Playa Vista Kitchen Team

HomeState Hospitalities•Los Angeles, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

HomeState is a neighborhood spot that brings the flavors of Texas to Southern California, serving breakfast tacos, queso, brisket, house-made flour tortillas, and warm hospitality. Founded in 2013 by Briana “Breezy” Valdez, HomeState aims to share her Texas identity through food and community. The company's goal is to redefine casual dining and break down barriers to access high-quality food and caring hospitality at an affordable price point, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome and valued. Working at HomeState involves collaborating with kind people, making others happy, enjoying free tacos, and embracing the flexibility of the hospitality industry. The company fosters an environment of respect, dignity, honest, intentional, and transparent communication, and encourages employees to be themselves. This role is for a Kitchen Team member, with expected earnings of $24-$28 per hour including tip share, and requires availability for nights and weekends, with PM shifts starting at 2pm.

Requirements

1-2 years experience in a professional restaurant kitchen is preferred.
Personable and enjoys working with people and a diverse team.
Availability to work weekends, day shifts and evening shifts.
Valid Food Handlers Certification Card (or be able to take a company provided course within 30 days of hire).

Responsibilities

Reenforce guest trust by complying with sanitation standards, portion sizes, recipes, builds, cooking/cooling methods, packaging, kitchen policies.
Assist with receiving and storage of all incoming orders to ensure proper temperature control.
Be knowledgeable and familiar with all stations of the kitchen team including but not limited to, prep, line, grill, dish and tortilla.
Take on new opportunities and challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy and enthusiasm.
Manage time efficiently by taking initiative and working with a sense of urgency to fulfill job duties, prep lists, cleaning tasks and checklists.
Find opportunities to complete other tasks assigned by the leader of the shift.
Take action to ensure leadership is aware of any equipment, product, quality or safety concerns.
Calmly identify and troubleshoot issues that occur during the shift to ensure efficient operations.
Constantly communicate with honesty, integrity and transparency.
Work closely with the team to support each other through daily tasks, promote teamwork and assist with training.
Think boldly and bravely to shape a positive impact on one's self, family, neighbors and team members.
Follow all HomeState standards, sanitation guidelines, policies or procedures to ensure that you are serving guests the highest quality, delivering caring hospitality, and that you are embodying the HomeState mission and core values.
Maintain regular, predictable attendance, which includes attendance at all scheduled shifts, training and meetings.
Ensure food is stored and cooked at the correct temperature by regulating ovens, fryers, other kitchen equipment and completing line checks.
Ensure product quality conducting proper tasting procedures, rotation, storage (i.e. FIFO) and labeling.
Carry product, equipment, and utensils to and from storage and work areas.
Maintain sufficient levels of products at line stations.
Must be able to understand orders on the KDS screen.
Clean and sanitize work station area including tables, shelves, walls, griddles, fryers, ovens, and other standard kitchen equipment.
Load utensils, containers, and other kitchen tools into dishwashing machines and help keep the dish area organized and neat.
Remove trash and clean kitchen garbage containers.
Clean, sweep and mop as directed to assist in maintaining restaurant spaces, including common areas like restrooms.