Prep Cook

Licensing / Registration /Certification

• Required: Food Handler Certificate
• Preferred: Food Service Sanitation Certification, Valid Illinois Driver’s License with no major moving violations in the past three years.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

All items should be taken to read that the individual already has these skills, or has the ability to rapidly acquire them.

1. Having the ability to read recipes and tickets; executing preparation instructions.
2. Understanding and practice working under food service sanitation regulations.
3. Acting in a courteous and respectful manner while working in close proximity with other persons in a high-paced environment.
4. Having the ability to operate standard dish machine and wash pots and pans by hand.
5. High sense of urgency
6. Neat personal appearance and clean working habits.

Physical

Body Movements: Standing for long periods of time, walking, climbing stairs, stooping, squatting, reaching, lifting up to 50# and carrying it a distance of 50 feet or more, bending and flexing legs, arms, wrists and fingers, grasping.

Working Conditions

Work will be done mostly in a high volume restaurant kitchen with the accompanying extremes of temperature, crowded conditions, noise, rapidly moving foot traffic, and potentially dangerous equipment. There will be consistent and repetitious activity during the entire work shift.

Thank you for taking the time and showing interest in working for Avanti's. Working here means making a serious commitment to learning about Avanti's culture and help to achieve our mission through our vision and values. We operate under a customer centric philosophy; it is the external customer that ultimately brings you this opportunity, serving them with excellence will bring you job satisfaction and opportunities for advancement or a career with Avanti's. The internal customer, your co-workers, will require you to work closely with diverse groups of people. Having the ambition to collaborate with your internal customers to provide exceptional service and quality food is necessary and will be a requirement. Relationships are the foundation upon which the ultimate success of our restaurant exists. Every task assigned to each position is equally important; regardless of job title or rank. Our team is only as strong as the weakest link; those individuals focusing on being a strong link need only complete this application. We understand that not everyone will care as much about this as we do; If you think this is the place you are looking to dedicate yourself, please continue to completing an application. We look forward to learning about you during our interview process.