling and stocking all ingredients on easily accessible shelves

• Washing, chopping and sorting ingredients like fruits, vegetables and meats

• Completing the beginning steps in various dishes

• Accurately follow a recipe

• Cleaning dishes, washing cooking utensils and cookware, taking out the trash and sanitizing kitchen

• Adhering to all relevant nutrition and sanitary regulations and standards

• Keeping track of ingredient inventory and collaborating with other kitchen and management staff to order resupply

• Putting away food ingredients and paper good orders as they are received

• Practices safe food handling and sanitation

• Possess excellent work ethic skills and have the ability to move at a fast pace.

Prep Cook Preferred Qualifications:

• Manual dexterity to operate cooking tools such as knives

• Basic knife skills

• Ability to expedite orders quickly and accurately

• Respects co-workers and their unique contributions to our team

• Detail Orientated

• Experience in mass production

• Have a positive can-do attitude

• Professionalism in appearance as well as demeanor

• Friendly personality

• Strong team working and communication skills.

• Ability to work in stressful, fast-paced environment.

• Strong team working and communication skills.

Physical Requirements

• Physical endurance to work long shifts in a busy environment.

• Ability to stand 90% of the time

• Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs.

• Ability to work in stressful, fast-paced environment.

Availability

• Flexibility to work shifts weekends and holidays

Reports directly to:

• shift supervisor, kitchen lead