Prep Cook - Palm Tree Club KC

Live! Hospitality & Entertainment; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent entertainment venue in Kansas City is seeking a part-time Prep Cook. This entry-level position requires experience in a fast-paced kitchen, where responsibilities include cooking orders, maintaining cleanliness standards, and effective communication with staff. Ideal candidates should have basic culinary skills and the ability to work nights and weekends.

Qualifications

• At least one year experience in a fast-paced kitchen.
• Ability to follow recipes and maintain cleanliness standards.
• Certification in food handling or alcohol awareness as required.
• Strong communication with cooks, wait staff and supervisors.
• Reading and writing abilities used when following recipes and monitoring inventory.
• Basic math skills for measurements, quantities, and variances.
• Alcohol awareness/food service permit or health handler card as required by local/state rules.
• May be required to work nights, weekends, or holidays.

Responsibilities

• Control food usage to minimize waste.
• Prepare and cook orders for daily operations.
• Maintain sanitation and cleanliness standards.
• Bend, stoop, and kneel as needed.

Skills

Basic cooking knowledge

Communication skills

Mathematical skills

Math basics

Food safety certification

Education

Culinary certification

Job description

Overview

Prep Cook responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Control food usage to minimize waste.
• Prepare and cook orders for daily operations in a timely manner.
• Advise supervisor of low inventory items; assist in receiving items and taking inventory as required.
• Restock items as needed through the shift.
• Maintain sanitation and cleanliness standards in the kitchen area that meet or exceed the state and local Health Board inspection and company requirements.
• Maintain a clean, neat and well-organized work area, including but not limited to reach-ins, walk-ins and counters.
• Report all unsafe or malfunctioning equipment to supervisor.
• May assist by performing ware washing or other kitchen duties as needed.
• Promote teamwork and quality service through daily communication and coordination with other departments. May occasionally interact directly with guests.
• Perform more than one task at a time.

Prep Cook Qualifications

• At least one year experience of cooking on a fast-paced kitchen line and food preparation experience.
• Culinary certified training preferred.
• Must be able to demonstrate basic knowledge of cooking, following recipes, portion control, and presentation.
• Communication skills are utilized a significant amount of time when interacting with the other cooks, wait staff and supervisors.
• Reading and writing abilities are utilized often when preparing meals from a recipe, when assisting in the scheduling of the kitchen staff, or when monitoring inventory.
• Mathematical skills, including basic math, percentages, quantities, and variances, are used frequently.
• Alcohol awareness certification and/or food service permit or valid health/food handler card as required by local or state government agency.
• May be required to work nights, weekends, and/or holidays.

The Prep Cook position requires the ability to perform the following:

• Carrying or lifting items weighing up to 75 pounds.
• Standing up and moving about the kitchen in a safe and efficient manner.
• Handling food, objects, products and utensils.
• Bending, stooping, kneeling.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Part-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Restaurants