Cook (Part-Time or Full-Time)

Healthy Living; Williston (VT); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

2 weeks PTO (full-time) + 3 weeks with

401(k) with employer match

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Short Term Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Discounts on store items

Job summary

Healthy Living Market and Café is hiring a Cook to join our team in Williston, VT. The role supports our house-made food program across deli, salad bar, grab-and-go, and HMR, while ensuring clean, organized stations and top-quality prep.

Ideal candidates bring culinary training or substantial production cooking experience and knife skills, with at least two years in a kitchen. Hours include part-time and full-time with weekend availability.

Qualifications

• Experience with local, organic products is preferred.
• Culinary degree or equivalent cooking production experience required.
• Excellent knife skills and solid kitchen station versatility.
• Minimum 2 years professional kitchen experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain quality, quantity, and service of our house-made food program.
• Keep work areas and equipment organized, clean and sanitized.
• Prepare items for deli, salad bar, grab-and-go, and Home Meal Replacement (HMR).

Skills

Customer hospitality

Local organic products

Knife skills

Culinary degree or experience

2+ years kitchen experience

Education

Culinary degree

Extensive cooking experience

Job description

Description

WE’RE LOOKING FOR THE COOLEST HUMANS IN TOWN!

Come join a team that:

• Focuses on teamwork
• Supports a collaborative environment
• Puts curiosity and great ideas first
• Is dedicated to providing an exceptional guest experience
• Builds community relationships
• Loves food and cooking
• Has fun while working hard!

The Healthy Living Cook is talented, passionate, and ready to bring our café to the next level. The Cook position is an integral part of maintaining quality, quantity, and service of our house-made food program! Our cooks maintain organized, clean, and sanitized work areas and equipment while preparing items for our deli, salad bar, "grab and go" case, and Home Meal Replacement (HMR) program.

The Ideal Candidate will:

• Go the extra mile for guests and maintain the highest standards of courteous, professional hospitality and sensitivity to the needs of guests and co-workers
• Have previous experience and familiarity working with local, organic products
• Have a culinary degree or extensive cooking and production experience and excellent knife skills
• Have at least 2 years professional kitchen experience

Hours: Part-time and full-time hours available. Kitchen operating hours are 7:00AM-7:30PM. Weekend availability is required.

Preferred Shifts: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 7:30a-4pm

Pay: Pay starts at $17.00. Previous training and experience will be taken into account.

Location: 129 Market Street, Williston VT

Staff at Healthy Living enjoy:

• Generous store discount: 20% off center store items and cafe, 30% off wellness, 20% off wine, and 10% off beer
• Full-time staff accrue 2 weeks PTO, 3 weeks after 1 year of service
• Part-time staff accrue up to 40 hours of sick time a year
• Health Insurance, for single health benefits employee pays 25%, company pays 75%. For employee plus one or family the split is 50/50
• For full-time staff - 401(k): 100% vested from day one! Employer match: 100% match of the first 3% of the staff member's contribution. 50% match on the staff member's contribution above 3% and up to 5%.
• Well Being Program
• Premium Membership access to Insight Timer app
• Employee Assistance Program
• Celtics Tickets
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Short Term Disability Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Health Spending Accounts
• Income advance program with North Country Federal Credit Union - AKA a loan program, another way we help you get money!
• Plus many more!

Requirements

Healthy Living's Essential Behaviors

Make Someone's Day

You're here because you're a true 51%er and we want you to bring genuine enthusiasm to work daily. You get that warm, fuzzy, tingly-from-head-to-toe feeling when helping others – staff and guests! You see getting to "yes" as a super-fun challenge! You readily and freely interact with every guest. There's nothing you like more than seeing guests leave happier than when they arrived. When your teammates are having a tough day, you use positive energy to bring them up. When you smile, everyone smiles.

Move fast and be thorough

You work with a purposeful sense of urgency. You will be trained to achieve excellence in your job to complete tasks quickly, efficiently, and with great skill, and at the same time remembering to look up and connect with each guest. You LOVE getting the job done and doing it well.

Create a team people want to stay on

Your genuine, positive energy contributes to an upbeat, effective team where you and your co-workers thrive and express a desire to stay and to grow together. You treat your teammates with respect and kindness every single day. You offer empathy and an open ear. You bring special skills to the team that are respected by your teammates and in turn you see the value in others' skills and talents.

Show Up

You show up to work. You are fully present for your teammates, our guests, and our trade partners. You're a reliable, invested member of the team. You bring authentic, positive energy to work every day. Deep down you care.

What can I do?

The words, "What can I do?" and "How can I help?" fly out of your mouth because you recognize that the collective goal of the team and the store is bigger than the task at hand. You anticipate the needs of your coworkers and the guests and are proactive in helping others.

Come with a solution

You have a keen eye for identifying pain points in our systems, but you always come to the table with a solution to offer. You think outside the box, you're creative in solving problems, and you adapt to change with grace. You always speak up and let us know what you need!

Own it

You hold yourself accountable and you're accountable to your teammates. When there is an issue, ask yourself, "What can I do to help fix it?" When there is success, you and your team celebrate! The details matter, and you are attentive to all of them.

Seek knowledge

At Heathy Living we love learning and are naturally curious. We love feedback; it is an opportunity to improve ourselves. You reflect deeply on feedback by frequently looking inward and evaluating your own performance at HL. You are personally fulfilled by helping others grow and love taking on new challenges and new opportunities to learn.

Healthy Living Market and Café is an equal opportunity employer and we're proud to hire a diverse, inclusive Staff!