prep cook
Chef's chopping helper
A prep cook is a kitchen worker who handles the preliminary stages of food preparation—washing vegetables, chopping ingredients, measuring portions, making stocks and sauces—so that line cooks can assemble dishes quickly during service.
The position is typically entry-level in restaurant kitchens: She started as a prep cook before working her way up to sous chef.
- mise en placePre-cooking ingredient arrangement
- chopQuick forceful slice
- diceMarked cubes for chance
- julienneCut into thin strips
- stationFixed stopping point
kitchen · vegetables · cutting board · knife · plastic containers · peel · mince · stockpot · apron · morning shift · early morning · ingredients · portion · walk-in · cooler · restaurant · culinary · back of house
- restaurant workwaiter, waitress, server, chef, dishwasher
- cookschef, head chef, sous chef, pastry chef, executive chef
- diner staffwaiter, waitress, server, busboy, busser
- food workersbutcher, bartender, server, caterer, chef
- hourly jobshourly worker, day laborer, fast food worker, factory hand, laborer
- job titlesCEO, CTO, CFO, CMO, COO
prep cookexecutive chef
Senior kitchen authority
head chef · chef de cuisine · sous chef · celebrity chef · master chef
prep cookexpeditor
One who hastens processes
finisher · saucier · pastry chef · front-of-house · server
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