Cafe Attendant - PT

Upper-Crust-Food-Service; Isla Vista (CA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Upper Crust Food Service is seeking a part-time Café Attendant to support the dining team across campus dining rooms and events. You will help maintain a clean, organized dining environment and ensure guests are served with courtesy and efficiency.

The role emphasizes adherence to sanitation standards, teamwork, and dependable attendance. Prior kitchen or restaurant experience is helpful, and the position may involve special-event meal support.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to work in a team environment.
• Willingness to follow sanitation and safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Ensures all students and employees are checking in upon entering the dining room.
• Clean food service and food contact areas utilized in dining room (salad bar, juice, mail, serving lines etc.).
• Perform routine assignments such as dishwashing, mopping, sweeping, garbage removal, and other daily cleaning functions.
• Clean and stock all supplies/staples in dining and service areas for the current meal, snacks, etc. per specific client guidelines.
• May be required to assist staff with product deliveries, assist in organization of inventory for kitchen, walk-in, store rooms and dining room as directed by Food Service Manager and/or Chef.
• Provide excellent customer service in a prompt and courteous manner.
• Adhere to all management, client, local and state cleaning and sanitation procedures/regulations.
• Assist with special event meal preparations such as recruitment, homecoming, etc., as required.
• May be required to serve meals during meal service.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Detail-Oriented

Education

High school diploma

Job description

At Upper Crust Food Service we believe great food does more than fill plates, it creates connection, strengthens communities, and transforms everyday experiences. Across college campuses, K-12 schools, camps, and Greek housing, our teams bring hospitality to life through fresh food, meaningful relationships, and service people can count on. While we began serving fraternity and sorority communities more than 15 years ago, we've grown into a national hospitality partner supporting a wide range of dining programs across the country. No matter the setting, our purpose remains the same: to show up for the people we serve and for one another.

If you're looking for meaningful work, real ownership, and a team that believes hospitality can make a difference, we'd love to meet you.

Café Attendants support the culinary team by maintaining the overall cleanliness, organization and appearance of the dining room.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures all students and employees are checking in upon entering the dining room.
• Clean food service and food contact areas utilized in dining room (salad bar, juice, mail, serving lines etc.).
• Perform routine assignments such as dishwashing, mopping, sweeping, garbage removal, and other daily cleaning functions.
• Clean and stock all supplies/staples in dining and service areas for the current meal, snacks, etc. per specific client guidelines.
• May be required to assist staff with product deliveries, assist in organization of inventory for kitchen, walk-in, store rooms and dining room as directed by Food Service Manager and/or Chef.
• Provide excellent customer service in a prompt and courteous manner.
• Adhere to all management, client, local and state cleaning and sanitation procedures/regulations.
• Assist with special event meal preparations such as recruitment, homecoming, etc., as required.
• May be required to serve meals during meal service.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Communication
• Organization
• Detail-Oriented

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Ability to obtain, and maintain, any and all applicable licenses and certifications (e.g. state sanitation license).
• 1-2 years of customer service experience.
• 1-2 years’ restaurant or other kitchen assistant experience.
• High school diploma preferred

Special Demands:

• This job operates in a kitchen environment, housed with equipment such as ovens, stoves, dishwashers, slicers, coffee machines, steamers, mixers, and chef’s knives. The employee is frequently exposed to heat, steam, fire, and noise.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• The employee is occasionally required to reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, climb, push and pull items weighing 30 pounds or less.
• The employee is required to stand for extended periods of time.
• The position requires the ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures.

Upper Crust Food Service provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.