Kitchen Cook II (Full Time, Flexible Schedule)

Adams Fairacre Farms; Town of Newburgh (NY); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off and holiday pay

Pet Insurance

DailyPay flexible pay schedules

Employee Discount

Job summary

Adams Fairacre Farms, Inc. in the Town of Newburgh, NY, is seeking a Cook II to join our kitchen team. You will prepare and present high-quality food items with consistency and efficiency while maintaining a clean, safe, and organized kitchen environment.

You will support team members, follow food safety standards, and ensure products meet Adams’ quality. This role emphasizes friendly service, teamwork, and adherence to Adams’ culture and values.

Qualifications

• Kitchen professional experience required.
• Strong customer service and product knowledge.
• Ability to work collaboratively with team members and managers.
• Willingness to embody Adams’ culture and values.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers with friendly, knowledgeable service and thank them for shopping at Adams.
• Perform prep work for production across stations.
• Cook and prepare hot sandwiches, breakfast items, and salads to order.
• Rotate products for freshness and maintain stocked cases and bars.
• Support leadership by communicating restocking needs and helping with opening/closing procedures.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Customer service

Team collaboration

Recipe knowledge

Product knowledge

Culture & values exemplification

Job description

Description

Kitchen Job Description

Reports To: Kitchen Manager

Cook II

Who we are at Adams

At Adams, we prioritize creating a warm and welcoming environment for both our customers and team members. We believe exceptional customer service goes beyond meeting needs—it’s about treating everyone with genuine respect, kindness, and appreciation. Each team member is expected to greet customers personally, serve them with friendly, polite, and knowledgeable assistance, and always put customer needs above other tasks. Additionally, we value a workplace where employees treat each other with the same courtesy and respect as our customers, fostering a collaborative and supportive atmosphere that reflects our commitment to service excellence.

What we’re looking for

Adams Employees are expected to provide friendly service to our valuable customers, ensuring that each experience reflects the commitment to providing quality products that Adams is known for. For the Cook II this means, preparing and presenting high-quality food items with consistency, accuracy, and efficiency, while maintaining a clean, safe, and organized kitchen environment. It also means supporting team members, following all food safety standards, and ensuring every product served meets Adams’ quality expectations.

Your Day-to-Day

• Ensure that customers receive the best customer service by providing friendly, polite, and knowledgeable service; greet customers personally and thank them appreciatively for shopping at Adams.
• Perform prep work for production, including chopping vegetables, trimming meat, breading products for frying, and preparing items for entrees, sauces, broilers, ovens, grills, fryers, steamers, and catering events.
• Cook and prepare hot sandwiches, breakfast items, salads, and other products to order, ensuring all food meets Adams’ quality standards and is served at a safe temperature.
• Rotate products for freshness, keep cases stocked and labeled correctly, and maintain hot bars, cold cases, and salad bars full and fresh.
• Support kitchen leadership by communicating restocking needs, monitoring product levels, and assisting with start-of-day and end-of-day procedures.
• Take inventory, purchase or transfer quality products for restocking, and receive deliveries, verifying weights and invoices.
• Maintain a clean and organized kitchen, sales floor, and preparation areas; clean equipment, dishes, and cases regularly.
• Serve as the final line for quality control, checking packaging, sell-by dates, and presentation before products leave the kitchen.

What you bring to the Farm

• Kitchen professional experience
• Excellent customer service kills to all our customers
• Knowledge on all operations of the kitchen, including current recipes
• Willingness to work collaboratively and communicate with a team of co-workers and managers
• Exhibit enthusiasm, positivity and/or knowledge about Adams’ products and quality
• Ability to demonstrate and set the example for Adams’ culture and values

Working Conditions

• Must be at least 18 years old
• Safely use knives, tools and other equipment necessary to operate the Kitchen successfully
• Consistently move, adjust, and position items weighing up to 50 pounds
• Ability to remain in a stationary position for duration of shift
• Occasionally ascend/descend a stepstool, stepladder, and/or ladder
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers for duration of shift
• Communicate with others to exchange information
• Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks including in tight and confined spaces

Perks of the Job

At Adams, we believe in recognizing and rewarding excellent work with competitive compensation and meaningful benefits. In addition to quality compensation, at Adams you can expect generous medical, dental and vision coverage (for applicable roles), voluntary benefits like Pet Insurance, paid time off and holiday pay, flexible pay schedules with DailyPay, and best of all, our generous Employee Discount.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions – including skill sets, experience, training, certifications and other business needs.

At Adams, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each situation. We’re committed to providing a supportive and rewarding environment that helps our team members thrive—both professionally and personally.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general responsibilities of this position. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required for this position. It is understood that these responsibilities are subject to the needs of the business and therefore Adams retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

I understand that other responsibilities may be required and confirm that I am able to carry out the duties of this position.