Full-Service Restaurant Line Cook | John Wayne Airport
About The Position
Mission Yogurt is hiring Full-Time Line Cooks for TAPS Fish House & Brewery and Greenleaf Kitchen, located inside John Wayne Airport. We're looking for experienced full-service restaurant line cooks who know how to work a professional kitchen—not fast food. If you've successfully worked grill, sauté, and fry stations in a high-volume full-service restaurant and take pride in cooking quality food with consistency and speed, we'd love to meet you. As a Restaurant Line Cook, you'll prepare menu items to recipe specifications, execute multiple stations during service, maintain food safety standards, and work alongside a talented BOH team to deliver an exceptional guest experience. Our Ideal Candidate Has Experience At Restaurants Similar To: Full-service casual dining, upscale casual, breweries, steakhouses, seafood restaurants, hotel restaurants, or chef-driven concepts where they've regularly worked grill, sauté, and fry stations.
Requirements
- Minimum of 2 years of recent line cook experience in a full-service restaurant is required.
- Hands-on experience working grill, sauté, and fry stations during busy meal periods.
- Able to cook multiple menu items simultaneously while maintaining quality, consistency, and ticket times.
- Strong understanding of proper food handling, sanitation, and kitchen safety practices.
- Experience following recipes, portion standards, and plating specifications.
- Must be able to pass a required 10-year airport background check.
- Dependable with excellent attendance and a strong work ethic.
Nice To Haves
- Experience at restaurants similar to: Full-service casual dining, upscale casual, breweries, steakhouses, seafood restaurants, hotel restaurants, or chef-driven concepts where they've regularly worked grill, sauté, and fry stations.
Responsibilities
- Prepare menu items to recipe specifications
- Execute multiple stations during service
- Maintain food safety standards
- Work alongside a talented BOH team to deliver an exceptional guest experience
- Set up, stock, and break down stations for service
- Works efficiently in a fast-paced, team-oriented kitchen
- Takes pride in maintaining a clean, organized workstation throughout each shift
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, and voluntary life, accident, critical illness, hospital, and pet insurance—effective the first of the month after 60 days of full-time employment.
- 401K plus company match
- Free meal during shifts worked.
- PAID employee parking OR company-paid MTS EcoPass
- Room for professional growth!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
