Culinary Team // Line Cook - Bluebird Barbecue

Hello + Thank you for your interest in a position at Bluebird Barbecue! We are seeking an experienced line cook to join our culinary team. If you thrive in a team-focused + cooperative environment, have a sincere interest in the art of barbecue, and take pride in your craft please do apply and learn more about the position!

Bluebird Barbecue Line Cook Key Duties:
- Demonstrates basic culinary skills (knife skills, cooking techniques, follows recipes), maintains an organized and sanitary station/workspace, follows written + verbal directions, collaborates with other team members to provide excellent services, approaches shift productively and completes assignments as directed. 

Bluebird Barbecue Line Cook Qualifications:
- Education: High School Diploma / GED or equivalent experience.
- Experience: Preferred experience in the culinary field and/or previous work experience and demonstration of a keen interest in learning culinary skills and techniques.
- Technical Skills: Ability to read and follow recipes, production guidelines, basic math formulas, and health and safety standards.
- Scheduling: Ability to work a flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Language Skills: Ability to speak/understand and read English.
- Work Environment: This position operates in a kitchen environment that includes equipment such as ovens, stoves, dishwashers, slicers, steamers, mixers, knives, and smokers. Team members are frequently exposed to heat, steam and fire. Noise levels range from moderate to loud at times. Team members may be exposed to various temperature changes and work environments including working with and in freezers and coolers. Activities occur in both indoor and outdoor environmental conditions. This position requires the performance of repetitive tasks as well as lifting, walking, standing, moving, carrying and stocking products. This position requires the ability to grasp, reach, bend, crouch, stoop, kneel, balance, push and/or pull, ascend/descend stairs and lift up to 50 pounds regularly. This position requires close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Compensation: Base wage + tip/service charge share earnings typically generate $18-$24/hr

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About Bluebird Barbecue: Since 2012 we have taken great pride and joy in sourcing quality ingredients that are expertly prepared and delivered with genuine hospitality. We are thrilled to enjoy national recognition by the Food Network as a Top 45 BBQ Spot from Coast to Coast and featured on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. As a company, we are dedicated to creating a work environment where our team members enjoy a sense of belonging and meaning and are recognized for their work and contributions. We are committed to cultivating, fostering, and advancing a diverse team of amazing and unique individuals.

Bluebird Barbecue in the Press:

- Featured on Food Network's Diner's Drive-Ins, + Dives [2020]

- 'Top 45 Barbecue Spots from Coast to Coast' The Food Network [2018]

- 'Seven Daysies Best Barbecue in Vermont' Seven Days [2018, 2019]

- 'Hog Wild, New England's Barbecue Scene' Yankee Magazine [2017]

- 'New England's Best Barbecue' Boston Magazine [2016]

- 'The Best Barbecue in Every State' Thrillest [2015]'