Culinary Production Associate

Description

Make Healthy. Make Delicious. Make a Difference.

At Arden’s Garden, our mission is simple: make healthy easy.

Behind every fresh, delicious food item our customers find in an Arden’s Garden retail store is a team of people who care about quality, consistency, and doing things the right way. We’re looking for a Culinary Production Associate to join our Production Kitchen and help bring our recipes to life.

This is a hands‑on role for someone who enjoys working with food, thrives in a fast‑paced environment, and understands that the little details matter. You don’t have to be a celebrity chef, but you do need to be comfortable in a kitchen, confident reading recipes and measurements, willing to learn, and committed to following directions accurately every time.

If you take pride in your work, love being part of a team, and get satisfaction from seeing something you helped make land on store shelves for customers to enjoy, we’d love to meet you.

As a Culinary Production Associate, you’ll help prepare the food products sold throughout Arden’s Garden retail stores. You’ll work alongside our production team to ensure every batch meets our standards for taste, freshness, quality, consistency, and food safety.

• Prepare and produce Arden’s Garden food items according to established recipes, specifications, and production schedules.
• Read, understand, and accurately follow recipes from start to finish.
• Measure and weigh ingredients carefully using the appropriate kitchen tools and equipment.
• Follow recipe quantities, measurements, preparation methods, cooking times, and temperatures precisely.
• Prepare ingredients by washing, cutting, chopping, mixing, portioning, and performing other approved food‑preparation tasks.
• Batch recipes accurately while maintaining consistency from one production run to the next.
• Assist with portioning, packaging, labeling, and preparing finished products for distribution to our retail stores.
• Verify ingredients and quantities before beginning production to help prevent mistakes and unnecessary waste.
• Pay close attention to product appearance, texture, taste, portion size, and overall quality.
• Communicate immediately with a supervisor when a recipe, ingredient, measurement, or production instruction is unclear.

Around here, “close enough” isn’t close enough. Our customers expect their favorites to taste great every time, and your attention to detail helps make that happen.

• Follow recipes and production procedures exactly as written.
• Double-check measurements, ingredients, labels, and quantities.
• Maintain consistency across every batch.
• Recognize when something doesn’t look or seem right and speak up before moving forward.
• Follow instructions carefully and ask questions when clarification is needed.
• Complete assigned production tasks accurately and efficiently.
• Take ownership of the quality of the products you help create.

A clean kitchen is a happy kitchen—and, more importantly, a safe one.

• Follow all Arden’s Garden food‑safety, sanitation, hygiene, and production procedures.
• Follow proper handwashing, glove, PPE, and food‑handling requirements.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and sanitary workstation throughout your shift.
• Clean and sanitize work surfaces, utensils, containers, and approved equipment according to established procedures.
• Follow proper ingredient storage, labeling, rotation, and temperature‑control procedures.
• Help keep the Production Kitchen clean, organized, and inspection‑ready.
• Immediately report food‑safety, quality, equipment, or sanitation concerns to leadership.

Our Production Kitchen is a team sport. Everyone has a role in…