Deli Cook - Part Time

Buehler's Fresh Foods • Wooster, OH

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About The Position

Buehler’s Deli Cooks prepare food for the Restaurants, Deli, and Catering departments, ensuring each team has the food it needs each day to serve customers and support catered events. The role works closely with a manager and coworkers and follows established food production programs and procedures. The position supports Buehler’s goal of providing excellent food service and fresh foods.

Deli Cooks plan and prepare departmental food needs, organize and set up food production, maintain sanitation and housekeeping standards, follow safe food-handling practices, and store and label food appropriately. They may assist Line Cooks and the Deli Department as needed. The role calls for teamwork, customer focus, food preparation skills, attention to presentation and recipe measurements, reliability, composure during busy periods, and schedule flexibility, including weekend availability.

The work takes place in a deli or kitchen environment, with frequent exposure to heat, steam, fire, and noise. Equipment may include ovens, stoves, dishwashers, slicers, coffee machines, steamers, mixers, and chef’s knives. The job may occasionally require standing, reaching, lifting, bending, kneeling, stooping, climbing, pushing, and pulling items weighing 50–80 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Requirements

• Be at least 18 years old; applicants aged 16–17 may not operate equipment such as slicers or buffalo choppers.
• Be able to occasionally stand, reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, climb, push, and pull items weighing 50–80 pounds.
• Have manual dexterity and auditory and visual skills.
• Be able to follow written and oral instructions and procedures and perform simple math problems.
• Be able to work in a deli or kitchen environment with frequent exposure to heat, steam, fire, and noise.
• Be dependable, reliable, and flexible with scheduling to accommodate customer demand and staffing needs, including the ability to work weekends.
• Be able to work with minimal supervision while remaining productive.
• Be able to read recipes and follow exact measurements.

Nice To Haves

• Previous Prep Cook experience; new teammates are also welcome and can be trained.

Responsibilities

• Plan and prepare the department’s food needs.
• Set up, organize, and prepare food using established production procedures and systems.
• Follow sanitation, health, personal hygiene, and housekeeping standards to keep the work area clean.
• Use proper food-handling techniques.
• Assist Line Cooks when needed.
• Assist the Deli Department when needed.
• Store food properly and safely, and mark it with the date and item.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed