Kitchen Prep

GOODE CO. & LG BRANDS; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly payroll

Team member discounts

Wellness resources

Part-time medical

Medical benefits after 12 months

Job summary

GOODE CO. & LG BRANDS seeks a Kitchen Prep to support our Texas kitchen brigade. You will follow recipes, prep lists, yields, portions, and production priorities with care, while washing, cutting, portioning, labeling, cooling, storing, and rotating ingredients safely.

You will set up a clean, organized workstation, monitor quality, and communicate shortages or waste. You will handle knives, scales, and equipment safely and complete sanitation duties and closing tasks.

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Kitchen experience

Follow recipes

Knife skills

Sanitation awareness

Organizational skills

Teamwork

Job description

About the Employer BrandAt 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 DoFollow 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 & PerksWeekly 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.What You’ll BringProfessional 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 CertificationPhysical & Schedule RequirementsStand 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.