Prep Cook

Sage Hospitality•Atlantic Beach, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Serve the Coast’s Best Stories, One Plate at a Time. Coastal Farmer is a brand new concept created for the reimagined Dune House, inspired by the honest flavors of sea and soil and the easy rhythm of life on the coast. The restaurant has been fully redesigned with natural materials, airy colors, and a spirit that feels fresh, inviting, and rooted in the community. From the moment guests step inside, they feel connected to the land and water that make Atlantic Beach so special. As part of the Coastal Farmer team, you will help bring this story to life through dishes that celebrate local harvests, heartfelt traditions, and the joy of sharing food with others. Every plate is prepared with intention. Every drink highlights a sense of place. Guests come here to savor oysters, fresh catch, farm-forward cooking, and flavors shaped by the people who call this coastline home. If you love working with meaningful ingredients, enjoy connecting with guests in an authentic way, and want to help build a restaurant from the ground up, Coastal Farmer is ready to welcome you into its opening chapter.

Requirements

High school education or equivalent experience.
Minimum one-year food service or related work.
Requires an ability to work as a team member and an ability to communicate with kitchen staff.

Responsibilities

Complete opening and closing checklists.
Refer to Daily Prep List at the start of each shift for assigned duties.
Prepares a variety of meats, seafood, poultry, vegetables and other food items for cooking in broilers, ovens, grills, fryers and a variety of other kitchen equipment.
Understands and complies consistently with our standard portion sizes, cooking methods, quality standards and kitchen rules, policies and procedures.
Portions food products prior to cooking according to standard portion sizes and recipe specifications.
Maintains a clean and sanitary work station area including tables, shelves, walls grills, broilers, fryers, pasta cookers, sauté burners, convection oven, flat top range and refrigeration equipment.
Closes the kitchen properly and follows the closing checklist for kitchen stations. Assists others in closing the kitchen.
Attends all scheduled employee meetings and brings suggestions for improvement.
Promptly reports equipment and food quality problems to chef on duty.
Inform chef on duty immediately of product shortages.
Uses our Standard Recipe Card for preparing all products. Do not rely on the memory of yourself or other employees.
Performs other related duties as assigned by the chef or manager-on-duty.
Return all food items not used on next shift to designed storage areas, being sure to cover/date all perishables.
Date all food containers and rotate as per the BOH General Operating Procedures and Inventory SOPs, making sure that all perishables are kept at proper temperatures.
Answer, report and follow executive or sous chef’s instructions.
Clean up station and take care of leftover food.
Comply with nutrition and sanitation regulations and safety standards.
Report any safety issues to the chef on duty.
Maintain a positive and professional approach with coworkers and customers.