Prep Cook​/Kitchen

About the Role

Prep Cook / Kitchen Team Member at Home Grown Kitchen. This role is central to our scratch kitchen, responsible for all stages of food preparation and maintaining high standards for product presentation, quality, and timing. As part of the Kitchen Team, you will be cross‑trained across all kitchen departments.

Schedule: Early arrival with finish by 3:30 pm daily—no dinner shifts.

Pay: $14.00‑$17.00 / hr (based on skill and experience).

Benefits: Paid time off, vision, dental, and medical coverage for full‑time team members.

• Complete all assigned prep work (70 %).
• Setup workstation (5 %).
• Practice sanitary and safe food handling (10 %).
• Prepare menu items according to Home Grown’s recipes, plate presentations, and specifications (5 %).
• Clean and sanitize the work area before, during, and after shift (5 %).
• Complete assigned daily and weekly cleaning projects (5 %).

• Positive attitude and desire to learn and grow.
• Ability to place plates, utensils, pans, and cases on high and low shelves.
• Reading, writing, and verbal communication skills required.
• Ability to follow recipes exactly as written.
• Ability to work fast, safe, efficient, and accurately for periods of up to 10 hours per day.
• Attention to detail.
• Capability of using knives, slicing equipment, and other food preparation equipment.
• Mobility required during the entire shift.
• Ability to transport cases up to 50 pounds as many as 20 times per day.
• Ability to respond to emergency situations to avoid imminent danger to self and others.

Regularly navigate throughout the restaurant and communicate with guests, move and grasp items up to five pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, bend and stoop. Adequate vision required to discern cleanliness and operate a touchscreen. Reasonable accommodations may be made for disabilities.

Seniority level: Entry level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Management and Manufacturing

Thrive Restaurant Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.