Description
Prepare and cook food in a fast food restaurant with a limited menu. Duties of these cooks are limited to preparation of a few basic items and normally involve operating large-volume single-purpose cooking equipment.
- • Maintain sanitation, health, and safety standards in work areas.
- • Clean food preparation areas, cooking surfaces, and utensils.
- • Operate large-volume cooking equipment, such as grills, deep-fat fryers, or griddles.
- • Verify that prepared food meets requirements for quality and quantity.
- • Take food and drink orders and receive payment from customers.
- • Read food order slips or receive verbal instructions as to food required by patron, and prepare and cook food according to instructions.
- • Wash, cut, and prepare foods designated for cooking.
- • Measure ingredients required for specific food items.
- • Cook and package batches of food, such as hamburgers or fried chicken, prepared to order or kept warm until sold.
- • Cook the exact number of items ordered by each customer, working on several different orders simultaneously.
- • Serve orders to customers at windows, counters, or tables.
- • Clean, stock, and restock workstations and display cases.
- • Prepare specialty foods, such as pizzas, fish and chips, sandwiches, or tacos, following specific methods that usually require short preparation time.
- • Prepare dough, following recipe.
- • Schedule activities and equipment use with managers, using information about daily menus to help coordinate cooking times.
- • Prepare and serve beverages, such as coffee or fountain drinks.
- • Mix ingredients, such as pancake or waffle batters.
- • Order and take delivery of supplies.
- • Pre-cook items, such as bacon, to prepare them for later use.
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Hospitality, Events & Tourism
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
