Lead Cook
Listed on 2026-01-14
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Restaurant/Food Service
Food & Beverage, Catering, Cook & Chef, Hotel Kitchen
Lead Cook at Wegmans Food Markets summary:
The Lead Cook position involves managing a kitchen team, overseeing daily operations, and ensuring food quality and safety role requires leadership skills, culinary expertise, and the ability to train and develop kitchen staff, while maintaining consistency in food preparation. The job offers full-time hours with competitive pay, benefits, and opportunities for career growth in a values-driven company.
Schedule: Full timeAvailability: Morning, Afternoon, Evening (Includes Weekends). Shifts start as early as 5am
Age Requirement: Must be 18 years or older
Location: Amherst, NY
Address: 3135 Niagara Falls Blvd.
Pay: $21.75 - $23.25 / hour
Job Posting: 11/19/2025
Job Posting End: 12/19/2025
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Bring your passion for both food and people to the next level when you become a culinary leader our people-first kitchen, you’ll lead a team of prep and line cooks by helping them to fine-tune their culinary skills, grow their careers, and fuel their passion for food. Your leadership, culinary expertise, and attention to detail will be key in managing daily operations and contributing to profitability.
No two days are the same, and an entire store full of fresh, world-class ingredients is your pantry.
Responsibilities:
- Assist the sous chefs in running the kitchen and overseeing the team
- Follow recipes, use proper knife skills, and apply cooking techniques to ensure consistency
- Share your knowledge and passion for food with customers by suggesting meal ideas using products from departments around the store
- Manage employee performance, including training, feedback and development opportunities
Requirements:
- 2+ years of prep or line cook experience
- Experience leading a team
- Food safety and quality assurance knowledge
At Wegmans, we’ve always believed we can achieve our goals only if we first fulfill the needs of our people. Putting our people first and offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits and a wide range of meaningful perks is just the beginning of what defines a rewarding career at Wegmans.
Comprehensive benefits*
Our employees have put us high on Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list every year since it was first produced in 1998. Discover what it means to work for a mission-driven, values-based company where YOU make the difference.
* Certain eligibility requirements must be satisfied, and offerings may differ based upon area or the company and/or position.
At Wegmans, we’ve always believed we can achieve our goals only if we first fulfill the needs of our people. Putting our people first and offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits and a wide range of meaningful perks is just the beginning of what defines a rewarding career at Wegmans.
Comprehensive benefits*Our employees have put us high on Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list every year since it was first produced in 1998. Discover what it means to work for a mission-driven, values-based company where YOU make the difference.
* Certain eligibility requirements must be satisfied, and offerings may differ based upon area or the company and/or position.
Keywords:
lead cook, kitchen manager, culinary leadership, food safety, team training, meal preparation, line cook supervision, restaurant operations, Wegmans jobs, food quality assurance
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