Line Cook - 1st Shift - Days Off: Friday & Saturday

Home Chef • Bedford Park, IL

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About The Position

Home Chef is hiring a Line Cook (also described as a Production Cook) to prepare and process food for its Ready to Heat business. The role includes raw food preparation, washing, cutting, cooking, cooling, labeling, and portioning products, along with maintaining accurate documentation, counts, and production progress tracking. Cooks follow floor safety and food safety standard operating procedures and work under direction from the Production Kitchen Supervisor.

This position works 1st shift, 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, with Friday and Saturday off. It requires no travel. The work involves preparing recipes and components, operating kitchen equipment, maintaining a clean and safe workspace, and following sanitation, allergen-control, food safety, and quality procedures. The Illinois pay range is $20.25 per hour.

Requirements

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and with others as a team.
• Ability to follow food safety, sanitation, quality, and safety procedures.
• Ability to read and understand recipes and accurately document production and food safety information.
• Ability to use appropriate measuring utensils and safely operate cooking, cooling, traying, and labeling equipment.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma (preferred but not required).
• At least 6 months of experience in a production or warehouse environment (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Prepare, wash, cut, cook, cool, label, and portion raw food and products for the Ready to Heat business.
• Follow direction from the Production Kitchen Supervisor to meet production requirements.
• Label packaging at the standard average rate and report progress on activities throughout the day.
• Read and understand recipes; cook food in ovens or tilt skillets and prepare sauces and ingredient components.
• Transition between tasks as needed and move hot speed racks or food into blast chillers.
• Safely use cooking, cooling, traying, and labeling equipment.
• Work at a fast pace, multitask between recipe steps, and maintain strong attention to detail.
• Accurately document times, temperatures, and other key information for food safety batch tracing and CCP records.
• Use appropriate measuring utensils to portion ingredients.
• Maintain a clean and safe workspace; clean and sanitize probes, tables, and smallwares between recipe steps.
• Conduct full changeovers when introducing a new allergen to a workspace.
• Run clean cycles on Rational ovens and blast chillers and clean tilt skillets.
• Follow onsite GMPs, including additional GMPs in high-care areas where ROP is manufactured.
• Keep the work area clean and assist with end-of-day cleanups.
• Follow safety guidelines, including proper lifting techniques, and adhere to Food Safety Cardinal Rules.
• Support the company’s food safety system (SQF) and quality programs.
• Stay current on Alchemy training, including ROP- and RTH-specific courses.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of kitchen equipment and troubleshoot equipment as needed.
• Document food transitions throughout the process and track and share progress at all stages.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
• 401(k) program.
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses.
• Customer promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off a first Home Chef order.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed