Prep Team Member- Full Time

If you love being part of a great team in a fast-paced environment, working with fresh flavours and ingredients, this is the job for you!

You will mainly be working our prep station - washing, chopping, dicing and cooking some of our award-winning TexMex street food menu. You'll be expected to follow our recipe guidelines, cleaning schedules and listen carefully to you Supervisor when on shift.

If you're interested in the cooking aspect, we'll also show you how to prepare orders at the grills, oven and fryer as as well as maintaining a clean kitchen during service.

Specific Availability Requirements:

• A suitable candidate must have Full Time availability (including weekends).
• The position consists of mainly morning shifts (7:30AM -3PM or 7AM -2:30PM) with an occasional evening shift when required.

Job Overview:

• Help to prepare delicious menu items according to our recipes and guides
• Able to follow instructions in preparing, cooking and portioning well-prepared meals
• Deft in moving around the kitchen and apt in multi-tasking
• Communicate with kitchen and front of house team - must be a team player!

Reports To: Kitchen Supervisor

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Undertake basic prep duties (meat, sauces, toppings, fresh fruit / veg etc)
• Able to follow the prep list created by shift supervisor to plan duties
• Prepare cooking ingredients by washing and chopping vegetables, cutting meat etc.
• Maintain a clean and orderly kitchen by washing dishes, sanitizing surfaces, taking out trash etc.
• Ensure all food and other items are stored properly & no cross contamination exists.
• Comply with sanitation & hygiene guidelines
• Perform other kitchen duties as assigned
• Escalate any HSE, staff or other issues to the manager where appropriate for resolution

Desirable traits:

• Proven experience as prep chef, cook or homecook - a passion for food is essential!
• Able to follow set procedures and menus
• Basic knowledge of health and safety rules in a kitchen
• Able to operate kitchen equipment & utensils
• Knowledge of various cooking procedures and methods
• A team player with good communication skills
• Availability to work different shifts, including weekends when possible
• Patient with an ability to stay positive under pressure
• Good physical condition and endurance
• Training from a previous employer will be an asset

Full-time hours available: 35 hours per week

Salary: £10.5 - £11.5 per hour

About FreshMex:

We serve FRESH TexMex street food from our sit-in and takeaway site in Aberdeen, with all of our menu made daily using quality, natural ingredients!

Started in 2015 as a pop-up food stall around Aberdeenshire, FreshMex can now be found in Aberdeen (burrito restaurant + takeaway), Edinburgh (burrito restaurant + takeaway) and Nottingham (Deliverooo only).

The FreshMex Burrito was officially Deliveroo’s most popular takeaway dish in Scotland in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2023, 3rd most popular in the UK and 10th on the worldwide list in 2021 & 2023!

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £10.50-£11.50 per hour

Expected hours: 35 per week

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Performance bonus

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Prep Team Member - Aberdeen January24