Salad/Prep Cook - NexDine

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Job Details

Position: Full-Time Prep Cook

Location: Columbus, OH

Schedule: Monday-Friday, Sundays

Hours: Full Time

Hourly Rate: Starting at $17.00

Benefits: YES!

We provide our full-time colleagues with a generous compensation and benefits package, training and development and growth opportunities. We provide resources, rewards, and incentives to our valued colleagues.

• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• Many supplemental insurances
• 401(k) savings plan
• Paid vacation, holiday and sick time
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Plus various perks!

Job Summary:

Prep Cook is responsible for assisting the Chef Manager with daily tasks, station set up and utility responsibilities. Facilitates set-up from Back of the House to Front of the House and ensures a clean working environment and dining area for our customers.

The Prep Cook will serve as the first impression for our customers that visit our cafe. This is a hands-on role that requires accurate speed, efficiency and excellent customer service.

Essential Functions and Key Tasks:

• Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, or silverware.
• Wash, peel, and cut various foods, such as fruits and vegetables, to prepare for cooking or serving.
• Mix ingredients for green salads, molded fruit salads, vegetable salads, and pasta salads.
• May monitor, cook and prepare foods to determine if they have been cooked sufficiently, using methods such as tasting, smelling, or utilization of food thermometers.
• May bake, roast, broil, and steam meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods.
• May season, weigh, measure, and mix ingredients according to recipes with guidance from supervisor, using various kitchen utensils and equipment.
• Assist with stocking stations with all items necessary for service.
• Carry food supplies, equipment, and utensils to and from storage and work areas.
• Remove trash and clean kitchen garbage containers.
• Assist cooks and kitchen staff with various tasks as needed and provide cooks with needed items.
• Inform management when equipment is not working properly and when food and supplies are getting low, and order needed items.
• Maintain clean dining area.
• Wash pots, pans, dishes, utensils, or other cooking equipment.
• Adhere to and promote company standards for safety, proper food handling practices, sanitation, uniform guidelines, and productivity.
• May assist in supporting culinary staff at numerous stations as directed.
• Provide excellent customer service to include being attentive, approachable, greeting and thanking customers.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Prep Cook Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Previous experience in food service
• Previous customer service experience

Must be dependable, neat, clean, professional and have excellent customer service skills - THIS IS A FRONT OF THE HOUSE POSITION

Who We Are:

NEXDINE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other classification protected by law. NEXDINE participates in E-Verify.