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About the Role
The Prep Cook will prepare meal ingredients, simple dishes, condiments, and other items as directed by senior culinary staff.
Responsibilities
- Prepare, cook, and portion all menu items by following instructions on standardized recipes.
- Assist with unloading, inspection, and storage of raw ingredients and supplies.
- Check menus, prepare and cook items following standard recipes, completing the cooking by serving time.
- Check food item temperatures and log them before serving.
- Remove, cover, date, and store leftover food after the line is served.
- Maintain the cooking area and equipment in a clean, sanitary, neat, and orderly manner.
- Handle food, equipment, and utensils in accordance with sanitary and safety regulations.
- Wash and sanitize all pots and pans after preparing meals.
- Ensure all areas are clean before leaving each day.
- Assist with mission work as needed and requested, including serving as a truck spotter, helping with Farm Market/Community Garden/Freight Farms/on and off site food distributions, preparation of meals, and serving home-delivered meals.
- Perform other duties as assigned or needed.
Requirements
- Knowledge of and experience in practicing proper safety standards in handling food and all requisite equipment including knives and commercial equipment to produce thousands of meals daily.
- Solid math, reading, writing, and analytical abilities.
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
- Ability and willingness to work effectively with populations of varying educational levels and backgrounds.
- Ability to measure accurately.
- Sufficient dexterity to handle food and equipment efficiently and safely.
- Ability to lift a minimum of 50 pounds with minimal effort following required safety guidelines.
- Ability to tolerate sudden and extreme changes in temperatures.
- Ability to stand for at least 8 hours a day.
- Ability to climb a ladder 5 feet high to reach stored items and carry them to the floor.
- Ability to push, pull, and guide carts weighing approximately 70-325 pounds on a tile surface.
- Ability to bend or stoop frequently throughout the day.
- Ability to reach short distances into carts to retrieve trays.
- Ability to work in hot or cold conditions for long periods of time.
- Ability to work with all food types, including gluten, dairy, and raw proteins, including pork.
- Ability to twist and rotate 180 degrees during each day.
- Ability to follow DOH food service standards.