Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparation of high-quality food items according to standardized recipes or instructions in an efficient manner in order to meet production, delivery, and service
• Serve meals or prepare for delivery at times, using correct portioning, meeting outlined standards, and ensuring that food is at the correct temperature and is attractive and
• Set-up and break-down station in orderly
• Clean kitchen after preparation and serving, maintaining high standards of cleanliness, and storing or discarding excess food properly per safe food handling procedures
• Keep refrigerators and storerooms clean and neat. All food and supply items are to be stored per
• Operate and maintain kitchen equipment as
• Assist in receiving of all food and supplies as
• Report needed maintenance, faulty equipment, or accidents to the supervisor
• Attend in-service and/or safety meetings as
• Work effectively and maintain good working relationships with co-workers, customers, administrators, and
• Must be knowledgeable and possess ability to operate applicable kitchen equipment, with working knowledge of food items.
• Maintains proper food handling, safety and sanitation standards while preparing food, serving food and clean-up.
• Adhere to specifications and guidelines established by chef ensuring quality and visual presentation of
• Assist other associates to ensure all kitchen duties are completed within given time
• Assist in other areas of the operation as

Education and Experience: High School Diploma or GED equivalent preferred. Food Handler’s Permit as required by applicable state and county.

Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.

Mathematical Skills: Basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills are needed.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, talk or hear, and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to walk; use hands to touch, handle, or feel; bend, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; chemicals; extreme cold and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately loud.

Disclaimer: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, tasks, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to modify essential functions of the job, or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (i.e. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments).