Marlow & Daughters, the butcher and specialty foods shop in Williamsburg, is seeking an experienced cook to join our team as Prepared Foods Chef.
We offer:
- Competitive wages
- Subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance at 90 days
- Industry-leading paid time off plans + paid parental leave
- Access to our 401k plan + company match starting at hire
- Monthly internal dining stipend + yearly continuing education allowance
- Discounts across our group of businesses
- Access to our Employee Emergency Assistance Fund
We are a small team that works together to provide warm, thoughtful service to our customers and community.
Responsibilities include:
- In partnership with the management team, implementing team goal setting and performance management, learning and development, and annual operational planning that ensure alignment with short- and long-term objectives
- Designing, developing, and planning the shop’s rotating, seasonal prepared foods and catering menus
- Managing prepared foods staff schedule, workflow, and productivity in accordance with business demand
- Continuously recruit, hire, and train talent to build an agile, diverse, committed team
- Directing and working alongside the prepared foods team to:
- Cook and prepare value-added products such as roasts, charcuterie, salads dips, and soups
- Create and stock enticing displays of prepared foods, cheese, charcuterie, produce, and grocery items
- Execute menus for drop off catering packages
- Engaging and assisting customers knowledgeably, with enthusiasm and generosity
- Working with shop team to set up / break down displays at opening / closing
- Tending the cash register as needed
Successful candidates will:
- Have 3-5 years' experience in professional kitchens, catering, and/or specialty grocery (experience managing in these environments a plus)
- Have a growth mindset
- Be friendly, organized, focused, energetic, and communicative
- Be excited about the working as part of a team to support the Marlow Collective's mission of promoting a local, equitable, and sustainable food system
- Be comfortable working around meat
Marlow & Daughters is part of The Marlow Collective, a group of Brooklyn food businesses including the restaurants Diner, Marlow & Sons, Roman's, and Achilles Heel; bread bakery She Wolf; catering company Marlow Events; and Stranger Wines & Spirits. As part of our mission of sustainability on all fronts, we are committed to providing the best possible work environment for our employees, to sourcing seasonally, locally and organically and building unique and lasting partnerships with our farmers, and to creating outstanding food and experiences that highlights these connections. This position is an opportunity to grow your career and learn with us in a dynamic, values-driven company.
While performing the duties of the job, the Prepared Foods Chef is regularly required to stand and walk; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear; climb, balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch. They must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
