Prep Cook

**About the Role**

We’re seeking experienced Prep Cooks to join our team at Naked Tomato NYC. Any specialization or formal culinary training is appreciated as long as you’re a hard worker with a great attitude. We’re looking for rockstars to join our team for the long run. While you must be comfortable working independently, you must also appreciate a strong team environment. We support a culture of promoting from within and are seeking the right candidate who also shares our values. This is a full-time or part-time, hourly position with an ASAP start date. **Some prior kitchen experience is mandatory.**

**Responsibilities**

* Work with the chef and kitchen team to memorize and execute basic meal prep procedures

* Complete daily prep lists accurately and efficiently

* Prepare vegetables, proteins, sauces, and other ingredients and components according to recipes and kitchen standards

* Maintain consistent portioning and quality throughout all prep

* Properly label, date, store, and rotate prepared food and ingredients

* Ensure that all food prep and storage areas and kitchen stations meet regulation cleaning standards

* Maintain a clean, organized, and safe workspace throughout the shift

* Communicate with the chef and kitchen team about prep needs, product quality, and any issues that arise

* Assist with receiving and properly storing deliveries when needed

* Help ensure that the kitchen is fully prepped and organized for service

* Follow opening and closing procedures with care and consistency

**Skills & Requirements:**

* Minimum 2-3 years of experience cooking in a high-volume kitchen

* Ability to maintain a clean and safe space in accordance with operations and sanitation guidelines

* Basic food and kitchen safety knowledge

* Basic knife skills

* Ability to follow recipes and prep lists accurately

* Ability to work efficiently and independently

* NYC Food Handler’s certificate is a plus

* Must be professional and enthusiastic, a team player who is willing to learn and has a positive attitude

* Must be receptive to constructive criticism and performance feedback

* Must be excited about our food, brand and story

**About Naked Tomato NYC**

Naked Tomato is Chef Eyal Shani's celebration of the ingredient in its most honest form — seasonal, market-driven, and unapologetically simple. The menu moves with what's ripe, what's beautiful, what demands to be eaten right now. Rough and fine, familiar and surprising, it's the kind of place where a perfect tomato can stop time. Now open in Brooklyn.

**Job Type:** Full-time

**Salary:** $17 to $19 per hour

Pay: $17.00 - $19.00 per hour

Work Location: In person