Food Champion

Position Title:

Taco Bell Food Champion

Department:
Taco Bell Operations Prepared By:
Human Resources

Location:

PURPOSE

Performs a variety of duties which may include the duties of a Register Person, Drive-Thru Cashier, Oven Prep - Cook, Foodline Preparer, Receiving & Stocking, and Lot Person.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for all required preparations for days business as pre-determined by sales trends and usage calculations.
• Prepares all sauces, fresh vegetable prep, prep of meat, chicken, steak, sour cream, salsa, peppers, shredded cheese, cheese sauce, and personal pan pizzas.
• Complies with all portioning, quality standards, rules, policies and safety procedures.
• Selects and transports raw items to work area and back. Stores finished products to proper places.
• Selects proper equipment and utensils to prepare items as procedures require - knives, whips, anliker, bun-o-matic, portion cups, pitchers, bus tubs, rethemilizer, fryer, and oven.
• Responsible for maintaining sanitary and safe kitchen work stations.

Essential Functions

• Sets up the food production line by checking the steam table, counter, bevles cabinets, and line refrigeration to ensure they are properly stocked prior to the meal production period.
• Checks all stations (drink station, foodline) for presence of appropriate small equipment, assembly materials, and stock levels.
• Monitors all food production areas for safety and sanitation practices and procedures. Checks for cleanliness and orderliness and provides direction/takes action as necessary.
• Sets up build to levels to ensure proper inventory levels are available, and calls to backup or replenish items as necessary.
• Reads order on videos as they appear. Calls out specials/missing items to line stations to ensure fast service. Tracks preparation time on all orders, checks finished product for product degree of doneness and appearance, passes on items and order tickets to assemblers.
• Controls flow of work, determines when to call out orders to production personnel, and calls more people for customer service based on volume and individual employee's capacity to handle production. Monitor bottle-necks and take appropriate action to resolve.
• Checks assembler's work for quality and attractiveness of product and presentation. Weighs for proper portioning on items.
• Periodically monitors production to see which individuals need assistance, checks food and materials supplies, takes action as necessary.
• Communicates clearly and efficiently to food production personnel, receives information and feedback from them on their needs, and takes action on observation and information received.
• Cleans and sanitizes workstations on an ongoing basis during meal preparation periods and at the end of the meal period. Monitors work of kitchen staff in the completion of their close-down duties and responsibilities.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for the receipt and storage of all food, supplies and materials received in the restaurant using proper Taco Bell procedures.
• Receives all food, supplies, and materials.
• Checks all incoming items for count, quality and specification.
• Ensures that items are received and stored at the proper temperatures.
• Keeps all storage areas and inventory in a neat and orderly fashion.
• Maintains the quality of the restaurant products by ensuring that all inventory are dated properly before storing to effect proper FIFO usage.
• Maintains the safety of the restaurant by ensuring that all storage areas are free of hazardous conditions.

• Ensures that safety is a priority for all employees. Act in a safe manner and do not put self or others ety is everyone's responsibility.
• Take reasonable care for your own health and safety at work, and that your actions/omissions do not cause harm to any other person in the workplace (including, for example, co-workers and customers)
• Participate in creating and maintaining a safe and healthy work environment, particularly by complying with instructions, policies and procedures.
• Advise manager of any/all work related injuries, accidents, near misses and hazards or potential hazards (including…