About this job
Over the past year, Build Coffee’s chef, Christian Sutter, has overhauled our food menu, creating an all-day program that’s creative, accessible, and delicious. We’re now hiring an additional set of hands to support our day-to-day food operations as we expand hours and build out our catering program.
We’re looking for an enthusiastic jack-of-all-trades who's excited to do a mix of customer care/register work and cooking: we’re a tight team that wears a lot of hats, and this role is one that will be taking care of folks in our room in multiple ways. This full time role will be a mix of register, working our food station, prepping catering, and supporting our monthly summer dinner series. This cook will work closely with our experienced chef, and while some form of cooking experience is required, we’d welcome a candidate who’s fairly new and excited to learn.
About Build
Build Coffee is a café and bookstore in Woodlawn, Chicago. Our often-full room seats 25, and in the summers we operate a large garden patio. Our building, Experimental Station, is next to our neighborhood elementary school, and is full of tenants doing work we believe in, from a weekly independent farmers market to multiple civic journalism projects. We seek to be a haven, hotbed, and hub for a diverse group of activists, journalists, students, and neighbors of all ages.
Job details
This person will be responsible for executing our full menu on a day to day basis, with guidance and support from our chef. There will also be partial shifts on our register, but you will not be expected to staff both stations at once! A typical day might start with a couple hours working the register during our drinks rush, taking over from our chef on food midday, and then closing up shop with a barista.
The job includes:
-Partial register shifts supporting our team and welcoming customers of all ages into the space
-Prepping and executing our all-day menu alongside Chef
-Maintaining a food-safe kitchen, including shared responsibility for dishes in a triple sink (no dishwasher)
-Support chef-designed monthly garden dinners, with a pre-fixe, farm-driven menu
-COVID-19 safety: N95 masks are provided for staff wear and we currently offer indoor seating with masks required for ordering and entry & ongoing air filtration.
-30-40 daytime hrs/week: Saturdays required, Sundays off, additional day off flexible.
-Compensation: $15/hr + tips (total $20-$22/hr) 5 days flexible PTO; PTO over Thanksgiving weekend and Christmas through New Years; most federal holidays off.
IG: @buildcoffee; Website: buildcoffee.org
Rolling application: deadline Monday April 17
Submit via Culinary Agents or email [email protected] with the subject “Build opening” and include a short note + your resume. If you don’t have an active resume, let us know your last 3 most relevant roles with a couple lines on each.
