Kitchen Prep/ Food Truck Cook

Farm on Central; Dayton, Cincinnati (OH, OH); On-site; USD 22,000 - 26,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

15% discount on all items

Farm setting

Part-time hours with growth potential

Job summary

Farm on Central in Ohio’s Dayton area operates a small food truck at the farm, offering fried funnel cakes, sandwiches, and other items. We’re looking for another set of hands to help on Saturdays and some Fridays with prep and service.

You'll split prep days with fry station duties, serving customers, and handling cash and card payments, while staying on your feet in a busy space. Training is provided; weekends are core, with room to grow as events expand.

Qualifications

• Saturdays are non-negotiable.
• Comfortable standing for a full shift around fryers in a small space.
• Friendly at the window; you’re the face of the truck.
• Kitchen or food truck experience is a plus; we’ll train the right person.

Responsibilities

• Prep battering, cutting, stocking, and cleaning for truck and store.
• Fries, plates, takes orders, and processes payments on Fridays and Saturdays.
• Keep calm and efficient during peak times.
• Contribute ideas to menu as the team grows.

Skills

Weekend availability

Food truck experience

Customer service

Stamina

Job description

Must be able to work at least 3 Saturdays a month

$16-19

Ages 14+

About the Role

We run a small food truck at our farm, and we need another set of hands.

Farm on Central is an 8-acre urban family farm between Dayton and Cincinnati. People come out for u-pick strawberries and blackberries, the pumpkin patch, the bakery, and lately, the food truck. We fry funnel cakes in beef tallow, make focaccia breakfast sandwiches, make corn dogs from scratch, spin maple cotton candy — simple food done right, nothing from a freezer bag.

The job

The truck runs Fridays and Saturdays at the farm, plus the occasional regional event (a few now, more as we grow). Your week looks like this:

• 1 -2 prep days a week: batters, cutting, stocking, cleaning - you will help prep products both for the food truck and our retail store.
• Fridays and Saturdays: you're in the truck. Frying, plating, taking orders, running the register (cash and card)

Saturdays get busy. When there's a line of hungry people at the window, you need to keep moving and keep your cool. If that sounds fun instead of stressful, you'll do well here.

You'll also get a real say in the menu. We're still building it out, and good ideas get made and sold, not filed away.

What we're looking for

• Reliable. Saturdays are non-negotiable — that's when the truck is open
• Comfortable on your feet for a full shift, working around fryers in a small space
• Friendly at the window. You're the face of the truck
• Kitchen or food truck experience is a plus, but we'll train the right person. Attitude beats resume here

What you get

• Part-time hours with room to grow as we add events
• A small crew where your work is actually noticed
• You'll be working at a farm, not a strip mall — it's a good place to spend a Saturday

We're a family operation and we treat our people that way. If you want to cook food you're proud of and hand it to people who are genuinely excited to eat it, come talk to us.

Compensation Package

• Free Access to farm-grade/seconds
• 15% Discount on all items at the farmstand store

Requirements

work on Saturdays

work in the heat

multi-task