prep cooks
Vegetable chopping staff
Prep cooks are kitchen workers who handle the preliminary stages of food preparation—washing, chopping, measuring, and organizing ingredients before the main cooking begins.
They work under line cooks or chefs, ensuring everything is ready for service: The prep cooks arrive early to dice vegetables and portion proteins.
The role is often an entry point into professional kitchens.
- kitchenFood preparation room
- choppingCutting into pieces
- mise en placePre-cooking ingredient arrangement
- knivesEdged cutting instruments
- cutting boardSurface for slicing food
cutting vegetables · vegetables · dicing · mincing · stations · aprons · early mornings · ingredients · sheet pans · plastic containers · slicing · peeling · julienne · morning shift · walk-in cooler · stockpots · onions · garlic
- hospitality workersservers, waiters, hostess, hosts, bartenders
- Kitchen Managementinventory, ordering, food cost, labor cost, sanitation
- restaurant kitchenkitchen, walk-in cooler, walk-in, freezer, dry storage
prep cooksmaster chef
Highly skilled culinary expert
expeditor · pastry chef · saucier · gourmet chef · artisan baker
prep cooksservers
Machines providing network resources
waitstaff · maître d · sommelier · hosts · bartenders
prep cooksexecutive chef
Senior kitchen authority
head chef · chef de cuisine · sous chef · kitchen manager · master chef
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