Prep Cook

Job overview

The Prep Cook role is onsite in Fort Worth, TX. Pay is $16–$20 per hour. The position supports Hudson House’s culinary team in preparing for high-quality service at its neighborhood restaurant, which serves East Coast-inspired food and hospitality. The Prep Cook prepares and stores ingredients to recipes, portioning guidelines, and quality standards, helping ensure consistency and kitchen readiness. The role also maintains a clean and organized workstation, follows food-safety procedures, communicates supply or equipment needs, and assists with kitchen setup and breakdown.

What you'll do

• Support the Culinary Manager, Assistant Culinary Manager, and kitchen team with daily service-readiness tasks
• prepare ingredients according to recipes, portioning guidelines, and quality standards
• complete prep tasks accurately and promptly
• maintain kitchen prep standards
• assist with kitchen setup and breakdown and care for equipment and facilities
• keep the workstation clean and sanitary
• label, date, store, and rotate ingredients using FIFO
• wash, chop, measure, mix, and store ingredients
• communicate shortages, product needs, and equipment concerns
• operate equipment safely
• follow opening, mid-shift, and closing procedures and food-safety regulations.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

prep cook

fort worth tx

hudson house

culinary team

ingredient preparation

knife skills

hot and cold prep

fifo rotation

food safety

kitchen sanitation

$16–$20 per hour

full-service restaurant

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• flexible schedule
• professional development and career growth
• family meals
• dining discounts at Vandelay Companies concepts
• restaurants closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and July 4.

Why this role

The posting requires 1–2 years of culinary or hospitality experience in a full-service, high-volume kitchen, strong knife skills, hot and cold prep experience, and food handler certification as required by local agencies. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision benefits, flexible scheduling, professional development, family meals, and dining discounts.

About the employer

Hudson House Fort Worth is hiring for this role. Industry: Full-Service Restaurants. Sector: 72.