Looking for a PART-TIME Kitchen Lead / Prep Cook to join our team.
In this role, you’ll prep ingredients, support daily kitchen operations, maintain a smooth, well-organized back-of-house. You’ll bring leadership skills, an eye for detail, and a commitment to quality and food safety and keep things running efficiently.
Responsibilities:
- Uphold pars for ingredients & supplies, coordinate with team to adjust pars as needed
- Food prep, ensuring adherence to recipes and portion sizes
- Cooking/slicing meats, veg prep, and preparing sauces etc.
- Maintain cleanliness and organization in the kitchen area and storage spaces
- Complete cleaning checklists (ex. washing dishes, deep clean coolers, deliming dishwasher, clean ice machine, cleaning sanitizing equipment, sweeping, mopping etc.)
- Safely operate equipment and maintain equipment (Robotcoupe, meat slicer etc.)
- Monitor inventory and communicate with suppliers to place orders in a timely manner
- Ensure compliance with AHS food safety and sanitation standards, including proper storage and handling of ingredients
- Train staff on food prep techniques, safety procedures
- Handle catering orders - prep, packing, communicating with mgmt about catering requirements
- Sandwich/banh mi making, Till/POS operation and customer service when needed
- Full understanding of allergies, dietary requirements and ability to limit cross contamination of common allergens
- Ability to organize (FIFO) and limit food waste
- Create systems to streamline food production, ordering etc.
- Make production schedules based on sales and communication with management
- Lead by example, demonstrating a strong work ethic, attention to detail
Qualifications:
- Cooking, prep experience in a commercial kitchen/restaurant
- Strong attention to detail and able to follow recipes accurately - we value consistency
- Excellent communication skills - you care about the team and it shows
- You’re self-motivated, take initiative without needing to be asked - you move quickly and make the best use of your time
- Ability to streamline processes and create systems
- Able to lift 50lbs up and down a flight of stairs (we have a basement kitchen)
- Knowledge of safe food handling practices and kitchen hygiene protocols
- Food safety certified (or willing to obtain certification)
- Catering experience is an asset. Knowledge of Vietnamese cooking is an asset.
NOTE: we have a team tip pool that is equally shared (works out to an extra $2-4/hour)
Maybe you have another job, you're in school, have a family? This is a part-time position, ideal for someone who would like 10-15 hours per week to start. Working hours/dates are relatively flexible - let us know your schedule and we'll go from there.
Hours may increase based on your skill set and the business' needs.
If you are interested in Vietnamese cuisine, you're self-motivated and are ok with part-time hours we look forward to hearing from you.
Job posting will remain open until suitable candidate is found.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: $15.00-$17.00 per hour
Expected hours: 10 – 15 per week
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
