Prep Cook

Company: SSP
Location: Sterling
Posted on: April 2, 2025

Job Description:

Job Description

• Great Pay $18.00 and up per hour (Depending on Experience)
• Full-time and Part-time positions available
• Great Benefits
• Referral Bonuses
• 2 Weeks PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Great Advancement Opportunities We are passionate about bringing cool, authentic restaurants to airports that represent a taste of place. To prepare, serve, sell, and maintain food/beverage items. This includes, taking orders, receiving vendor deliveries, and cleaning of food items. These tasks are to be performed in a timely and professional manner to achieve the highest level of guest satisfaction.
  • Understand that our guest is our priority.
  • Greet guests in a courteous and friendly manner (where applicable).
  • Follow all recipes and practice portion control to prepare, garnish, and present ordered items.
  • Maintain proper and adequate set-up of the kitchen/station on a daily basis. This includes requisitioning and stocking of all required food, paper products, and condiments.
  • Handles, stores, and rotates all products properly.
  • Follow and complete all items required as listed on shiftly prep-sheet.
  • Responsible for set-up, regular maintenance, cleaning, and break-down of any machinery and equipment.
  • Responsible for maintaining stock, cutting, and storage of all perishables daily to ensure product quality.
  • Complete opening, on-going, and closing checklists as required.
  • Inform the manager immediately of product shortages.
  • Perform general and specific cleaning tasks using standard cleaning products as assigned by supervisor to adhere to health standards.
  • Return all items used during your shift to the proper place, clean and organize all work and storage areas (including all coolers and refrigerators), empty and re-line all trash containers.
  • Meet with manager upon arrival to discuss shift set-up, and check out with manager before leaving to ensure duties are completed. Skills and Requirements
    • Minimum One year experience working in food service environment is essential.
    • High school diploma preferred.
    • Verbal and written communication is essential. Able to read, speak, and understand the English language in order to communicate with guests and take orders.
    • Experience in dealing with problems involving customer service.
    • Basic mathematical skills necessary to operate a cash register, make change, total guest checks, count total bank, prepare cash drops, and total all other charges.
    • Food handlers permit as required by law.
    • Brand Certification as required.
    • Ability to remember, recite, and promote the variety of menu items.
    • Ability to operate a keyboard & point of sale procedures to pre-check an order & close out a check.
    • Ability to stand and work in confined spaces for long period of time. Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at SSP. We are an equal opportunities employer committed to engaging all of our people, so they feel valued and motivated; we champion diversity, promote inclusion, and ensure equality. We respect and protect human rights and prevent discrimination; and we positively impact our communities. We encourage and welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates regardless of background, gender, race, religious beliefs, disability, sexual identity and orientation.

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