Prep Cook Don Juan's Cocina

Cripple Creek CO; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k with match

Paid time off

Transportation from local areas

Gym membership

Tuition reimbursement

Resort perks

Job summary

Full House Resorts in Cripple Creek, CO, seeks a Prep Cook (full time or part time) to prepare menu items with quality, taste, and presentation. You will follow recipes, maintain a clean station, and support the kitchen during peak periods to ensure optimal freshness and customer satisfaction.

Requirements include high school graduation, 1+ years cooking experience in hospitality or gaming, English communication, and a Food Handler’s License.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated cooking experience in hospitality, restaurant, or gaming environments.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated problem solving, organizing, and prioritizing tasks.

Responsibilities

• Prepare all menu items and specials with attention to quality, presentation, and taste.
• Establish an efficient prep routine to support busy periods and minimize waste.
• Read recipes and prepare food according to specifications.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work station at all times.
• Follow health standards and internal policies, with attention to safety.
• Assist in other duties as needed and communicate with supervisors.

Skills

Cooking experience

Deadline pressure

Problem solving

Organization

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Prep Cook Don Juan's Cocina full time or part time

Job Category: Food & Beverage

Requisition Number: PREPC007802

• Posted : February 26, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

Locations

Showing 1 location

Chamonix Casino & Hotel | CCH
Cripple Creek, CO 80813, USA

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Efficiently and consistently prepares all menu items and specials with great attention to quality, presentation, taste, and all other details. Includes the ability to prepare large orders in a manner that preserves the quality of each plate.
• Learns and establishes an efficient routine to ensure all prep work is complete to support the Home Cafe during its busiest period, ensuring optimum freshness and avoiding waste.
• Able to effectively make adjustments to provide the best overall dining experience to all customers. Reads recipes and makes food according to specifications.
• Regular and reliable attendance is a fundamental requirement of this position. Employees are expected to be punctual and consistently present during their scheduled work hours to ensure the effective and efficient operation of the business.
• Develops, maintains, and enhances positive relations with all guests and employees.
• Wears and maintains all uniforms properly, including nametag. Must wear a gaming license if in possession of one.
• Maintains a clean work station. Assists in keeping the kitchen clean and organized.
• Alerts supervisor of any concerns regarding the quality, selection, and variety of all food.
• Performs duties in compliance with health standards, Colorado Limited Gaming Act, and internal policies and procedures.
• Maintains alertness for the performance of all responsibilities and a general awareness of restaurant operations at all times.
• Receives training, technical direction, and guidance from the Prep Cook Lead, Floor Supervisor and/or Kitchen Manager.
• Performs other duties, including special projects, as needed and directed.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Demonstrated cooking experience, preferably within a hospitality, restaurant or gaming environment. Demonstrated experience performing within specific deadlines or under pressure. Demonstrated experience problem solving, organizing, and prioritizing work.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: Graduation from high school or equivalent in education and experience. One (1) or more years of recent and related cooking experience is preferred, specifically within a hospitality, restaurant, or gaming environment.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Demonstrated effective and diplomatic oral and written communication skills using English.

REASONING ABILITY: No decision making is required beyond scope of essential duties.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Food Handler’s License, or equivalent.

OTHER SKILLS/ABILITIES: No additional skills are required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Essential duties involve performing physical exertion, including frequent brisk walking, climbing stairs, crouching, bending, stretching, reaching, pushing, kneeling, squatting, and standing for an entire work shift with standard breaks. Essential duties require lifting trays containing food and lifting up to 30 pounds to stack, store, or move kitchen, restaurant, or general office supplies and equipment. Essential duties involve a flexible work week with additional hours routinely required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Essential duties require working in a small, confined area used to obtain food, with floors which may become slippery in the process of preparing food and beverages. Essential duties include working with large numbers of people while primarily in an inside environment which contains loud and high noise levels, odors, and is hot or cold due to running ovens and refrigeration units.

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT DIRECTLY USED: Equipment typical of a commercial kitchen, including slicers, mixers, ovens, burners, steam table, groove grill, refrigerators, fryers, knives, spoons, forks, glasses, plates, pots, pans, pitchers, oven mitts, and various cleaning supplies.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

$17.00+ an hour based on experience

Full House Resorts offers all full-time employees and eligible family members a comprehensive and valuable benefits program that includes medical, dental, vision, life, disability, FSA, 401k retirement plan which includes a matching contribution after one (1) year of service, a generous paid time off program, paid transportation from Colorado Springs, Woodland Park and Pueblo, free local gym membership, tuition reimbursement, fabulous resort perks, and more.

Preferred

High School or better.

Preferred

Any experience cooking is preferred. We will train the right candidate.

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