Prepared Foods Cook — Fast-Paced Kitchen with Benefits

Whole Foods Market; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Store discount

Paid time off

Health & wellness

Job summary

Whole Foods Market in California seeks a Team Member to prepare food for cold case, fresh pack, salad, and hot bars, ensuring quality, labeling, dating, and rotation. You will stock, merchandise, and maintain sanitation while delivering friendly, efficient service to customers and colleagues.

Responsibilities include following recipes, monitoring inventory, maintaining signs and pricing, and supporting health and safety regulations.

Qualifications

• Thorough product knowledge
• Ability to follow a recipe
• Good understanding of food production and fundamental cooking techniques
• Good basic math skills
• Strong to excellent communication skills and willingness to work as part of a team
• Ability to deliver information clearly to customers and team
• Ability to meet customer service expectations and standards
• Ability to follow directions and procedures; time management and organization
• Passion for natural foods and Whole Foods Market
• Strong work ethic in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Prepares food items for the cold case, fresh pack, salad, and hot bars according to production sheets.
• Prepares food items according to recipe to ensure quality and consistency.
• Ensures items are labeled, dated, covered, and rotated.
• Monitors food levels and replenishes in a timely manner.
• Arrives on time and participates in required trainings and meetings.
• Provides excellent customer service and uses suggestive selling where appropriate.
• Maximizes sales through proper prepping, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising.
• Follows health, sanitation, and safety procedures.
• Maintains a clean, sanitary work and shopping area and ensures equipment is kept in good condition.
• Performs opening, mid, and closing duties and checks pricing; reports hazards.

Skills

Product knowledge

Follow recipes

Cooking techniques

Math skills

Teamwork

Customer service

Time management

Communication

Food safety

Urgency

Job description

Whole Foods Market in California seeks a Team Member to prepare food for cold case, fresh pack, salad, and hot bars, ensuring quality, labeling, dating, and rotation. You will stock, merchandise, and maintain sanitation while delivering friendly, efficient service to customers and colleagues.

Responsibilities include following recipes, monitoring inventory, maintaining signs and pricing, and supporting health and safety regulations.