Lead Line Cook

Copper Vine; New Orleans, Northern (LA, KY); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meal before/after training shifts

Scheduling preferences

Career development opportunities

Travel for new store openings

Job summary

Copper Vine in New Orleans is seeking a Lead Line Cook to train and coach new hires through onboarding and OJT programs, ensuring high guest satisfaction. You will lead classrooms, participate in quarterly meetings and workshops, and update HOH training materials.

The role emphasizes developing recruits into certified HOH team members and maintaining high standards. The position requires strong communication, leadership, and culinary knowledge, with a flexible schedule including days, evenings,

Qualifications

• Meeting and maintaining Concept Uniform and grooming Standards at all times.
• Excellent Communication Skills: Clear, concise verbal and written communication.
• Language Skills: Able to effectively communicate subject knowledge to recruits.
• Punctuality: Must always be early for classrooms and training shifts.
• Self-Motivated: Shows initiative to assist every new recruit and teammate.
• Organizational Skills: Ability to organize and maintain new recruit paperwork.
• Time Management: Must relay all necessary information within the allotted time.
• Communication and Poise: Communicate warmly while building credibility and rapport.
• Lead by Example: Maintain professional image and composure.
• Adaptability: Adjust training to new recruits’ level of experience.
• Patience: Work calmly with all teammates.
• Teaching: Able to relay information clearly.
• Subject Knowledge: Thorough knowledge of HOH recipes, specs, and responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Teach, coach, and develop employees through onboarding and on the job training program.
• Lead Line Cooks provide verbal and written communication with Managers and employees.
• Instruct classrooms, attend quarterly meetings, workshops, and update training material.
• Develop every new recruit into a certified HOH team member, ensuring guest quality.

Skills

Communication Skills

Leadership

Language Skills

Punctuality

Self-Motivation

Organizational Skills

Time Management

Adaptability

Patience

Teaching

Subject Knowledge

Lead by Example

Appearance Standards

Communication and Poise

Job description

At Copper Vine, we are always looking to meet innovative and hospitality minded people to join our team. If you're a wine enthusiast that appreciates the fast pace of downtown and a desire for cultivating relationships, we want to hear from you!

Job Description

The goal and responsibility of the HOH Lead Line is to teach, coach, and develop all employees to the best of their ability as a Brechtel Hospitality Team Member through Employee on-boarding and "On the Job" (OJT) training program. Lead Line Cooks will be required to provide verbal and written communication with Managers and employees. Lead Line Cooks will also be required to instruct classrooms, attend quarterly meetings, attend and/or instruct workshops, and update all HOH teammates of any new training material. The purpose of a Lead Line Cook is to develop every new recruit into a certified HOH team member, ensuring all guest receive the best quality food.

Lead Line Cook is more than just a title. You are now an integral part in the success of Brechtel Hospitality and have a direct influence on our guests, our business, as well as the moral and attitude of your teammates. Because of this, you will be held to a higher standard of performance everyday—not just by management, but by your teammates and your guests. They all look to you as the example of what a Lead Line Cook team member should be: diligent, food focused, safe, knowledgeable, and possess a winning attitude. You are making a commitment to help develop every new recruit into the very best Brechtel Hospitality Team Member they can be. Thank you for your dedication and welcome to the Training Team!

Benefits and Compensation

• Free meal before or after training shifts
• Scheduling preferences at the stores best interest
• Opportunity to develop yourself, your teammates, and new recruits into the best Brechtel Hospitality team member possible
• Opportunity to play a "hands on" role in the success of your teammates and your store
• Opportunity to be an "New Store Opening HOH Lead" and travel to new locations in order to assist with a new store as it opens

Qualities of an effective Key / Lead Line Cook

• Image: -Meeting and maintaining Concept Uniform and grooming Standards at all times. Encourages teammates meet, maintain, and/or improve image.
• Excellent Communication Skills: -Clear, concise, and consistent verbal and written communication among Team Members, Lead Line Cooks, and Managers. Able to speak at length in a one-on-one setting as well to large groups.
• Language Skills: -Able to effectively communicate subject knowledge to recruits in a language they are able to understand.
• Punctuality-Must always be early for classrooms and training shifts to prepare and lead by example
• Self-Motivated: -Shows initiative to assist every new recruit and every teammate become the best Walk-Ons HOH team member they can be
• Organizational Skills: -Ability to organize and maintain new recruit paperwork
• Time Management: -Must be able to relay all necessary information within the allotted time
• Communication and Poise: -Must be able to communicate with others in a warm and helpful manner while simultaneously building credibly and rapport.
• Lead by Example: -Setting a good example for all teammates by maintaining a professional and approachable image at all times. Ability to maintain composure in less than ideal situations.
• Adaptability: -Able to adapt to less than ideal conditions for training as well as adapt training process and content to the new recruits’ level of experience
• Patience: -Able to be understanding and work calmly with all teammates
• Teaching: -able to relay information in a manner the recruit comprehends
• Subject Knowledge: -Must have thorough knowledge of all Walk-Ons HOH recipes, specs, and responsibilities as well as the Walk-Ons concept and culture. Must be able to pass all tests with 100%

Scheduling Requirements

• Lead Line Cooks will be required to have a flexible schedule to ensure all recruits are coached during a variety shifts. Team Captains will be required to work days, nights, weekdays, and weekends and average 50 hours per week.
• Store hiring will dictate the number of Lead Line Cooks, the number of training shifts, and classrooms needed

We're here to add something unique to the social landscape of New Orleans.

Our presentation may be casual, but our standards are HIGH - not only for what we serve, but also for our team. As a company, we strive to be the finest and most innovative in the hospitality industry.

By hiring the right people for the right position and giving them the tools to succeed in the best city in America.

Brechtel Hospitality offers outstanding career opportunities for talented, highly motivated individuals with an eye for detail and an appreciation for the exceptional quality and level of service we deliver. Each of our concepts offer a fast paced and dynamic environment for individuals to shine.

More than just an equal opportunity employer, Brechtel Hospitality enthusiastically celebrates the powerful and profound diversity of our team. We believe that talent, drive and experience are the only relevant criterion for considering new team members.

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