Ranch 45 Prep-Cook F/T

Summary/Objective

As a Prep Cook, you will be responsible for preparing ingredients and maintaining a clean and organized workstation to support the Chef and ensure smooth kitchen operations. The successful candidate will play a key role in contributing to our customer satisfaction and acquisition goals.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Prepare and portion ingredients (e.g., chopping vegetables, cutting meat, preparing sauces)

2. Follow standardized recipes and kitchen procedures

3. Label and store food items properly to ensure freshness

4. Set up and stock stations with all necessary supplies

5. Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment, and utensils

6. Assist in basic cooking tasks as needed

7. Comply with food safety and sanitation standards

8. Support other kitchen staff to ensure timely meal service

1. Comply with nutrition and sanitation regulations and safety standards
2. Maintain a positive and professional approach with coworkers and customers
3. Conduct and complete any other duties requested by Management or Human Resource Department

Competencies

1. Kitchen experience
2. Accuracy
3. Speed
4. Verbal communication
5. Organization
6. Cultural Awareness
7. Discrete & Ethical Practice

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional and respectful environment. This role routinely uses standard kitchen equipment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The position requires working taste buds, ability to smell, feel with fingers and visually inspect, including close and distance vision. The position requires ability to use arms, hands and manipulate fingers to reach, stir, measure, pour, cut, chop, dice, decorate, etc.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; talk or hear up to eight hours or more a day. The employee must occasionally lift or move kitchen products and supplies, up to 60 pounds at a time on a regular basis.

Required Education and Experience

1. Cooking and kitchen experience
2. California Food Handler card
3. Employee Health Certificate

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.