Prep Cook - with Drivers License

Presbyterian Night Shelter. Photography by; Fort Worth, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 13,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

Presbyterian Night Shelter in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a prep cook to join our kitchen team. This entry-level, full-time role supports meal preparation, food handling, and basic kitchen duties.

You will chop vegetables, clean, help prepare entrees, store leftovers, wash dishes, and monitor food temperatures to ensure safety. Benefits accompany this position and we are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Qualifications

• Experience in food service.
• High School Diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparation of meals by chopping vegetables and assembling entrees.
• Perform kitchen duties such as cleaning, emptying trash, washing dishes, and testing food temperatures.
• Store leftovers properly and help with routine kitchen maintenance tasks.

Skills

Food service experience

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Presbyterian Night Shelter is known for serving the homeless in greatest need: those who have no other places to go.Those who present the greatest challenge to our community are welcome here.As the largest homeless shelter in Tarrant County, we serve approximately 1,000 men, women and children each night.

Presbyterian Night Shelter staff members strive with mutual respect and compassion to serve with integrity, taking responsibility for our actions to foster hope in the journey from homeless to home.

Job Summary

The prep cook is an entry level kitchen position. The prep cook’s role is to assist in the preparation of meals by chopping vegetables, cleaning, and putting together entrees among other duties. The prep cook is expected to periodically prepare meals as needed. The position provides the ideal opportunity to develop many other types of skills essential to becoming a chef/Cook. Such skills include proficiently being able to utilize a wide range of kitchen tools and utensils, include chopping knives and vegetable grinders. In addition to his or her food preparation duties, a prep cook may also be responsible for completing a large number of smaller tasks. Such tasks could include ensuring that leftover food is stored properly, performing kitchen maintenance tasks such as emptying the trash and washing dishes, and testing the temperature of food at specified intervals.

Qualifications

• Experience in food service
• High School Diploma or GED

Rate of Pay

$11.00 per hour

This is full-time position with benefits.

Presbyterian Night Shelter is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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