Line Cook Development Kitchen

DoorDash USA • Redwood City, CA

2d • $21 - $21

About The Position

About the Team The DoorDash Kitchens team is a part of DoorDash's New Delivery Models and launches and operates shared 'dark kitchens' for restaurateurs looking to grow their business. This is a small but mighty team helping scale DoorDash Kitchens. About the Role You’ll work in our development kitchen testing recipes for new concepts, while maintaining a clean kitchen area, and organization in our DoorDash operated kitchen. You will collect, clean, and distribute cookware throughout your shift, and set the example for keeping the kitchen spotless. You will receive and organize inventory, and support the development team with daily food prep and projects. You will help maintain general kitchen pars, report shortages and inform the manager when items need to be reordered. You will maintain kitchen cleanliness, comply with food sanitation requirements by properly handling food and ensuring correct storage, and clean and sanitize cooking surfaces at the end of the shift. You will report to the Executive Development Chef. You’re excited about this opportunity because you... Love to work on a team and contribute to team culture Believe no project is too big or small Are cuisine-curious and love to cook across multiple culinary concepts Want to work in new restaurant models including delivery-only environments. We’re excited about you because… You have 1 year or more experience as a dishwasher, prep cook or line cook in a high volume kitchen environment including fast-casual, QSR, and from-scratch restaurants You have experience receiving and organizing restaurant inventory using the FIFO method You have experience preparing food from scratch, making hot and cold sauces, and have basic knife skills You are ServeSafe certified (or are willing to become certified) and you take initiative to keep the whole kitchen clean, if you see something that requires attention you take action, you don’t leave it for the next person You are highly organized, work well under pressure and execute tasks with speed, accuracy and attention to detail You are keen on learning new things

Requirements

• 1 year or more experience as a dishwasher, prep cook or line cook in a high volume kitchen environment including fast-casual, QSR, and from-scratch restaurants
• Experience receiving and organizing restaurant inventory using the FIFO method
• Experience preparing food from scratch, making hot and cold sauces, and have basic knife skills
• ServeSafe certified (or are willing to become certified)
• Take initiative to keep the whole kitchen clean, if you see something that requires attention you take action, you don’t leave it for the next person
• Highly organized, work well under pressure and execute tasks with speed, accuracy and attention to detail
• Keen on learning new things

Responsibilities

• Testing recipes for new concepts
• Maintaining a clean kitchen area
• Maintaining organization in our DoorDash operated kitchen
• Collecting, cleaning, and distributing cookware throughout your shift
• Setting the example for keeping the kitchen spotless
• Receiving and organizing inventory
• Supporting the development team with daily food prep and projects
• Maintaining general kitchen pars
• Reporting shortages and inform the manager when items need to be reordered
• Maintaining kitchen cleanliness
• Complying with food sanitation requirements by properly handling food and ensuring correct storage
• Cleaning and sanitizing cooking surfaces at the end of the shift

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)
• DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others
• For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year
• For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees