BOH Kitchen Prep

GOODE CO. & LG BRANDS; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly payroll

Dining discounts

Wellness resources

Medical membership

Full medical benefits

Job summary

Goode Company seeks a skilled Enchilada station cook to prepare and assemble specialty items to exact recipes and production standards. You will set up the station, maintain pars, and ensure readiness for service while upholding safety and sanitation guidelines.

Responsibilities include cooking, portioning, and finishing enchiladas, sauces, fillings, and toppings, with attention to texture, flavor, and presentation in a busy kitchen.

Qualifications

• Relevant restaurant or food-production experience; specialty-station experience is preferred.
• Ability to learn and repeat detailed recipes, techniques, portions, and quality standards.
• Strong organization, sanitation, urgency, and communication.
• Food Handler Certification

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, finish, or portion assigned specialty items to recipe and quality standards.
• Prepare sauces, fillings, tortillas, portions, and assembled enchiladas to recipe and production standards.
• Set station pars, complete production lists, and maintain readiness for service.
• Monitor texture, flavor, temperature, presentation, yield, and product rotation.
• Use assigned tools and equipment safely and maintain them in clean working conditions.
• Communicate shortages, quality concerns, timing issues, and waste promptly.
• Complete setup, sanitation, breakdown, labeling, and closing work thoroughly.

Skills

Food safety

Ability to learn recipes

Organization

Communication

Education

Food Handler Certification

Job description

About the Employer Brand

At Goode Company, food is how we tell the story of Texas—its people, places, traditions, and hospitality. Since 1977, our restaurants have been built around honest cooking, genuine connection, and the belief that every guest should feel welcomed and well cared for.

The Role

The Enchilada owns a specialized production or cooking station and delivers consistent products through focused technique, preparation, and careful execution.

What You’ll Do

• Prepare, cook, finish, or portion assigned specialty items to recipe and quality standards.
• Prepare sauces, fillings, tortillas, portions, and assembled enchiladas to recipe and production standards.
• Set station pars, complete production lists, and maintain readiness for service.
• Monitor texture, flavor, temperature, presentation, yield, and product rotation.
• Use assigned tools and equipment safely and maintain them in clean working conditions.
• Communicate shortages, quality concerns, timing issues, and waste promptly.
• Complete setup, sanitation, breakdown, labeling, and closing work thoroughly.

Benefits & Perks

• Weekly payroll.
• Team member food and dining discounts.
• Access to wellness resources and support services.
• Part-time medical membership with preventive and diagnostic coverage during the first year, subject to plan terms and eligibility.
• Eligibility for full medical benefits after 12 months of consistent full-time hours, subject to plan terms and eligibility.

Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and applicable plan terms.

What You’ll Bring

• Relevant restaurant or food-production experience; specialty-station experience is preferred.
• Ability to learn and repeat detailed recipes, techniques, portions, and quality standards.
• Strong organization, sanitation, urgency, and communication.
• Food Handler Certification

Physical & Schedule Requirements

• Stand and move for extended periods in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
• Frequently bend, reach, grip, push, pull, and perform repetitive food-preparation motions.
• Regularly lift and carry up to 35 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds with assistance when needed.
• Safely work around heat, open flame, steam, sharp tools, wet floors, cold storage, and commercial equipment.
• Maintain availability for a varied schedule that may include early mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays.