Line Cook - Seasonal

Naples Botanical Garden, Inc.; Naples (FL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Naples Botanical Garden, Inc. is seeking a dedicated kitchen team member to support Fogg Café through all stages of daily service.

You’ll prepare and execute menu items according to standards, maintain cleanliness, and collaborate with staff to ensure a smooth, warm guest experience in a busy café setting. Candidates should demonstrate reliability, strong teamwork, and the ability to work in temperature extremes and noisy environments while handling up to 8 hours of standing.

Qualifications

• Consistency and quality product produced in accordance with kitchen standards.
• Ability to maintain cleanliness, sanitation, and organization.
• Attendance and promptness.
• Attitude, teamwork, professionalism, and sense of urgency.

Responsibilities

• Understanding of food items according to standards and proper preparation and execution.
• Understanding of food safety and sanitation.
• Understanding of organization and cleanliness.
• Understanding set up and break down daily.
• Maintain consistent product.
• Understand and comply with prep lists and cleaning operations.
• Maintain security and organization of storage area.
• Communicate par levels and workload.
• Willingness to go above and beyond for guest experience.
• Maintain proper food rotation and proper handling and storage.
• Assist in organizing and storing incoming deliveries.

Skills

Food preparation

Food safety

Cleanliness

Teamwork

Time management

Job description

Description

Classification: Non-exempt

Salary Description: $22.00 hourly

Organization Description

Naples Botanical Garden is a 170-acre world-class paradise, featuring the flora and cultures of the tropics and sub-tropics including Brazil, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and Florida. The Garden’s mission is to connect people and plants through display, education, conservation, and applied science. The Garden has beautifully restored native habitats, cultivated gardens, walking trails, and public programming that offer education and enjoyment for people of all ages. Naples Botanical Garden is a 501(c)3 organization.

Position Summary: Responsible for food preparation and execution throughout service in Fogg Café as well as other items.

Requirements

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understanding of food items according to standards and proper preparation and execution.
• Understanding of food safety and sanitation.
• Understanding of organization and cleanliness.
• Understanding set up and break down daily.
• Maintain consistent product.
• Understand and comply with basic operations as in prep lists, and scheduled cleaning operations.
• Maintain security and organization of storage area.
• Communicate par levels and workload.
• Willingness to go above and beyond for guess experience.
• Maintain proper food rotation and proper handling and storage.
• Assistance in organizing and storing incoming deliveries correctly.
• All other duties assigned by management.

Requirements / Qualifications:

• Consistency and quality product produced in accordance with kitchen standards.
• Amount of work and quality of work produced.
• Ability to maintain cleanliness, sanitation, and organization.
• Attendance and promptness.
• Attitude, teamwork, professionalism, and awareness with a sense of urgency.
• Must be able to work in temperature extremes and noisy environments.
• Must be able to stand and exert a well-paced mobility for up to eight hours.
• Must be able to lift forty pounds.
• Must have manual hand and finger dexterity for adept use of kitchen equipment.
• Must be able to listen attentively and facilitate the communication process.
• A pre-employment background check required.

Naples Botanical Garden is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Garden has a long-standing policy of employment and advancement based solely upon qualifications to perform the essential elements of a position without regard to age, creed, gender, national origin or ancestry, race, color, religion, veteran status, pregnancy, marital status, HIV status, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, handicap or mental or physical disability.