Assistant Cook (Full Time, Calendar Year)

Johnson & Wales University; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI, is seeking an Assistant Cook (Full Time, Calendar Year) to support campus dining operations year-round. The role focuses on food preparation, following recipes, and ensuring health code compliance while collaborating with cooks across stations.

The candidate will handle daily prep, cooking, HACCP-aligned storage, and station setup, with a schedule including days, evenings, and weekends.

Qualifications

• Experience in prep/dishwasher or related role.
• Food safety managers certification required (approved by conference for food protection).
• Ability to work days, evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Follow standardized recipes and prep lists for daily needs.
• Prepare and cook food products alongside cooks as needed.
• Cool, refrigerate, label, and store food per policy and health code.
• Maintain cleaning procedures to meet policy and health standards.
• Prepare kitchen for daily setup and stocking; assist with serving at stations.
• Organize prep boards according to operation needs and delivery schedules.
• Adjust work during prep to changing needs.
• Decide quantity and quality of products to prep.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Experience in prep/dishwasher

Food safety certification

Flexible schedule

Job description

Assistant Cook (Full Time, Calendar Year)

Job no: 11234
Work type: Full Time
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Categories: Staff/Administration, Campus Dining, Calendar Year (12-Month), 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.

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: 26 Aug 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Open until filled