Prep Cook: Fast-Paced Kitchen, Growth Path & Benefits

Chopt Creative Salad Co.; Gaithersburg (MD); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Career advancement

Health benefits

Transit benefits

Paid time off

Meal discounts

Employee assistance

Job summary

Chopt Creative Salad Co. in Gaithersburg, MD is seeking a Prep Cook to support our frontline team by prepping ingredients, maintaining mise en place, and ensuring food safety standards in a fast-paced, high-volume kitchen.

As part of a collaborative kitchen, you’ll practice proper knife skills, assist with inventory, and be ready to help with other duties like dishwashing to keep the operation flowing. This is a non-managerial, hourly role with opportunities to learn different station tasks.

Qualifications

• Prior restaurant experience required, high-volume kitchen experience preferred.
• Must move with urgency to meet kitchen demands.
• Strong knife skills and ability to prepare ingredients to minimize waste.
• Understand and execute food safety and sanitation protocols.
• Able to stand, kneel, bend, reach, and lift up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Prep and prepare a wide variety of ingredients for the salad line.
• Maintain mise en place and ensure stations are stocked.
• Measure and portion ingredients according to recipes.
• Keep work area clean and sanitized following DOH protocols.
• Assist with receiving deliveries and inventory organization.
• Support dishwashing and other tasks to keep the kitchen running.
• Learn other roles like Salad Maker and Food Runner.

Skills

Restaurant experience

High-volume kitchen

Knife skills

Food safety

Lifting 50 lbs

Job description

Chopt Creative Salad Co. in Gaithersburg, MD is seeking a Prep Cook to support our frontline team by prepping ingredients, maintaining mise en place, and ensuring food safety standards in a fast-paced, high-volume kitchen.

As part of a collaborative kitchen, you’ll practice proper knife skills, assist with inventory, and be ready to help with other duties like dishwashing to keep the operation flowing. This is a non-managerial, hourly role with opportunities to learn different station tasks.