Summary. Maintains kitchen work areas, restaurant equipment, utensils, dishes and glassware in clean and orderly condition. Essential Duties and Responsibilities. include the following. Ensures the sanitary conditions of all items and that all Health Department standards are met. Scrapes food from dirty dishes and washes them by hand or places them in racks or on conveyor to dishwashing machine. Washes dishes, silverware, glassware, kitchen equip...