Food Preparation Workers

Perform a variety of food preparation duties other than cooking, such as preparing cold foods and shellfish, slicing meat, and brewing coffee or tea.

Job Task

• Assist cooks and kitchen staff with various tasks as needed, and provide cooks with needed items.
• Carry food supplies, equipment, and utensils to and from storage and work areas.
• Clean work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, and silverware.
• Cut, slice and/or grind meat, poultry, and seafood to prepare for cooking.
• Distribute food to waiters and waitresses to serve to customers.
• Package take-out foods and/or serve food to customers.
• Portion and wrap the food, or place it directly on plates for service to patrons.
• Prepare a variety of foods according to customers' orders or supervisors' instructions, following approved procedures.
• Prepare and serve a variety of beverages such as coffee, tea, and soft drinks.
• Stock cupboards and refrigerators, and tend salad bars and buffet meals.
• Store food in designated containers and storage areas to prevent spoilage.
• Use manual and/or electric appliances to clean, peel, slice, and trim foods.
• Wash, peel and/or cut various foods to prepare for cooking or serving.
• Weigh or measure ingredients.
• Butcher and clean fowl, fish, poultry, and shellfish to prepare for cooking or serving.
• Distribute menus to hospital patients, collect diet sheets, and deliver food trays and snacks to nursing units or directly to patients.
• Inform supervisors when supplies are getting low or equipment is not working properly.
• Keep records of the quantities of food used.
• Load dishes, glasses, and tableware into dishwashing machines.
• Make special dressings and sauces as condiments for sandwiches.
• Mix ingredients for green salads, molded fruit salads, vegetable salads, and pasta salads.
• Place food trays over food warmers for immediate service, or store them in refrigerated storage cabinets.
• Receive and store food supplies, equipment, and utensils in refrigerators, cupboards, and other storage areas.
• Remove trash and clean kitchen garbage containers.
• Scrape leftovers from dishes into garbage containers.
• Stir and strain soups and sauces.
• Work on assembly lines adding cutlery, napkins, food, and other items to trays in hospitals, cafeterias, airline kitchens, and similar establishments.

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