Line Cook

Mangiare Italian Restaurant; Green Bay (WI); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with match

Tuition reimbursement

Training & development

Employee discounts

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Mangiare Italian Restaurant in Green Bay, WI is seeking a Line Cook for dinner service. You will run a designated station (pasta/sauté, grill/fry, or antipasti/pantry), with training to own it from setup to close.

The role offers both full-time and part-time schedules, a clear pay scale from $19.00–$26.00 per hour based on the station, and opportunities for advancement within a small, hands-on kitchen.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a line cook in a full-service, scratch kitchen.
• Italian or Mediterranean experience is a plus.
• Comfort cooking pasta to order and proteins to temperature.
• Consistency on the line and timely execution.
• Clear communication during service and with leadership.
• Punctual and presentable, ready to work nights/weekends/holidays.
• ServSafe or Food Handler's certification, or willingness to obtain it.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and set up your assigned station before service.
• Cook to recipe and temperature for consistent quality.
• Maintain standard portion sizes and rotate stock.
• Check quality and freshness of ingredients.
• Regulate temperatures on ovens, grills, and holding equipment.
• Report waste with weights to the line lead the same day.
• Communicate clearly during service and cover assigned duties.
• Close station, clean surfaces, and label stored items.
• Learn a second station and cross-train when needed.

Skills

Line cook experience

Pasta cooking to order

Food safety certification

Reliable and punctual

Clear communication on the line

Able to lift 30+ lbs

Job description

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Training & development
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discounts
• Tuition assistance

Line Cook — Mangiare Italian Restaurant

Pay: $19.00 – $26.00 / hour, based on the stations you are cleared to run (see Stations and Pay below)

Schedule: Full-time and part-time available. Full-time is 30 or more hours per week. Dinner service — nights, weekends, and holidays required.

Location: Mangiare Italian Restaurant — 121 N. Adams St., Downtown Green Bay, WI

Reports to: Head Chef

About Mangiare

Mangiare is a small, independent Italian restaurant in downtown Green Bay, serving dinner only. Our focus is simple: fresh, high-quality ingredients — sourced well and cooked well — with an Italian-region wine list to match. The whole kitchen crew is 5–6 people, so every cook here matters and nobody is anonymous. We are the sister restaurant to Republic Chophouse, same owners.

The Role

You run a station. Mangiare runs three stations on a typical dinner service — pasta/sauté, grill/fry, and antipasti/pantry — and adds a body on our busiest nights. You will be assigned a primary station, trained on it properly, and expected to own it: set up, execute through service, and close it clean.

This is a small kitchen, which cuts both ways. You will learn faster here and you will be closer to the Head Chef than you would be in a big brigade. You will also be counted on, because there is no deep bench behind you.

Chain of Command

• You report to the Head Chef. The Head Chef is responsible for your kitchen assignments, schedule, training, performance reviews, and corrective action. Questions about these matters or your pay go to the Head Chef.
• Follow the designated kitchen leader during service. The Head Chef or the senior cook designated by the Head Chef directs station work, timing, priorities, and service execution. Direction during a shift does not change your reporting relationship to the Head Chef.
• Resolve routine kitchen matters through the Head Chef. Bring questions or disagreements about kitchen decisions to the Head Chef rather than seeking a different decision from another manager. If a matter requires further review or approval, the Head Chef will involve the General Manager or Ownership.
• Coordinate service through kitchen leadership. Servers and managers bring service issues to expo or the designated kitchen leader, not directly to a cook mid-ticket. Refer conflicting service instructions to that kitchen leader.
• Speak up about serious concerns. Concerns about safety, harassment, or misconduct may be reported directly to Ownership or the General Manager.

The Three Stations

• Pasta / sauté — pasta cooked to order, sauces built in the pan, seafood and sautéed entrées. The most items and the most simultaneous timing in the building, and the station our menu lives on.
• Grill/Fry — chops, steaks, chicken, and fish to temperature, plus roasted and grilled vegetables. Temperature discipline and timing with the pasta station.
• Antipasti / pantry — antipasti, salads, cold plates, bread service, dessert plating. Where most cooks start with us, and where our plate standards are set.

Dinner only, and our volume tends to arrive in one wave. Your station is set, tasted, and checked before service, every day. The rush is short and it is intense.

Stations and Pay

Your rate reflects the stations you are trained and cleared to run, because the stations are not equally difficult.

• Cleared on antipasti/pantry: $19.00 – $22.00 per hour.
• Cleared on pasta/sauté or grill/fry: $23.00 – $26.00 per hour.

You have one hourly rate. It is set when you are hired and it changes when the Head Chef clears you on a higher station — not shift to shift. Where you work on a given night is a scheduling decision, and covering a different station never lowers your pay. Cooks cleared on more stations are scheduled more. Moving up is a matter of demonstrated consistency on the station below, not time served.

One scale across both kitchens. This is the same pay scale we use at Republic Chophouse. A cook cleared on a top-tier station at one restaurant is paid on the same scale at the other. If you want hours at both, or want to move between them, that conversation is open and your rate travels with you.

What You’ll Do

• Complete all prep and setup for your assigned station before service, to the recipes and quantities you are given.
• Cook to recipe, to spec, and to temperature — every time, whether it is the first ticket or the last.
• Hold standard portion sizes. Portions are weighed or scaled, not eyeballed. Portion discipline is the single biggest thing a line cook controls in our food cost.
• Check quality and freshness of your product, rotate stock, and label and date everything. Fresh ingredients are the whole point of our menu — we do not cook around tired product.
• Regulate and verify temperatures on ovens, grills, and holding equipment.
• Report waste to the senior on the line the same day it happens, with the item and the weight. We would rather know.
• Communicate clearly and out loud through service — call your times, call your problems early.
• Close your station at end of shift: garbage out, utensils and surfaces cleaned, product returned, stored, and labeled.
• Keep your area safe and sanitary and follow all food-handling practices.
• Respond to guest feedback with urgency and without defensiveness.
• Learn a second station. In a kitchen this size, cross-training is not optional and we will train you deliberately, not by throwing you into it on a Saturday.

Butchery and Scratch Prep

We portion proteins in house and make what we can from scratch. Butchery is a senior skill held by the Head Chef. Line cooks are not asked to break down whole product untrained — if you want to learn it, say so. We intend to train cooks on it on purpose, and that skill is compensated.

What We’re Looking For

• Previous experience as a line cook in a full-service, scratch kitchen preferred. Strong antipasti/pantry candidates with less experience will be considered and trained.
• Italian or Mediterranean experience is a plus, but caring about ingredients matters more than a résumé.
• Comfort cooking pasta to order and proteins to temperature, or a genuine willingness to be trained on both.
• Consistency over flash. We are looking for cooks whose food is the same on a slow Tuesday as on a full Saturday.
• Clear communication on the line, and the ability to take direction and correction in the middle of a rush.
• Shows up on time, in uniform, ready to work. Punches in and out accurately.
• ServSafe or Food Handler's certification, or willing to obtain it — we pay for it.
• Available nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Able to lift 30+ lbs and stand for 9+ hours in a hot kitchen.

What We Offer

• Pay: $19.00 – $26.00 per hour — one rate, set by the stations you are cleared on, with a clear path to a raise by getting cleared on more.
• 401(k) with match: Eligible after 90 days. We match 3% when you contribute 6% or more.
• Health insurance: Available to all full-time employees, meaning 30 or more hours per week — 50/50 premium split (employer/employee) for hourly staff, individual or family, HSA available.
• Training on us: ServSafe or Food Handler's certification, and CPR — all paid.
• Tuition reimbursement: Up to $500/semester for hospitality, culinary, or business courses.
• 25% employee dining discount — across Mangiare and Republic Chophouse.
• Room to move. Two restaurants, one owner group, one pay scale. Hours at a steakhouse and an Italian kitchen, and your rate carries between them.
• Real training and a real chef. A small kitchen with a hands‑on chef, a short menu executed properly, and real cross-training instead of being parked on one station.