Kitchen Prep

Paycom; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly payroll

Food & dining discounts

Wellness resources

Part-time medical membership

Full medical benefits after 12 months

Job summary

Goode Company in Houston, TX, is seeking a Kitchen Prep to stock and prepare ingredients for service, ensuring consistency and safety in all steps. The role supports a fast-paced kitchen and requires meticulous attention to sanitation and workflow.

You will follow recipes, maintain a clean workstation, monitor quality, and collaborate with teammates. Prior kitchen experience and a Food Handler Certification are preferred.

Qualifications

• Professional kitchen experience or food-production background preferred.
• Ability to follow written recipes and verbal directions accurately.
• Food Handler Certification is required.

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, waste, or specification concerns.
• Use knives, smallware, scales, and commercial equipment safely.
• Complete sanitation, breakdown, and assigned closing work thoroughly.

Skills

Knife skills

Sanitation awareness

Organization

Urgency

Teamwork

Job description

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 RoleThe 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.