Kitchen Chef

Overview

Stew Leonard’s, a family-owned and operated fresh food store founded in 1969, has locations in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. Stew’s earned its nickname, the “Disneyland of Dairy Stores” because of its country-fair atmosphere, with costumed characters and animated entertainment throughout the store that keep children entertained while parents shop.

Kitchen Chef

Full time - Hourly – Weekly Basis

Estimated Pay range: $19.90- $23.00/hr based on qualification & experience

Job Summary:

The responsibilities of the chef are to provide customers with a pleasant and satisfactory eating experience, an operational role with some supervisory responsibilities. Responsible for helping the Executive Chef in menu execution and monitoring daily food preparation and quality.

• Implement and execute menus/recipes created and designed by Executive Chef
• Responsible for the day to day operation of the kitchen
• Compliance with kitchen policies
• Have a good understanding of ingredients and nutrition
• Be able to communicate with the kitchen team
• Adhere to sanitation and food safety rules and regulation
• Maintain professional appearance and behavior with customers and team members

• Control daily food inventory
• Reduce shrink/ Manage waste, utilize rewraps if in good condition, from Meat, Fish, Produce

• Work efficiently
• Monitor schedule - insure it is aligned with business needs

• Control waste- food, supplies, gloves, packaging

• 5 years experience as a chef;
  Bachelor’s Degree from a Culinary Institute
• Food Safety and Sanitation current certification
• Ability to work in a global environment
• Average Computer skills

• Good people skills
• Sales driven
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects
• Results-oriented
• Good Communicator

Why you’ll love working here!

Family Oriented: We respect the personal balance between work and family with career opportunity and growth — over 80% of our managers have been promoted from within.

Benefits: High value, high quality Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, 401 K plan for FT & PT team members, family & personal time, life insurance, and more!

Environment: Have you seen the Avocado Girls? Chiquita Banana? Or the singing Parrot?

Pay Day: We’re thrilled to offer our employees Dayforce Wallet – a new way to get paid. Say bye-bye to pay day and hello to pay your way.
Get your pay as soon as you earn it, at no cost to you – It’s your money, why should you have to wait? Request your pay as you earn it.

We take pride in the power of diversity and inclusion, and being socially responsible to the communities which we live and do business.

Apply today and start as soon as 1 week!

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Stew Leonard s is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.