Prep / Line Cook

Mighty Bread Company is a James Beard nominated retail bakery with a café in East Passyunk and another location in Rittenhouse. We are looking for a prep/line cook to add to our growing team.

Are you a cook looking for a reasonable schedule, benefits, and a fun, non-toxic work environment?? Join our passionate, hardworking team as we take our beloved neighborhood cafe and bakery to the next level.

This position is full time. We are a very busy restaurant. Some days are dedicated prep shifts and some days are shifts on the line. We need an all-stations cook and yes, we’re talking brunch. If you have experience in this area that’s a plus but it is not required.

Ideal candidate has a strong culinary background, is detail oriented, a team player, and very well organized. If you are eager to learn, positive and hardworking, let's hang.

Daytime hours, healthcare and PTO, room to learn a business top to bottom and grow professionally in a positive work environment with an all-star team. Weekends are a must! Neat freaks encouraged, egomaniacs need not apply.

Essential functions of hybrid prep cook / line cook role:

• Train thoroughly to be able to execute all kitchen prep tasks, including:
  • Vegetable prep
  • Using meat slicer for meats and cheese
  • Vinaigrettes and sauces
  • Packaging of kitchen retail goods for wholesale and café sale
  • Soups
• Train thoroughly to execute menu items across all stations to Mighty Bread’s quality standards
• Ability to give attention to multiple tasks at a given time.
• Advanced organizational skills
• A very high level of attention to detail and quality.
• Keeps workspace safe and clean, including food safety procedures, scrubbing and sanitizing surfaces, sweeping and mopping floors, removing recycling and trash, etc.
• Positively responds to direction, feedback, and requests for assistance from co-workers and managers
• Takes initiative to help other members of the kitchen team
• Engages in department operations by using Slack and kitchen prep sheets and order guides.

Physical requirements of this role:

• Service is 8 hours long! This is longer than most dinner service restaurants.
• Ability to stand, bend, and lift for a full shift.
• Dexterity and accuracy with knives, slicers and other kitchen tools.
• Ability to work safely in narrow environments with other people.

Success in this role looks like:

• Accurate, consistent, and tidy execution of all menu items to the Mighty Bread standard set by chef and sous chef.
• Accurate, consistent, and tidy execution of all prep items to Mighty Bread standard set by chef, sous chef and prep lead.
• Ability to self direct to the most urgent tasks, prioritizing the customer experience at all times.
• Positive, direct, and thorough communication with all Mighty Bread staff and managers across departments.
• A very high level of attention to detail
• Insistence on quality and cleanliness in all work.
• Thinking ahead to maintain good stock of all prep items
• High level of awareness for ingredient inventory and ordering schedules.