Line Cook – HopCat
About The Position
HopCat is seeking a kitchen professional to prepare safe, consistent, high-quality food with speed and precision. The role is responsible for maintaining a clean, organized, and service-ready station while supporting the kitchen team and taking ownership of every plate. Cooks set up their stations before service, follow approved recipes and cooking procedures, execute ticket modifications accurately, and meet ticket times without compromising food safety or quality. The position includes monitoring product levels and communicating needs or problems early; following food-safety, allergen, labeling, rotation, cooling, and holding procedures; recording waste; and completing cleaning, prep, and closing responsibilities. Cooks may assist other stations as business needs require. Previous line-cook or high-volume kitchen experience is preferred but not required. The role requires flexible availability, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, as well as standing and moving throughout the shift and lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds. Employees work around hot surfaces, fryers, sharp tools, steam, cleaning products, and changing temperatures.
Requirements
- Ability to learn recipes, station procedures, equipment, and food-safety standards.
- Dependability and ability to follow direction while working with urgency.
- Flexible availability, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Ability to stand and move throughout the shift.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to work safely around hot surfaces, fryers, sharp tools, steam, cleaning products, and changing temperatures.
Nice To Haves
- Previous line-cook experience.
- Previous high-volume kitchen experience.
Responsibilities
- Set up the station before service with required product, tools, labels, and sanitation supplies.
- Prepare menu items using approved recipes and cooking procedures, meeting portion, presentation, temperature, and ticket-modification standards.
- Read tickets and execute modifications accurately while meeting expected ticket times without sacrificing safety, accuracy, or food quality.
- Use cook-to-order and approved production practices to reduce overproduction, extended hot-holding, waste, and variance.
- Maintain a clean, organized, stocked, and inspection-ready station throughout the shift.
- Follow FIFO and labeling, dating, holding, cooling, and allergen procedures.
- Monitor product levels and communicate needs before supplies run out.
- Communicate equipment problems, ticket concerns, and food-quality issues early.
- Maintain equipment, utensils, floors, surfaces, and storage areas.
- Record waste and avoid unauthorized food consumption or take-home product.
- Complete assigned prep, cleaning, rotation, and closing responsibilities accurately.
- Assist other stations when business needs require.
Benefits
- Competitive pay appropriate to the position, including tips where applicable.
- Flexible scheduling.
- Employee food discounts.
- Training and skill development.
- Opportunities for growth within HopCat and Project BarFly.
- Fast-paced, inclusive, and team-focused work environment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
