Garden-to-Table Line Cook: Multi-Station Mastery

Menus & Venues; Wayland (MA); On-site; USD 28,929 - 34,440; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid Time Off (PTO)

401(k) with retirement savings plans

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Job summary

Terrain Café in Wayland, MA is seeking a skilled Line Cook for our fast-paced scratch kitchen. You’ll work across multiple stations—Sauté, Grill, Oven—while maintaining recipe standards and precise plating, in a team that values speed, cleanliness, and hospitality.

Responsibilities include preparing meats, seafood, vegetables, and other items, ensuring consistency, assisting in other stations as needed, and helping train new team members.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience in a high-volume or scratch kitchen.
• Comfortable working multiple stations, especially sauté, grill, and oven.
• Familiarity with salad, prep, and pastry stations is a plus.
• Strong communication and teamwork.
• Flexible availability including mornings, evenings, weekends.

Responsibilities

• Prepare meats, seafood, vegetables, and other items to recipe and plating standards.
• Execute dishes across multiple stations, especially Sauté, Grill, and Oven; supporting Salad, Pastry, and Prep as needed.
• Ensure consistency in food quality, portioning, and presentation.
• Maintain a clean, well-stocked, and organized station for efficient service.
• Follow food safety and sanitation protocols, including proper storage and FIFO rotation.
• Take direction from chefs, supervisors, and managers as needed.
• Communicate effectively with both BOH and FOH teams.
• Assist in cleaning, closing procedures, and station breakdown using provided checklists.
• Support onboarding and training of new team members.
• Occasionally assist in other kitchen roles (e.g., dish, prep, expo) when trained.

Skills

Line cook experience

Sauté station

Grill station

Oven station

Kitchen safety

Communication

Teamwork

Mise en place

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Terrain Café in Wayland, MA is seeking a skilled Line Cook for our fast-paced scratch kitchen. You’ll work across multiple stations—Sauté, Grill, Oven—while maintaining recipe standards and precise plating, in a team that values speed, cleanliness, and hospitality.

Responsibilities include preparing meats, seafood, vegetables, and other items, ensuring consistency, assisting in other stations as needed, and helping train new team members.