Culinary Prep & Plating Specialist

Upper Crust Food Service; Tuscaloosa (AL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Upper Crust Food Service is seeking cooks to set up workstations, prepare ingredients, and dress dishes for serving clients. You will help maintain high presentation and customer satisfaction in a fast-paced kitchen.

Responsibilities include sanitation compliance, event support, beer? (Note: please ignore). You will unload and store ingredients, and keep open communication with management via calls, emails, and texts to ensure smooth operations.

Qualifications

• Ability to work well as part of a team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with coworkers and customers.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Understanding of or ability to learn food handling techniques.

Responsibilities

• Set up workstations to prepare food and ingredients for cooking.
• Dress dishes before serving to ensure presentation.
• Apportion and serve food to clients.
• Enforce sanitation and food safety standards per regulations.
• Maintain a professional and positive attitude with coworkers and customers.
• Assist in planning and executing special events as directed by management.
• Help with unloading, inspecting, and storing raw ingredients and supplies.
• Communicate regularly with management via calls, emails, and texts.

Skills

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Food handling

Industry best practices

Education

High school or vocational coursework in kitchen basics

Job description

Upper Crust Food Service is seeking cooks to set up workstations, prepare ingredients, and dress dishes for serving clients. You will help maintain high presentation and customer satisfaction in a fast-paced kitchen.

Responsibilities include sanitation compliance, event support, beer? (Note: please ignore). You will unload and store ingredients, and keep open communication with management via calls, emails, and texts to ensure smooth operations.