Grill cook/prep vs lead cook

Differences between grill cook/prep and lead cook duties and responsibilities

Grill cook/prep example responsibilities.

• Operate mixers and manage ingredients to meet product quality and uniformity standards.
• Load dishwashers and hand- wash items such as pots, pans, and knives.
• Maintain standards of quality, cooking times and presentation of food, service, restaurant cleanliness and sanitation and safety.
• Job duties include waiting on customers, filling salad bar, maintaining cleanliness of work space, preparing food and portioning.
• Leverage teamwork to fully utilize kitchen staff to generate remarkable food and service to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Display leadership abilities and responsibility by training new employees.

Lead cook example responsibilities.

• Manage food expo; facilitate food temp logs; creation of menu specials; management and supervision of production staff
• Manage inventory and purchasing of groceries.
• Operate standard cooking equipment including slicers, food choppers, fryers, refrigerators, ovens and stoves.
• Operate ovens, stoves, grills, microwaves, turbo chefs, and fryers.
• Use and clean commercial ovens, meat slicers, steamers, combination ovens and steam kettles.
• Operate ovens, stoves, grills, microwaves, kettles, and tilt skillet.
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