Assistant Chef - The Stand Restaurants
Los Angeles, CA 91324
About the Job
The Stand - Assistant Chef
Are you passionate about food and ready for a new challenge? Do you have experience in fast casual/ casual restaurants? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team at The Stand as an Assistant Assistant Chef!
The Stand is a fast-casual dining restaurant with 20 locations across Orange County, Los Angeles, Santa Clara, and Houston Texas. As we continue to grow and open multiple locations, we are looking for highly skilled and motivated leaders to join our team.
Assistant Chef Responsibilities:
- Train and mentor kitchen team members
- Ensure meal segment efficiency and production
- Responsible for food purchasing and budgets
- Ensure consistency and portioning of all food products
- Monitor upkeep, repair, and maintenance of kitchen equipment
* Must be 18 years of age or older
Assistant Chef Required Skills:
- Experience in salad, fry, grill, and expo stations
- Ability to oversee daily prep lists
- Display high-functioning organizational skills
- Ability to order according to budget/pars and ensure delivery receipt from vendors
- Proactive, punctual, and excellent communication skills
- Positive attitude and ready for a challenge
Essential Functions:
- Run multiple kitchen stations, including salads, fry, grill, and expo
- Ensure adherence to build guides for every item on the menu
- Maintain a clean and sanitary kitchen
- Be a team player and demonstrate efficient communication skills
- Exemplify our mission and culture
- Follow recipes and presentation specifications
- Operate standard kitchen equipment safely and efficiently
- Clean and maintain stations by practicing good safety and sanitation procedures
Working Conditions:
- Frequent walking and standing for long periods of time
- Ability to reach hands and arms in any direction and kneel and stoop repeatedly
- Repetitive bending, twisting, squatting, and reaching
- Repetitive use of hands, including single grasping, fine manipulation, pushing, and pulling
- Occasionally access high storage shelving with the use of a step ladder
- Lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
- Exposure to FDA-approved cleaning chemicals
- Exposure to varying temperatures, including steam, high kitchen temperatures, humidity, freezers, refrigerators, indoor air conditioning, and outdoor/patio conditions
Schedule:
- Full-time
- Five days a week, including weekends and holidays, approximately 40-45 hours per week
Perks/Benefits:
- Health, Dental, and Vision Plans for Team Members who qualify
- 401K Program (for those who qualify)
- Paid Meal Program (While Working)
- Employee/Family Meal Discount (While not Working)
- Sick pay (up to 48 usable hours per year)
- Paid Vacation (For those who qualify)
- Shoes for Crews Program (Reimbursement towards non-slip shoes)
- Monthly Cell Phone Allowance
- Discretionary Bonus + Participation in The Stand tip pool, with average tips of approximately $3 - $5 per hour
- Opportunities for career advancement as we love to promote from within
Location: Northridge 19600 Plummer St, Northridge, CA 91324, USA
Ready to join our team and redefine American classics? Apply now!
We are an equal opportunity employer, and also consider all qualified applicants regardless of criminal history in accordance with the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance and the State of California’s Fair Chance Act.
* Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
We believe in Great Food.
We believe Great Food deserves equally Great Service.
We believe that Great Food & Service shouldn’t come at the expense of Great Value.