AM Prep Cook

flagshipinc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Flagship is seeking a Prep Cook to join a fast-paced kitchen. You will prepare ingredients, assist with cooking duties, and ensure quality and safety in a high-volume environment. Adherence to recipes, safety guidelines, and sanitation standards is essential for daily operations.

You will maintain efficient prep stations, manage multiple tasks, and support breakfast, lunch, and dinner production for events as needed. A ServSafe Handlers Card and punctual attendance are preferred.

Qualifications

• Moderate kitchen skills and etiquettes.
• Utilization of knife cuts in a fast, efficient and safe manner.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects on a consistent basis.
• Strong communication, time and resource management and planning skills.
• Sense of urgency.
• Customer service.
• Ability to move throughout the café and kitchen in a safe manner.
• High volume production & large batch cooking.
• Ability to handle kitchen equipment and tools safely.
• Professional appearance.
• Knows where things are in the kitchen and how to use the equipment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare ingredients for production according to recipes/directions.
• Assist with food production including basic cooking duties.
• Cut and clean a variety of fruits, vegetables, and proteins.
• Assist in production of food for meals and catered events.
• Follow production sheets, portioning and merchandising details.
• Follow all recipes and guidelines while meeting production deadlines.
• Ensure quality across all prepared items.
• Taste foods to ensure flavor and freshness.
• Maintain a clean and organized station and kitchen equipment.
• Follow FIFO and proper labeling and stocking of ingredients.

Skills

Knife skills

Multitasking

Communication

Food safety

Customer service

Safety awareness

Kitchen knowledge

Attention to detail

Professional appearance

Equipment handling

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Culinary Degree

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Check out a day in the life of a Prep Cook

The pay rate or range for this position is: $33.00 per hour33.00 per hour

Job Summary

As a Prep Cook for our company you will be responsible for preparing various food items through knife/tool cuts in large volume. All items will be prepared following all safety and local sanitation guidelines during production.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for preparing ingredients for production according to recipes/directions.
• Assist with food production to include; undertake basic cooking duties such as reducing sauces, parboiling food, making salads, etc.
• Cut and clean a variety of fruits, vegetables, and proteins using a knife and/or cutting machines.
• Assist in the production of food for breakfast, lunch, dinner and catered events.
• Follows production sheets, portioning and merchandising details as instructed by management.
• Follows all recipes and guidelines while meeting production deadlines.
• Ensures consistent quality on all prepared items.
• Tastes all food prepared for station to ensure flavor, freshness, and quality.
• Maintains a clean and organized station.
• Maintains kitchen equipment.
• Follows proper rotation and storage of goods such as; proper labeling, stocking of ingredients and FIFO.
• Continuously seeks opportunities to improve the customer experience.
• Follows safety and sanitation procedures with all guidelines from OSHA, Department of Public Health and Risk Management.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge and Skills

• Moderate kitchen skills and etiquettes. Interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Utilization of knife cuts in a fast, efficient and safe manner.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects on a consistent basis.
• Strong communication, time and resource management and planning skills.
• Sense of urgency.
• Customer service.
• Ability to move throughout the café and kitchen in a safe manner.
• High volume production & large batch cooking.
• Ability to handle kitchen equipment and tools safely.
• Professional appearance.
• Knows where things are in the kitchen and how to use the equipment.

Education and Work Experience

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Culinary Degree (preferred but not required).
• Minimum 2+ years prep experience or equivalent job experience.

Work Environment

• Fast paced kitchen.
• High sense of urgency.
• Moderate to high noise level.
• Exposure to soap and cleaning solutions.
• Slippery/uneven surfaces may be encountered.
• Frequently moving from cold freezer to normal kitchen environment.
• Occasional smoke, steam, and heat in a confined space.
• Hot/cold environments when moving thins in and out of the fridge and freezer.

Requirements

• Must have and maintain an active Handlers' Card (ServSafe) and adhere to local food handler requirement.
• Maintain an exceptional personal record of punctuality and attendance.
• Consistently perform all duties in a responsible and efficient manner.

Physical Demands

• Constant handling and fingering food, carts, cooking equipment, etc.
• Constant use of hands while prepping food.
• Constant grasping food, cooking and equipment.
• Occasionally rotating body/ pushing/pulling food racks and carts.
• Constant lifting and carrying items weighing up to 20 lbs.
• Frequent lifting and carrying items weighing between 20 lbs. - 40 lbs. Items weighing over 40 lbs. must be carried by two (2) people.
• Job requires frequent reaching across surfaces, above shoulders and outward.
• Frequent pushing and pulling of loaded and unloaded carts and cooking equipment.
• Good or correctable vision is required to safely perform all duties.
• Frequent standing, walking, bending and twisting are required to perform cooking and food prep duties.
• Squatting and kneeling may be required.
• Good balance required to safely perform all assigned tasks.
• Neck flexion and usage will be constant while performing assigned tasks.
• Environmental demands include: hot surfaces such as oven and stoves.
• Use of step ladders.
• Greasy and wet floors.
• Exposure to fumes from burnt oils and greases.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, and responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Work Authorization

Authorized to work in the U.S.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Flagship is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, and discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We