Title: Lead Kitchen Prep - AM (Seasonal)
Dept: Kitchen
Hours: Full and part-time time, including weekends. Shifts range is 6:00am - 6:00pm
Report to:Sous Chef
Wage: This position pays $18.00 - $20.00 per hour depending on experience.
Morning Glory Farm offers a wide assortment of fresh-packed salads, side dishes, entrees and soups that are prepared daily in our kitchen. We pride ourselves on using our own produce and other local ingredients in season to create outstanding food. During the season, our Farmstand is stocked with freshly prepared entrees, soups, and side dishes, salads made with freshly-picked greens and many other vegetables from our own fields, along with the finest non-GMO and organic ingredients, housemade croutons and dressings we can find to accompany them. We also press our own farm grown, fresh produce into refreshing and revitalizing smoothies and fresh juices.
The Lead Kitchen Prep position is a multi-function position responsible for assisting the Sous Chef with preparing ingredients for our popular entrees and other kitchen prepared items
In our daily work, we:
- Measure, prepare and assemble ingredients: including washing, peeling, and cutting fruits and vegetables, cutting and seasoning meats, and mixing ingredients for dishes.
- Labeling products with expiration dates, displaying the highest quality preparation and presentation of food items to our customers, while maintaining food safety standards.
- Follow recipes and presentation specifications and is able to prepare a variety of food with different methods of preparation and using a variety of tools and equipment.
- Maintain accurate food inventories and restocks items as needed throughout the shift.
- Follow all company policies for dating, wrapping, rotating and storing of food products.
- Responsible for the set-up, cleanliness/sanitation, and organization of the food prep area, cheese room and/or kitchen before, during, and after every shift.
