Line Cook - The Stand Restaurants
Whittier, CA 90605
About the Job
Line Cook
The Stand Restaurants is a fast-casual dining restaurant with 20 locations across Orange County, Los Angeles, Santa Clara, and Houston Texas. We are growing fast, with plans to open multiple locations. Our tagline "American Classics...Redefined" embodies our menu of high-quality classic American food. We're excited about our growth, and even more excited at the possibility of you joining our team!
We are Looking for cooks that have the following:
- Outgoing personalities and friendly attitudes
- Demonstrate a positive attitude, initiative, and enthusiasm
- Ability to work well with others
- Maintain a clean kitchen, attend to special requests, and keep guests happy
- An overwhelming desire to go above and beyond to provide a great experience to every guest by cooking and prepping amazing food
* Must be 18 years of age or older
Things you can expect to do while working as a line cook
- Cross-training and working in multiple kitchen stations, including salads, fry, grill, and expo
- Preparing our amazing and simple recipes
- Following our build guides for building every item on our menu
- Ensuring a clean and sanitary kitchen
- Fostering a friendly family environment
- Being a team player and showing efficient communication skills
- Maintaining a clean kitchen and attending to any special cleaning duties
- Superb knife skills are plus but not required
- Exemplifying our mission and culture
- Preparing food items as directed in a sanitary and timely manner
- Following recipes and presentation specifications
- Operating standard kitchen equipment safely and efficiently
- Cleaning and maintaining a station by practicing good safety and sanitation procedures and protocols
- Must be 18 years of age or older
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
- Shift: 4PM-Close
- MUST be able to work weekends
Compensation
- Competitive Pay
- Participation in The Stand tip pool, with average tips of approximately $3 - $5 per hour
Perks/Benefits
- Health, Dental, and Vision Plans for (for those 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)
- Shoes for Crews Program (Reimbursement towards non-slip shoes)
- Participation in The Stand tip pool
- Opportunities for career advancement as we love to promote from within
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.