Kitchen Staff
Quick Facts
Median Salary$32,148
Most Common EducationHigh school or GED
Projected 10-Year Growth+13.30%
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What They Do
A Kitchen Staff assists with food preparation as directed by cooks, food supervisors or chefs. Cleans kitchen work areas and dishes. Prepares ingredients for dishes to be cooked, prepares beverages, and stocks salad bars or buffet tables.
Core Tasks:
- Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, or silverware.
- Assist cooks and kitchen staff with various tasks as needed, and provide cooks with needed items.
- Take and record temperature of food and food storage areas, such as refrigerators and freezers.
- Carry food supplies, equipment, and utensils to and from storage and work areas.
- Store food in designated containers and storage areas to prevent spoilage.
- Remove trash and clean kitchen garbage containers.
- Weigh or measure ingredients.
- Vacuum dining area and sweep and mop kitchen floor.
- Prepare a variety of foods, such as meats, vegetables, or desserts, according to customers' orders or supervisors' instructions, following approved procedures.
- Wash, peel, and cut various foods, such as fruits and vegetables, to prepare for cooking or serving.
- Inform supervisors when equipment is not working properly and when food and supplies are getting low, and order needed items.
- Assemble meal trays with foods in accordance with patients' diets.
- Stock cupboards and refrigerators, and tend salad bars and buffet meals.
- Use manual or electric appliances to clean, peel, slice, and trim foods.
- Portion and wrap food, or place it directly on plates for service to patrons.
- Load dishes, glasses, and tableware into dishwashing machines.
- Add cutlery, napkins, food, and other items to trays on assembly lines in hospitals, cafeterias, airline kitchens, and similar establishments.
- Place food trays over food warmers for immediate service, or store them in refrigerated storage cabinets.
- Prepare and serve a variety of beverages, such as coffee, tea, and soft drinks.
- Receive and store food supplies, equipment, and utensils in refrigerators, cupboards, and other storage areas.
- Mix ingredients for green salads, molded fruit salads, vegetable salads, and pasta salads.
- Make special dressings and sauces as condiments for sandwiches.
- Stir and strain soups and sauces.
- Scrape leftovers from dishes into garbage containers.
What to expect as a Kitchen Staff
1Earn a High school or GED Diploma
18% of people achieve this level of education.
2Gain skills and experience
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3Land a job
16026 openings for Kitchen Staff
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