Baker & Prep Cook
About The Position
Call Your Mother is seeking a Baker & Prep Cook for its Wicker Park location. This kitchen production role involves making bagels, pastries, seasonal baked goods, spreads, sauces, dressings, proteins, and other house-made ingredients. Team members follow recipes and production schedules, prepare products for delivery to shops, and maintain consistent quality and food safety standards. The role suits someone who enjoys scratch cooking, organized workstations, staying active, and collaborating in a fast-paced kitchen. Bagel experience is not required; training is provided. The position also offers opportunities to learn additional production stations and develop skills within the company. The job is physically active and involves standing, walking, reaching, bending, repetitive movements, and lifting up to 50 pounds. It requires working around hot equipment, sharp tools, and varying temperatures, and occasionally in confined spaces. These duties may be performed with or without reasonable accommodation. The listed base pay is $17.05 per hour, with generous tips; estimated total pay with tips is likely to range from $21 to $24 per hour. Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance for eligible full-time team members averaging 30 or more hours per week; paid time off; 12 weeks of paid parental leave; a 401(k) with a 4% company match; free English and Spanish classes and Duolingo reimbursement; early access to earned wages; confidential therapy and other professional resources; team and community events; shift meals; and a 50% off-clock discount. The company states that 80% of its leaders began in hourly positions.
Requirements
- At least one year of experience in food production, baking, prep cooking, or another fast-paced kitchen environment.
- Ability to safely use a knife, follow recipes, stay organized, and take pride in producing consistently good food.
- Ability to perform the physical demands of the position, including lifting up to 50 pounds and safely operating equipment and tools; duties may be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.
Responsibilities
- Mix, shape, proof, bake, and finish bagels, pastries, and seasonal baked goods.
- Prepare spreads, sauces, dressings, proteins, and other house-made ingredients according to recipes and production schedules.
- Prep, portion, package, label, and store products for delivery to shops.
- Monitor product quality to ensure products leaving the commissary meet company standards.
- Keep workstations, equipment, and production areas clean, organized, and food safe.
- Follow food safety, sanitation, allergen, and health department standards.
- Communicate inventory shortages, equipment issues, waste, and quality concerns to leadership.
- Learn new production stations and continue building skills.
- Support teammates, help train new hires, and assist where the team needs help.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance for eligible full-time team members averaging 30 or more hours per week.
- Paid time off.
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
- 401(k) with a 4% company match.
- Free English and Spanish classes and Duolingo reimbursement.
- Early access to up to 50% of eligible earned wages before payday.
- Confidential therapy and professional resources for mental health, legal guidance, financial wellness, and more.
- Community events and team parties.
- Shift meals at no cost and 50% off when off the clock.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
