Prep Cook

Air Culinaire Worldwide, LLC

Full Time US
ACW Manual Labor
Ashburn, VA, US

Salary Range: $17.00 To $19.50 Hourly

The Prep Cook is responsible for the quality of food ingredients used; preparation methods personally used as well as those used while working with the kitchen staff. The Prep Cook prepares basic food-prep and menu items needed in filling catering orders based on established recipes or customer requests.

The Prep Cook will be an on-site team player and production support for all production as well as being called on at times to shop and produce specialty items not in ACW spec books. The Prep Cook is required to take immediate action in all orders received and is required to produce high quality menu items and recipes as instructed by the General Manager.

ACW Prep Cooks are given the authority to make decisions to produce products to and menu items, while following company procedures related to customer satisfaction, safety, and cost.

The Prep Cook prepares all foods to specification to include all hot foods, designed salads, sandwiches, canapés, desserts, sauces, and all cold food preparations according to designated preparation methods. The Prep Cook is responsible for culinary quality and supports all culinary initiatives, learns all standard ACW food displays, practices culinary artistry as well as the safe use of fresh ingredients, quality and finesse in culinary design and presentation.

The Prep Cook works in partnership with all cooks, prep staff, porters, and provides production solutions in situations arising that require action and critical thinking in providing clients with the highest of quality and craftsmanship in all culinary preparation to include hot food, displays and professionally composed dishes and displays. The Prep Cook work is based on following company procedures related to food quality, safety, customer satisfaction, and accuracy in cost.

Under the direction of the General Manager, the Prep Cook’s primary responsibility is to produce top quality hot and fold food, innovative and artistic presentations, displays, spec-trays, quality salads, sandwiches, canapés, desserts, and sauces and any cold preparation, which the General Manager directs. The Prep Cook prepares all menu items according to Air Culinaire preparation methods while maintaining Air Culinaire Standards.

The Prep Cook is a culinary professional in the ACW kitchen and is responsible to conduct himself or herself in the utmost professional manner whether working in our kitchen, on-site at a client location and to support all work required to include sanitation, driving, and working with external customers and support peers.

The Prep Cook is responsible to work with the Garde Manger team and Lead Cooks to prioritize orders, ensure the use of the freshest ingredients, accuracy in preparation, quality assurance, order finalization, and the use of appropriate packaging and labeling, and overall compliance with Dynamics 365 specifications associated with all Air Culinaire client orders. The Prep Cook is responsible for verifying that food quality and specifications match the kitchen issued specification in Dynamics 365.

The Prep Cook is responsible for prioritizing food production orders, quality assurance, verifying the use of proper trays and packaging and the overall compliance with ACES specifications associated with all Air Culinaire specifications and Dynamics 365 orders.

• The Prep Cook is responsible for ensuring food quality, using ACW specifications at all times and to ensure that the food matches the presentation provided in the specifications.
• Additionally, the Prep Cook will participate in the process of training and directing new and…