COOK (SEASONAL)

Canteen North America; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 22,041 - 24,796; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly bonus

Benefits

Holidays off

Job summary

A leading food service provider seeks a seasonal COOK for its Charlotte location. Responsibilities include preparing high-quality food, maintaining kitchen cleanliness, and ensuring safety standards. Pay ranges from $16 to $18 hourly, with perks including quarterly bonuses and holidays off. Join the team for an opportunity to innovate and transform the workplace cuisine.

Qualifications

• Experience in food preparation or culinary arts preferred.
• Ability to follow standardized recipes and instructions.
• Commitment to safety and cleanliness standards.

Responsibilities

• Prepare high-quality food items according to recipes.
• Serve meals and ensure proper portioning and temperature.
• Maintain a clean and organized kitchen environment.

Skills

Food preparation skills

Attention to detail

Ability to work in a team

Job description

Overview

COOK (SEASONAL) role at Canteen North America. Location: Central Piedmont Community College Main Campus - 1141 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte, North Carolina 28204. Note: online applications accepted only.

We are hiring immediately for seasonal COOK positions. Schedule: Seasonal schedule; Monday through Friday, 6:30 am to 2:30 pm. More details upon interview.

Pay Range: $16.00 per hour to $18.00 per hour. Perks: Quarterly bonus, benefits, and holidays off. Internal Employee Referral Bonus Available.

Responsibilities

• Prepares high-quality food items according to standardized recipes and instructions to meet production, delivery and service schedules.
• Serves meals or prepares for delivery by using correct portioning, meeting outlined standards, ensuring that food is at the correct temperature and is attractive and tasty. Tastes all prepared food items.
• Uses established ticket collection procedures during service. Responsible for records from area worked during service periods.
• Cleans kitchen after preparation and serving, maintaining high standards of cleanliness. Stores or discards excess food in accordance with safe food-handling procedures.
• Keeps refrigerators and storerooms clean and neat. Ensures food and supply items are stored per standards.
• Operates and maintains kitchen equipment as instructed.
• Assists in production planning, record keeping and reporting as required.
• Assists in the ordering and receiving of all food and supplies as required.
• Reports needed maintenance, faulty equipment or accidents to the supervisor immediately.
• Attends in-service and safety meetings.
• Maintains good working relationships with coworkers, customers, administrators and managers.
• Performs job safely while maintaining a clean, safe work environment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Ensures proper presentation, portion control and maintenance of serving temperatures; follows HACCP standards.
• Personal commitment to your own safety and that of others.
• Abides by all Company policies and procedures including but not limited to:
  • The use of a medium weight cut gloves when handling or using knives, peelers, choppers, mandolins or cleaning a slicer.
  • The use of oven mitts, fryer gloves or steamer gloves when handling hot pans from ovens, warmers or steamtables.
  • The use of slip-resistant shoes and proper lifting techniques.

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay Range: $16.00 per hour to $18.00 per hour.
• Perks: Quarterly bonus, benefits, and holidays off!
• Internal Employee Referral Bonus Available

About Canteen

Canteen brings break time to everyone. We combine food, service, and experience backed by industry-leading technology to help companies create a better workplace and connect their employees. Canteen’s solutions include markets, office coffee and snacks, unattended retail, and culinary. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their dedication, collaboration, and passion fuel the growth. Interested in joining our team? You bring the enthusiasm, customer service, and commitment; we’ll supply the opportunity and innovation. Together, we’ll continue to transform our industry. Come for the job, stay for the career. We are Canteen.

Equal Opportunity

Compass Group is an equal opportunity employer. At Compass, we are committed to treating all Applicants and Associates fairly based on their abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law.

Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Disclaimer: this job post is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all essential responsibilities, skills, tasks, or requirements associated with this position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position posted, the Company reserves the right to modify or change the essential functions of the job based on business necessity.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. Canteen maintains a drug-free workplace.