Prepared Foods Cook

Company: Whole Foods Market
Location: Malibu
Posted on: November 4, 2024

Job Description:

Prepares food items for cold case, fresh pack, salad, and hot bars according to production sheets. Ensures quality and consistency by following recipes and labeling, dating, and rotating prepared items. Maintains a clean and sanitary environment, monitors food levels, and replenishes in a timely manner. Provides excellent customer service and maximizes sales potential through effective procedures. Follows established procedures, including health and sanitation, and safe work practices.

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• Prepares food items according to recipe to ensure quality and consistency.
  
• Ensures that all prepared items are labeled, dated, covered, monitored for quality and freshness, and rotated.
  
• Monitors food levels and replenishes in a timely manner.
  
• Provides excellent customer service, answers phones and pages promptly and courteously.
  
• Maximizes sales potential through effective and proper procedures for prepping, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising product.
  
• Follows and complies, or ensures compliance, with established procedures, including health and sanitation, and safe work practices.
  
• Maintains, or ensures maintenance of, a clean and sanitary working and shopping environment.
  
• Immediately reports safety hazards and violations.
  
• Performs other duties as assigned by store, regional, or national leadership.
  
  
  
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  • Thorough product knowledge.
    
  • Ability to follow a recipe.
    
  • Good understanding of food production and fundamental cooking techniques.
    
  • Good basic math skills.
    
  • Strong to excellent communication skills and willingness to work as part of a team.
    
  • Ability to deliver information in a clear and respectful manner to fellow Team Members, customers, and vendors.
    
  • Ability to meet customer service expectations and standards in all interactions with customers, vendors, and Team Members.
    
  • Ability to follow directions and procedures; effective time management and organization skills.
    
  • Passion for natural foods and the mission of Whole Foods Market.
    
  • Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency.
    
  • Understanding of and compliance with WFM quality goals.
    
    
    
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    • 6-12 months retail experience.
      
      
      
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      • Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
        
      • Standing/walking 6-8 hours in an 8-hour work day.
        
      • Hand use: single grasping, fine manipulation, pushing and pulling.
        
      • Work requires the following motions: bending, twisting, squatting and reaching.
        
      • Exposure to FDA approved cleaning chemicals.
        
      • Exposure to temperatures: 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
        
      • Ability to work in wet and dry conditions.
        
      • Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
        
      • Ability to use tools and equipment, including knives, box cutters, electric pallet jacks, and other heavy machinery.
        
      • May require use of ladders.
        

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