Prepare ingredients for cooking, including washing, chopping, slicing, marinating, and seasoning meats, vegetables, and other perishables according to prep lists.
Setting up and stocking up stations with all necessary supplies: Overseeing the daily line setup, ensuring junior cooks have fully stocked stations, and verifying that all culinary tools and service ware are ready for peak volume.Preparing food for service (mise-en-place): Leading the daily prep team, executing advanced culinary prep work like complex sauces or butchery, and auditing components to ensure strict adherence to standardized recipes.Preparing of menu items: Running the most critical stations on the hot or cold lines, managing ticket flow during high-volume rushes, and stepping in to run the pass to ensure flawless plate presentation.Cleaning up station and taking care of leftover food: Supervising the nightly kitchen breakdown and deep-clean, enforcing food safety regulations, and ensuring leftovers are correctly cooled, labeled, and logged to minimize waste.Handling stock inventory appropriately: Conducting daily inventory checks, receiving and inspecting incoming supplier deliveries for quality, and enforcing the FIFO rotation method to meet food cost targets.
Be responsible for the food production following the flow from when it gets delivered to the guest plate; be in control of the step by step preparation.