Lead Kitchen Prep

Description

Title: Lead Kitchen Prep
Dept: Kitchen
Hours: Full and part-time time, including weekends.
Report to: Sous Chef
Wage: $17.50 - $20.00 per hour depending on experience

Morning Glory Farm offers a wide assortment of fresh-packed salads, side dishes, entrees and soups that are prepared daily in our kitchen. We pride ourselves on using our own produce and other local ingredients in season to create outstanding food. Our Farmstand is stocked with freshly prepared entrees, soups, side dishes, salads and pickled vegtables and dressings. We use our own farm produce whenver possible as well as the finest non-GMO and organic products. We prioritize sustainability in food services. Our dishes are based on seasonal produce and our meals and offerings are made from scratch.

In our daily work, we:

• Measure, prepare and assemble ingredients: including washing, peeling, and cutting fruits and vegetables, cutting and seasoning meats, and mixing ingredients for dishes.
• Labeling products with expiration dates, displaying the highest quality preparation and presentation of food items to our customers, while maintaining food safety standards.
• Follow recipes and presentation specifications and is able to prepare a variety of food with different methods of preparation and using a variety of tools and equipment.
• Maintain accurate food inventories and restocks items as needed throughout the shift.
• Follow all company policies for dating, wrapping, rotating and storing of food products.
• Oversee daily work of kitchen staff and cover for Sous Chef in his/her/their absence.
• Responsible for the set-up, cleanliness/sanitation, and organization of the food prep area, pack & prep room and/or kitchen before, during, and after every shift.

Position Requirements

Our ideal candidate:

• Must know how to properly and safely operate commercial equipment including scales and packaging machinery (must be 18 and trained in order to use certain equipment).
• 2 years commercial kitchen experience is required.
• Knowledgeable about basic food handling skills as well as simple mathematical calculations (reading scale).
• Has the ability to remain calm and focused and provide excellent food products in a high volume environment.
• Presents self in a highly professional manner to customers and co-workers.
• May be required to lift and/or move up to 30 pounds frequently, and up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• Applicants must be flexible, adaptable and able to work weekends.

Full-Time/Part-Time
Full-Time and/or Part-Time

Wage
$17.50 - $20.00 per hour depending on experience

Position
Lead Kitchen Prep

Exempt/Non-Exempt
Non-Exempt

About the Organization
Morning Glory Farm, started in 1975 by James and Deborah Athearn, grows about 65 acres of vegetables and small fruits on the island of Martha's Vineyard.

Small successive plantings of a wide variety of crops supply the Farmstand from May through December.

Crops include sweet corn, lettuce, carrots, beets, tomatoes, melons, potatoes, beans, squash, pumpkins, and more. Our herb garden supplies a full assortment of culinary herbs. We also raise four acres of cut flowers, and small plantings of strawberries, grapes, peaches, and beach plums.

We keep beef cows on pasture in Chilmark for which we harvest 45 acres of hay and we also produce eggs, pork and fresh, pasture-raised chickens to sell in the Farmstand. Twenty-three acres of our vegetable fields are farmed using natural practices and only OMRI certified fertilizers and pesticides. We manage the rest of our land with a minimum of pesticides and with attention to the long-term health of the soil.

The farm name grew from the vision of the sun rising over lush, green fields, cows with udders full of milk ambling past bountiful gardens and hedgerows lively with honeybees: true wealth of nature's glory.

Each year we meet a new crew of farmers, bakers, cooks, and Farmstand staff who become part of the farm family. The farm has benefited from a variety of wonderful people who have endowed Morning Glory with their own special contributions.