Charlotte North Carolina Hot Food Production IMMEDIATE HIRE

Hot Food Production

The hot food production is responsible for preparing, cooking, and producing hot meals for airline passengers and crew members. This position follows standardized recipes, airline menu specifications, food safety requirements, and production schedules to ensure meals meet established quality, quantity, and presentation standards.

The ideal candidate has experience in commercial kitchens, high-volume food production, or catering operations and can work efficiently in a fast-paced environment while meeting strict production deadlines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook hot food items, including meats, poultry, seafood, vegetables, pasta, rice, sauce, and other menu components.
• Follow standardized recipes, cooking instructions, portion sizes, and airline menu specifications.
• Prepare ingredients by washing, cutting, seasoning, marinating, and measuring food products.
• Operate commercial kitchen equipment, including ovens, stovetops, stream kettles, grills, fryers, and other cooking equipment, as assigned.
• Monitoring cooking times, temperatures, and food quality to ensure meals are prepared according to established standards.
• Prepare food in large quantities while maintaining consistency, quality, and proper portion control.
• Coordinate with the production and assembly teams to ensure hot food components are ready according to production schedules.
• Follow approved procedures for cooling, storing, reheating, and holding food at safe temperatures.
• Monitor food temperatures and complete required temperature logs and production records.
• Follow food safety, sanitation, allergen-control, and cross-contamination prevention procedures.
• Inspect ingredients and finished products for freshness, quality, taste, appearance, and consistency.
• Maintain clean and organized kitchen workstations, cooking equipment, utensils, and food preparations areas.
• Store ingredients and prepared food properly, following labeling, dating, and inventory procedures.
• Report equipment malfunctions, food quality concerns, supply shortages, and safety issues to the supervisor.
• Meet daily production goals and airline catering deadlines.
• Work collaboratively with cooks, food production workers, supervisors, and other catering team members.
• Follow company policies, workplace safety procedures, and applicable food safety regulations.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Previous experience in cooking, commercial kitchen, catering, or high-volume food production is preferred.
• Experience preparing hot meals in a restaurant, hotel, institutional kitchen, or catering facility is a plus.
• Knowledge of commercial cooking methods, food preparation techniques, and portion control.
• Ability to operate commercial kitchen equipment safely after appropriate training.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet strict production deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and teamwork.
• Reliable attendance and punctuality.
• Ability to work flexible shifts, including early mornings, evenings, overnight shifts, weekends, and holidays, as required.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods.
• Ability to bend, reach, lift, carry, and move food supplies and kitchen equipment as required.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation, if required for the position.
• Ability to work around hot ovens, cooking surfaces, steam, and other commercial kitchen equipment.
• Ability to work in a warm kitchen environment and, when necessary, refrigerated food storage areas.
• Ability to perform repetitive food preparation tasks while maintaining safety, quality, and productivity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in airline catering or large-scale meal production.
• Experience preparing meals according to standardized recipes and production quantities.
• Food handler certification, where applicable.
• Knowledge of HACCP principles, food temperature monitoring, and allergen management.
• Experience maintaining food production records and following quality-control procedures.

Work Environment

This position works in a commercial kitchen or airline catering production facility. The work environment may include exposure to heat, steam, noise, wet floors, commercial cooking equipment, and varying temperatures. Employees must follow established safety procedures, sanitation standards, and production schedules to ensure meals are prepared safely and delivered on time.