The Prep Cook/Porter demonstrates professional behavior and promotes positive relationships with
clients and staff. The Prep Cook maintains a clean, safe work environment following sanitation principles in food handling and equipment use. The Prep Cook practices proper food preparation, food holding and display/marketing techniques that assure high quality food products and customer satisfaction. Â
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RESPONSIBILITIES Other responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Completes all tasks, in order, on the prep list.
- Labels and stocks all ingredients on easily accessible shelves following the FIFO method.
- Washes, chops and sorts ingredients like fruits, vegetables and meats.
- Measures quantities of seasonings and other cooking ingredients.
- Parboils food, reduces sauces and starts first steps in various dishes.
- Adheres to all relevant nutrition and sanitary regulations and standards.
- Presents food for service to the customer in an aesthetic manner.
- Maintains high standards of food quality and appearance.
- Utilizes work simplification techniques for effective use of time.
- Completes work assignments in a timely manner.
- Follows standards of food safety in preparing, serving, and storing food.
- Maintains a clean and sanitary workstation.
- Follows established work schedule and procedures for cleaning equipment, utensils, and work areas
- Maintains high standards of personal hygiene. Follows hand washing protocol.
- Operates all equipment according to manufacturer's directions with particular emphasis given to safety guidelines.
- Performs other duties associated with the position that are reasonably assigned to support the overall needs of the business.
