Quality Kitchen Cook — Food Safety & Prep Pro

Pollo Campero; Fredericksburg (VA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Pollo Campero is hiring kitchen team members in Fredericksburg, VA to prepare high-quality food with precision, following safety and sanitation standards. You will work closely with FOH, monitor food quality, and handle marinating and breading of chicken, ensuring proper inspection and adherence to recipes.

The role emphasizes communication, flexibility for nights and weekends, and the ability to stand for long periods while maintaining cleanliness and safety across all prep stations.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Preferred: 1+ year of experience in similar roles.
• Ability to lift and push 50 lbs.
• Ability to stand for long periods.
• Flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Must follow the company Personal Care and Hygiene policies.
• Must be able to produce authorized U.S. work documents.

Responsibilities

• Maintains verbal communication with FOH
• Monitors the quality of food
• Marinating and breading chicken
• Ensuring chicken is properly inspected
• Following receipts accordingly
• Ensures restaurant adherence to health and sanitation standards
• Follow protocol chicken forecast
• Filtration of the oil to ensure quality standards
• Thoroughly clean equipment
• Maintains overall sanitation, health, cleanliness, and safety standards for food preparation areas, cooking services, and dishes and utensils.
• Follows and abides by all safety rules, policies, and procedures

Skills

Team collaboration

Food safety knowledge

Physical stamina

Job description

Pollo Campero is hiring kitchen team members in Fredericksburg, VA to prepare high-quality food with precision, following safety and sanitation standards. You will work closely with FOH, monitor food quality, and handle marinating and breading of chicken, ensuring proper inspection and adherence to recipes.

The role emphasizes communication, flexibility for nights and weekends, and the ability to stand for long periods while maintaining cleanliness and safety across all prep stations.