Food Preparation Worker

Food Preparation Worker

The food preparation worker is responsible for handling all the preparation of food items to be sold during the shift or day. This may include any thawing, mixing, warming, or cooking or food items. Students with good communication skills work well. Experience at a part-time restaurant job would be helpful.

• Prepare and maintain food-prep surfaces. Clean healthy, hygiene.

• Prepare equipment for the food prep process.

o Ovens warming.
o Slush machines cooling.
o Dispensers cleaned and filled with beverages.

• Prepare food for processing. Thawing, mixing, filling, etc.

• Bake or warm food and process beverage packages.

• Follow quality control of the food

processing.

• Follow state health and safety codes.

• Fill customers orders fast.

• Processes special orders for items previously ordered

• Keep all product well stocked and displayed neatly for sale.

• Limits product waste in the prep process.

• Keeps all related supplies well stocked.

• Follow in detail the clean-up checklist and procedures.

• Meet with food preparation vendors
• Explore new food items
• Do market research on new food items
• Explore food preparation as a future career by job site visit or inviting a speaker

• Chef
• Restaurant owner
• Restaurant manager