Prep Cook

Location:

Boone, NC, United States
Job
Date Posted:
Dec 30, 2025

Get Involved!

Samaritan's Purse is looking for a
Prep Cook who can use their culinary skills at our ministry site in
Boone, NC. The ideal candidate is meticulous at preparing nutritional food. You will use approved menus and recipes while adhering to all policies including minimum waste, food safety, and sanitation. Join this team and use your gifts and talents for His Kingdom!!

Hours: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM

A Day in the Life of a Prep Cook

At Samaritan's Purse, the Gospel is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotionandspend time praying for each other and our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe.

In the role of
Prep Cook, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him.
• Prepare and serve food according to approved menus and standardized recipes, while keeping waste to a minimum.
• Apply basic food preparation techniques and terminology.
• Put away stock delivered by food service vendors. Ensure proper dating, rotation, and storage.
• Monitor food quality using Food Safe methods as directed. Apply correct cooking temperatures.
• Maintain the kitchen, eating and service areas, storage areas, and cooler/freezer facilities in a clean and orderly manner. Sweep and mop floors.
• Assist with daily closing duties, which include washing dishes, removing trash, and breaking down boxes.
• Ensure towels, aprons, and chef coats are laundered.
• Follow the policies and procedures of Samaritan's Purse as outlined in the Policy Manual.
• Attend daily morning devotions and participate in prayer support for the ministry, donors, and volunteers.
• Maintain a strong Christian witness to colleagues, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general public.
• Other duties may be assigned that are not specifically identified within the content of the job description.
• High School diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to pass Samaritan's Purse Food Services Advancement Test Level I is required

Job Location: Boone, NC

Hours:7:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Type: Full-Time

Language Requirement:

Fluency in English (required)

Travel Expectations
:
Less than 5%

• On-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave
• Term Life Insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation/personal days

Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet the needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine to share God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
  1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:
  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19;
  John 10:30;
  Ephesians 4:4-6.
• We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His return in power and glory.
  
  Matthew 1:23;
  John 1:1-4 and 1:29;
  Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24;
  Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21;
  Philippians 2:5-11;
  Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15.
• We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. Luke 24:46-47;
  John 14:6;
  Acts 4:12;
  Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11;
  Ephesians 1:7 and 2:89;
  Titus 3:4-7.
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. John…