Cook

Essential Duties

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Responsibilities:

• Follow Butterfield Market recipes, production standards, and quality expectations.
• Prepare food safely and efficiently while maintaining consistency and presentation standards.
• Follow all food safety, sanitation, HACCP, and New York City Department of Health regulations.
• Label, date, and properly store food items following FIFO (First In, First Out) procedures.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and sanitary workstation throughout each shift.
• Properly operate and maintain kitchen equipment, utensils, and tools.
• Assist with receiving, stocking, rotating, and organizing inventory.
• Communicate effectively with kitchen staff to meet daily production goals and deadlines.
• Report equipment malfunctions, safety concerns, or product quality issues to management.
• Perform additional kitchen and production duties as assigned.
• Prep Cook Responsibilities Wash, peel, cut, chop, slice, and portion ingredients for daily production.
• Grill, sauté, roast, and prepare food items according to standardized recipes.
• Measure and portion ingredients accurately for production.
• Assist with preparing soups, sauces, salads, sandwiches, hot foods, and other menu items.
• Monitor product quality throughout food preparation.
• Ensure ingredients are prepared and available to support production schedules.
• Pre-Packaging Responsibilities Portion and package prepared foods according to Butterfield Market standards.
• Accurately weigh products and verify portion sizes.
• Label, date, and seal products for retail sale and distribution.
• Inspect finished products to ensure quality, freshness, and presentation standards are met.
• Organize finished products for refrigeration, storage, or delivery.
• Maintain packaging supplies and notify management when inventory is low.
• Follow daily production schedules to ensure packaging deadlines are met.