Prep Cook / Ayudante de Cocina

Responsibilities

• Execute prep for Los Cabos fine dining kitchen
• Prepare Baja Pacific seafood mise en place — sport fish portioning, shellfish cleaning, fresh catch breakdown
• Produce sauces, stocks, and cold prep items to recipe specification
• Maintain organized and clean prep station throughout shift
• Brief line cook on completed prep before service
• Receive and organize ingredient deliveries

Requirements

• 1–2 years kitchen experience or culinary school graduation
• Seafood preparation skills preferred — Baja kitchens work extensively with fresh Pacific catch
• Precision in recipe execution
• Adaptability — Los Cabos kitchens serve a demanding clientele and chef standards are high

Benefits

• IMSS, Aguinaldo, vacation + premium
• Staff meals, uniform
• Housing allowance — essential given Los Cabos's high cost of living

Work environment

Fine dining or resort kitchen. Los Cabos's kitchen environment is professional and international — a strong professional development context for a prep cook with kitchen career ambitions.

About the role

Baja's catch on the prep board. Working with fresh dorado, fresh yellowtail, fresh tuna — ingredients that arrive from local sport fishing boats — at one of Mexico's most prestigious resort destinations is a genuine culinary environment, even at prep level.