
Cook (Prep)
Foothill's
1039 MS-35, Forest, MS 39074, USA
Prep cook
Full-time
Posted Oct 27, 2023
Job Overview
Responsibilities
- Ensure ingredients are properly kept at appropriate temperature
- Ensure availability and quality of ingredients at all times
- Clean work equipment, dishes, utensils, and work areas
- Prepare food stuff according to instructions from customer and supervisor order
- Package prepared foods to fit customer’s need
- Prepare for cooking process by cutting, washing, peeling, and cutting required foods
- Tender food to waiters/waitresses to serve up to customers
- Report damaged equipment and low supplies to supervisors
- Prepare dishes for plating
- Monitor with care the temperature of the cooking equipment and cooling rooms
Skills
- Ability to pay attention to details and follow instructions from higher cooks
- Ability to integrate into a team; working as part of a team
- Ability to use hands effectively to perform various tasks
- High level of stamina: ability to work long hours on the feet
- Knowledge of how the kitchen works – equipment, tools and utensils
- Perfect mental coordination: Prep cooks need to have sharp mental coordination to prevent accidents in the kitchen since they work with sharp objects and operate pans and pots at high temperatures
- Excellent learning skills; ability to keep eyes and ears open in order to learn
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Passion for food preparation
- A great deal of endurance