The Kitchen Team Member is responsible for preparing and cooking quality menu items while helping maintain a clean, organized, and efficient kitchen at Stacked Pancake & Breakfast House.
Duties may include preparing ingredients, cooking breakfast and lunch menu items according to restaurant standards, assembling and plating meals, maintaining appropriate food temperatures, stocking workstations, and ensuring orders are prepared accurately and in a timely manner.
Kitchen Team Members work closely with other kitchen and front-of-house staff, particularly during busy breakfast and lunch periods. They are also responsible for following proper food handling, sanitation, and workplace health and safety procedures.
The ideal candidate is dependable, hardworking, organized, and able to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment. Previous kitchen or food preparation experience is an asset, but training may be provided.
- Preparing ingredients and completing food prep before and during service.
- Cooking and preparing breakfast and lunch menu items according to restaurant recipes and standards.
- Preparing items such as eggs, pancakes, waffles, breakfast meats, sandwiches, burgers, and other menu offerings.
- Reading and completing food orders accurately and efficiently.
- Plating meals and ensuring food is presented properly before being served.
- Keeping cooking and preparation stations clean, organized, and stocked.
- Monitoring food temperatures and following safe food-handling procedures.
- Restocking ingredients and supplies throughout the shift.
- Communicating with servers and other kitchen team members to ensure orders are completed promptly.
- Managing multiple orders during busy breakfast and lunch rushes.
- Cleaning cooking equipment, work surfaces, and kitchen areas.
- Following food safety, sanitation, and workplace health and safety procedures.
- Assisting other team members as needed to keep the kitchen running smoothly.
For a Kitchen Team Member at Stacked Pancake & Breakfast House, the most important qualities are reliability, teamwork, food safety, and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced kitchen.
Team members need to prepare food accurately, consistently, and on time, particularly during busy breakfast and lunch rushes. Strong attention to cleanliness and food-handling standards is essential. Being dependable, punctual, organized, willing to learn, and able to communicate well with coworkers is also very important.