Prep Cook Vs Line Cook. This means being the person that cuts, chops, and portions everything out. It's a full-time job just to keep it all straight.
Line cook is more trial by fire, no pun intended. These are a few of the items I prepare at work. Depending on the restaurant, line cooks can share tips with servers.
Both of them work for head chefs in kit.
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A prep cook is an entry-level job, and it often falls to one who is an aspiring chef, or who is still attending a culinary school. Prep cook - chopping cutting- dicing-slicing clean-up also usually reponsible for the service of making and plateing salads before meal is served. A prep cook is one who works for a restaurant, caterer, or other food service establishment, doing preparatory work for the chef.