Magnolia Table - Prep Cook

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Work as a team player and prepare high-quality food orders in a timely and efficient manner
• Possess a thorough working understanding of all recipes, restaurant standards, and visual standards
• Ensure recipe adherence
• Communicate to restaurant leaders quality of product and stock levels
• Contribute to minimal waste by following prep lists and recipes
• Carry out instructions of kitchen management
• Operate equipment safely and in line with best-use practices for each piece of equipment
• Check with management anytime quality of products is in question
• Adhere to standards of cleanliness and sanitation

Competencies

• Teamwork: Contribute to a team environment supporting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Work effectively with others, be a team player and contribute toward team goals.
• Critical Thinking: Identify and communicate challenges in day-to-day activities.
• Expertise: Eye for detail, accuracy, and complete all tasks in a timely manner. Willingness to learn and adapt to new processes and technologies.
• Communication: Actively engage in listening to teammates and guests and be open to feedback from guests, peers, and management.
• Guest Focus: Ability to proactively understand and meet guest needs, ensuring a personalized and guest-centric experience.
• Strategy and Goal Setting: Approach change with positivity and curiosity. Know your role in achieving team goals.

Eligibility Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent preferred
• 0-1 years of related work experience preferred
• Food Handler's license required upon hire
• Must be available to work weekends, nights, special events, and holidays as business needs require

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste or smell.
• The employee is frequently required to stand and walk.
• The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee operates in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
• This role routinely uses sinks, dishwashers, and tools to clean kitchen appliances.
• The employee is frequently exposed to hot water, potentially slippery floors, garbage disposals, and cleaning chemicals.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is intermittent sounds at a level sufficient to cause hearing loss or fatigue.
• The employee is subject to high temperatures and low temperatures.
• The employee is exposed to workplace hazards.