Culinary Assistant

Stew Leonard's•Paramus, NJ

1d•$18 - $18•Onsite

About The Position

As a Culinary Assistant, you will perform various tasks relating to food preparation, cooking, and customer service. Your day-to-day includes setting up buffets according to established standards, ensuring proper signage of buffet food items, refilling and rotating food on buffet when required, wiping down and cleaning the buffet as needed, stocking supplies for the hot and cold bar, checking food temperature every two hours and documenting in the temperature log, maintaining, filling, and rotating products on display while being mindful of dates, packaging finished products, adhering to all health, sanitation, and safety regulations, and assisting in other duties as assigned.

Requirements

18 years of age or older
High school diploma or equivalent
Safely use/operate knives, knife sharpeners, scalers, scales, and wrapping machines
Excellent customer service
Good oral communication skills
Great work ethic
Problem solver
Self-motivator
Flexible
Honest

Nice To Haves

2 weeks of training

Responsibilities

Set up buffet according to established standards
Ensure proper signage of buffet food items
Refill and rotate food on buffet when required
Wipe down and clean buffet, as needed
Stock supplies for the hot and cold bar
Check food temperature every two hours and document in temperate log
Maintaining, filling and rotating products on display, being mindful of dates
Package finished products
Adhere to all health, sanitation, and safety regulations
Assist in other duties, as assigned
Greet customers with a friendly smile and positive attitude, ensuring that each customer feels welcome and appreciated.
Collaborate with team members to ensure the smooth operation of the store, offering assistance and support where needed.
Improve and maintain the efficiency of the store in order to reach success.
Be a positive ambassador for the store, representing our S.T.E.W. values in all interactions with customers and team members.