Prep Cook

The Bay Club Company; Manhattan Beach (CA); On-site; USD 28,929 - 30,307; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Club membership

Discounts on club services

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

The Bay Club Company is seeking a Prep Cook in Manhattan Beach, California. This role involves preparing food for various services, ensuring quality and safety standards. Candidates should have a minimum of two years’ experience in a fast-paced environment and possess food safety certification. The job offers flexible scheduling with competitive pay between $21.00 - $22.00 per hour, as well as benefits like health insurance and club membership.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years’ experience in a high-volume food and beverage operation.
• Ability to understand and communicate clearly.

Responsibilities

• Prepare assigned food items for service following standard recipes.
• Ensure safe and sanitary food handling practices.
• Communicate effectively with management and associates.
• Participate in corporate objectives and professional development.

Skills

Basic cooking skills

Advanced knife skills

Oral comprehension and expression

Deductive reasoning

Education

Food safety certification

Job description

Job Summary
The Prep Cook is responsible for the preparation of food for banquets and the Café, using advanced presentation techniques, cooking methods, and recipes while adhering to HAACP and food safety sanitation requirements. The position reports to the Chef.

Primary Job Functions

Food Handling, Preparation and Presentation

• Carefully follow standard recipes while preparing assigned food items for service
• Collect food and beverage products and small wares required for food preparation
• Assist in plating food items for service
• Handle leftover food items as necessary and/or directed

Sanitation and Safety

• Operate food production equipment according to manufacturers’ instructions
• Consistently use safe and sanitary food handling practices, including HAACP guidelines
• Clean banquet preparation and serving equipment, work station areas, and kitchen as needed
• Return soiled food preparation utensils and small wares to the proper areas
• Ensure proper safety and sanitation to ensure food and safety compliance
• Perform daily walkthroughs of the kitchen to ensure a clean, organized, safe and well-maintained facility
• Promote the company’s safety goals and actively work toward ensuring a safe working environment

Communication & Relationships

• Effectively and professionally interact and communicate with management, other associates, and vendors
• Promote harmonious relations among staff, vendors, and the community at large
• Communicate timely and follow up, as appropriate
• Actively participate in required events, programs, meetings, and trainings
• Represent the club in a professional manner through image, dress, communication, and immediate follow‑through and response

Corporate Goals & Objectives

• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures
• Ensure the TBCC mission and club brand are upheld in all aspects of kitchen operations
• Actively further corporate objectives and continuously support improvement and positive change, including participation on corporate designated committees
• Make professional development a consistent priority

Other Job Functions

• Flexibility in work schedule; job may require day and evening shifts, weekends, and holidays

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Cooking – Knowledge of basic skills for butchering, sauces, soups, cooking of meat, fish, and vegetables; advanced knife skills required
• Policies – Knowledge of company policies
• Problem Anticipation / Deductive Reasoning – Ability to identify potential issues and apply general rules to specific problems to produce logical solutions
• Oral Comprehension and Expression – Ability to understand and communicate ideas and information clearly

Experience

• Minimum two years’ experience in a high‑volume food and beverage operation using similar cooking techniques

Education

• Food safety certification required

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements

• The environment is indoors; position may involve extreme heat (e.g., steam, hot water, deep fryer) or extreme cold (walk‑in freezer)
• Sitting and standing as needed
• Repetitive use of hands and arms for handling, reaching, and stirring
• Walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste, and smell as part of duties
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 60 pounds
• Specific vision abilities include close and distance vision and the ability to adjust visual focus

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Bay Club Company (“TBCC”) provides equal employment opportunities without regard to any protected class. TBCC reserves the right to assign or reassign duties to this position at any time.

Estimated Base Pay Range

$21.00 - $22.00 per hour

Other Compensation And Benefits

Benefits include club membership, competitive compensation, discounts on club services and amenities, continuing education, community involvement, paid time off, health insurance, and full‑time status eligibility starting at 20 average hours per week.

Additional County Ordinances

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.