Cook I: Early-Morning Prep, Team Kitchen

Food For Thought; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 37,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

401K Retirement Plan

Employee Meal Plan

Flexible Spending Accounts

Job summary

Food For Thought in Chicago, IL is hiring a Cook I to join our kitchen team. The role involves preparing items per recipes, maintaining a clean station, and supporting inventory control while following FFT standards and chef directions.

Responsibilities include opening/closing tasks, prep lists within timeframes, and ensuring high-quality product handling. The position requires teamwork, reliability, and basic math for recipes and portions, with a Food Handler certificate preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1-year experience in culinary and prep kitchen positions.
• Knife skills and working knowledge of the fundamentals of cooking, kitchen equipment operation, safety, and sanitation.
• Basic mathematical skills necessary to understand recipes, measurements, requisition amounts and portion sizes.
• Effective organizational skills to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to read, write and understand the English language to review menus and prep lists.
• Must provide valid Food Handler or Food Service Manager Certificate.

Responsibilities

• Prepare menu items according to established recipes, portions, and procedures.
• Checking and controlling the proper storage of product and portion control.
• Ensuring all equipment in working areas is clean and in proper working condition.
• Visually inspecting, selecting, and using only food items of the highest quality in the preparation of all menu items.
• Assisting with producing accurate inventory.
• Labeling store properly, communicating to ask questions, and assisting with other lists as needed.

Skills

Knife skills

English literacy

Organizational skills

Teamwork

Education

Food Handler Certificate

Tools

Kitchen equipment operation

Job description

Food For Thought in Chicago, IL is hiring a Cook I to join our kitchen team. The role involves preparing items per recipes, maintaining a clean station, and supporting inventory control while following FFT standards and chef directions.

Responsibilities include opening/closing tasks, prep lists within timeframes, and ensuring high-quality product handling. The position requires teamwork, reliability, and basic math for recipes and portions, with a Food Handler certificate preferred.