Prepared Foods Cook

Company: Whole Foods Market
Location: Saint Paul
Posted on: November 1, 2024

Job Description:

Job Description: Prepares food items for the cold case, fresh pack, salad, and hot bars according to production sheets. Ensures quality and consistency of prepared items, monitors food levels, and replenishes in a timely manner. Provides excellent customer service, answers phones and pages promptly, and models suggestive selling techniques. Maximizes sales potential through effective procedures for prepping, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising product.Responsibilities:

• 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, addresses needs of customers in a timely and effective manner and models suggestive selling techniques.
• Maximizes sales potential through effective and proper procedures for prepping, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising product.
• Follows and complies with established procedures, including Weights and Measures, health and sanitation, and safe work practices.
• Maintains a clean and sanitary working and shopping environment.
• Performs opening, mid, and closing duties as assigned.
• Immediately reports safety hazards and violations.Requirements:
  • 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 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.Working Conditions:
    • Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
    • Standing/walking 6-8 hours in an 8-hour work day.
    • 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.Whole Foods Market is an equal opportunity employer.

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