Kitchen Prep

Priority Dispatch Corp.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly payroll

Team member dining discounts

Wellness resources and support

Job summary

Goode Company is seeking a Kitchen Prep to prepare ingredients and components with consistency, care, and disciplined food-safety practices for service readiness.

The role emphasizes following recipes, proper portioning, sanitation, and maintaining a clean workstation in a fast-paced kitchen environment.

Qualifications

• Professional kitchen, food-production, or relevant preparation experience preferred.
• Ability to follow written recipes and verbal directions with accuracy.
• Knife skills and sanitation awareness required.
• Teamwork and organization are essential.

Responsibilities

• Follow recipes, prep lists, yields, portions, and production priorities accurately.
• Wash, cut, portion, mix, label, cool, store, and rotate ingredients safely.
• Set up and maintain a clean, organized, fully stocked workstation.
• Monitor product quality and communicate shortages or issues.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Knife skills

Sanitation awareness

Teamwork

Follow recipes

Education

Food Handler Certification

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: [BBQ1] Barbeque - Kirby - Houston, TX 77098

Job Category: BOH

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 Kitchen Prep prepares ingredients and components with consistency, care, and disciplined food-safety practices so the kitchen is ready for service.

What You’ll Do

• Follow recipes, prep lists, yields, portions, and production priorities accurately.
• Wash, cut, portion, mix, label, cool, store, and rotate ingredients safely.
• Set up and maintain a clean, organized, fully stocked workstation.
• Monitor product quality and communicate shortages, waste, or specification concerns.
• Use knives, smallware, scales, and commercial equipment safely.
• Complete sanitation, breakdown, and assigned 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.

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring

• Professional kitchen, food-production, or relevant preparation experience is preferred.
• Ability to follow written recipes and verbal direction with consistent accuracy.
• Knife skills, sanitation awareness, organization, urgency, and teamwork.
• 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.