Assistant Cook (Full Time, Academic Year)

Johnson & Wales University; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island is seeking an Assistant Cook for the academic year. The role supports daily food preparation, assists cooks, and helps with serving at stations while ensuring compliance with health code requirements.

Responsibilities include following recipes, labeling and storing items, and maintaining kitchen readiness. Must have prep/dishwashing experience and the ability to work days, evenings, and weekends.

Qualifications

• Experience in prep and/or dishwasher or related role.
• Food safety manager certification approved by CFP.
• Ability to work days, evenings, and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Follow standardized recipes and prep lists for daily need.
• Prepare and cook food products with the kitchen team.
• Cool, refrigerate, label and store food and ingredients per policy and health code requirements.
• Maintain cleaning procedures to meet university policy and health code requirements.
• Prepare kitchen for daily setup and stocking and assist with serving at stations.
• Organize prep boards based on operation and delivery schedules.
• Adjust work as needed due to changing needs.
• Decide on quantity and quality of products to be prepped.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job description

Assistant Cook (Full Time, Academic Year)

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Work type: Full Time
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Categories: Staff/Administration, Campus Dining, Academic Year, Campus Based

Summary

Prepares ingredients to support recipes, menus and stations, in accordance with health code regulations

Essential Job Functions

• Follows standardized recipes and prep lists for daily need
• Prepares and cooks food products, timely and efficiently, alongside cooks, as needed
• Cools, refrigerates, labels and properly stores food and ingredients according to university policy and health code requirements
• Utilizes appropriate cleaning procedures for assigned duties so that products are acquired, maintained, and stored according to university policy and health code requirements
• Prepares kitchen for daily set up and stocking as well as assists with serving food at stations, as needed
• Organizes the prep boards based on needs of operation and delivery schedules
• Adjusts work, as needed, while prepping because of changing needs
• Decides on quantity and quality of products to be prepped
• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Experience working in prep and/or dishwasher or other related experience
• Obtain and maintain food safety managers certification approved by Conference for Food Protection
• Ability to work days, evenings, and weekends

Please Note:

Qualified candidates must live or relocate to live within a daily commuting distance of the Providence Campus location upon hire.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until job posting is closed.

Johnson & Wales University is an equal opportunity employer. The university does not illegally discriminate on the basis of any protected class. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnic and national origin, familial status, gender or gender identity, genetic information, military service, national origin, pregnancy and related conditions, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class.

Advertised: 13 Aug 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Open until filled