Methodology Hiring for Master Cook (Overnight Shift 9 PM – 5 AM) Job at Concord, CA Full Time

We’re a high-volume, catering-style cloud kitchen that provides healthy, high-quality meal prep. To help us expand throughout the West Coast, we’re growing our East Bay culinary team with experienced chefs who can handle high-volume catering-style production while working with the speed, urgency, and finesse of a high-end restaurant chef.

If you want to work Monday to Friday in an AM or PM shift, get paid $25-30 / hour, get nearly full health insurance coverage, and cook with fine dining-quality ingredients in a rotating menu that constantly stretches your culinary skills, apply to join our team.

About You:

• Reliable: you show up to work on time properly dressed and equipped and do all the tasks assigned to you at or above company standards
• Experienced: you have at least 3 years of cooking experience, ideally in a high-volume catering or hotel kitchen
• Disciplined: you take pride in your work and do your best even when no one’s watching
• Ambitious: you enjoy learning new ingredients, recipes, and cooking techniques
• Fast: you’re highly motivated and skilled and work rapidly in the kitchen without compromising quality

Work Hours: 9 PM to 5 AM

Responsibilities:

• Accurately cook protein, starch, veggie, sauce, snack, and pastry recipes at an expert level
• Make sure everything you cook is perfectly cooked: nothing is overcooked or undercooked; nothing is overseasoned or underseasoned; recipes visually look, taste, smell, and feel exactly as designed
• You taste test and correct as needed every batch of food you prepare to ensure nothing goes out unless it meets our very high standards; if needed, you recommend recipe corrections
• Follow protocol and recipes precisely to ensure accurate recipes, accurate yield, and full compliance with company and government food safety standards
• Communicate constantly with teammates across the business to ensure production runs smoothly and on time
• Troubleshoot with the team when unexpected issues arise
• Keep your work station, the kitchen, refrigeration, freezer, and all kitchen storage areas and equipment clean at all times; you clean as you go constantly
• Any other additional tasks as necessary, such as packaging orders, to ensure the team is successful in delivering a high quality product experience

Key Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in high-volume production and cookery with an amazing track record; ideally, 3+ years of experience in catering, hotels, casinos or similar settings
• High skill level in a wide variety of cooking techniques
• Experience cooking with robot coupe, immersion blender, cook and hold ovens, CVAP, combi ovens, and tilt skillets
• Understand a customer-first and service-oriented approach to retaining customers for life
• Knowledge of health, safety and sanitation regulations
• Able to lift at least 40 pounds
• Able to frequently bend at the wrists, elbows, neck, waist, and knees while carrying weight
• Able to stand for long periods of up to 10 hours
• Valid Food Handler’s Management Certificate
• Able to work at our kitchen in the East Bay

Salary Range:

$25-30/hour, depending on experience

Benefits:

• Dental with 100% coverage for employee, 50% for dependents
• Vision with 100% coverage for employee, 50% for dependents
• Medical with 70% coverage for employee (Gold Full PPO), 50% for dependents

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $30.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Shift:

• 8 hour shift
• Night shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Concord, CA 94520: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Experience:

• Cooking: 1 year (Preferred)
• Catering: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person