Fresh Foods Prep Cook - Quick, Flavorful, Team-Driven

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P.; Kentucky; On-site; USD 22,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Job summary

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P. is hiring for a skilled food preparer to stock and stage items for the cold case, salad bars, and hot bars, following production sheets and recipes. You will ensure labeling, dating, freshness, rotation, and timely replenishment while delivering excellent customer service and accurate pricing.

The role emphasizes safety, sanitation, teamwork, and the ability to work flexible shifts in a fast-paced store environment with opportunities for training and advancement.

Qualifications

• Thorough product knowledge.
• Ability to follow a recipe accurately.
• Good understanding of food production and cooking techniques.
• Basic math skills for portioning and labeling.
• Strong customer service mindset and communication with customers.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Clear and respectful communication with team members, customers, and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Prepares food items for the cold case, fresh pack, salad, and hot bars according to production sheets.
• Prepares food items according to recipe to ensure quality and consistency.
• Ensures that all prepared items are labeled, dated, covered, monitored for quality and freshness, and rotated.
• Monitors food levels and replenishes in a timely manner.
• Arrives to work station on time, appropriately groomed, dressed and ready to work; works all scheduled shifts and attends required trainings and meetings.
• Provides excellent customer service, addresses needs of customers in a timely and effective manner and models suggestive selling techniques; answers phones and pages promptly and courteously.
• Maximizes sales potential through effective and proper procedures for prepping, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising product.
• Follows and complies, or ensures compliance, with established procedures, including Weights and Measures, health and sanitation, and safe work practices.

Skills

Product knowledge

Follow recipes

Food safety

Math skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Time management

Communication

Job description

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P. is hiring for a skilled food preparer to stock and stage items for the cold case, salad bars, and hot bars, following production sheets and recipes. You will ensure labeling, dating, freshness, rotation, and timely replenishment while delivering excellent customer service and accurate pricing.

The role emphasizes safety, sanitation, teamwork, and the ability to work flexible shifts in a fast-paced store environment with opportunities for training and advancement.