The posting
Prep Cook/Baker, In-School
About the Role
The In-school Prep Cook is an integral part of a 3-5 person team helping to prepare healthy made-from-scratch meals for hundreds of children in their school every day. The role offers stable hours, day hours ,and weekends and holidays off.
The ideal candidate has experience in a high-volume kitchen, is reliable, and has a “can-do” attitude. The critical functions of the position include understanding daily production menus, cooking scratch made delicious dishes, serving food on a tight schedule, and helping to ensure the kitchen is always exceeding DOH standards.
Critical Functions
- Prepare ingredients by washing, peeling, chopping, slicing, dicing, and cutting food items according to Red Rabbit’s recipes, production needs, and food safety guidelines.
- Read menu production sheets to understand the type and quantity of food that will be prepared each day
- Working with the Head Chef, understand how to prioritize the production of daily menu items
- Portion and weigh food according to Red Rabbit’s recipes and guidelines.
- Cook, cool, and plate food according to Red Rabbit’s recipes and food safety guidelines
- Pack and distribute meals to students according to compliance portions and school timing
- Quickly and accurately count and track the amount of food produced ensuring accuracy for compliance and reduce food waste
- Ensure the kitchen is exceeding Department of Health standards at all times by cleaning work stations and cooking equipment
- Represent Red Rabbit’s values and culture when interacting with school staff and students by always being professional, helpful, and courteous.
- Prepare and portion basic baked goods and components according to Red Rabbit recipes, production sheets, and established preparation methods.
- Assist with baking tasks including measuring and mixing ingredients, preparing pans, monitoring bake times, and properly cooling and storing finished products.
- Support daily bakery production by preparing ingredients and equipment, maintaining an organized workstation, and ensuring all baking activities follow food safety and sanitation standards.
Skills & Requirements
- 2+ years professional culinary experience in a fast paced role in the service industry (i.e. restaurants), high volume kitchen production (i.e. commissary kitchen), or in a similar cafeteria role (i.e. schools/hospitals)
- Demonstrated knowledge of proper food safety and sanitation practices
- Must be familiar with using and maintaining industrial kitchen equipment
- Basic experience preparing baked goods in a professional or high-volume kitchen environment preferred
- Familiarity with basic baking techniques, including measuring ingredients, mixing, portioning, baking, and following standardized recipes
- Must have a ServeSafe Certificate
- Able to self motivate and to be organized
- Can function well within a team and work calmly and efficiently in a fast moving environment
- Have a great attitude who contributes to a positive working environment
- Share our passion for improving nutrition and health in schools
- Must be able to read and write in English. Bilingual (English and Spanish) a plus.
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs on a regular basis
- ServeSafe Certificate required within 90 days of Hire. (Reimbursement available)
- Job Type: Full Time
- Typical Hours: Monday - Friday 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM (hours may change)
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Reports to: Head Chef
- Compensation: $19.50-$21.5 /hour
Benefits
- Generous PTO (most major holidays off)
- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
- 401k Option
- Paid Professional Development
- Education Reimbursement Opportunities
- Paid Family Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
- Worker’s Compensation Insurance Coverage
- Free Lunch: Access to great-tasting, made-from-scratch food.
About The Company
Founded in 2005, Red Rabbit is an MWBE-certified K–12 school food management company on a mission to transform school dining. We believe that serving diverse, high-quality meals to children in urban communities is about more than food, it’s about dignity, representation, and opportunity.
Our professionally trained chefs work in commissaries and onsite in school cafeterias, preparing scratch-made, culturally relevant meals that reflect the heritage and lived experiences of the students we serve. We don’t just deliver food...we become part of the school community.
Today, Red Rabbit prepares and serves millions of meals each year across the Greater New York region, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC.
If you’re passionate about food, community, and making an impact every day, we’d love to meet you.
Red Rabbit is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, or sexual orientation.
