Prep Cook at Cantinery

Empregara; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Daytime hours

Friendly team

Job summary

Cantinery in Brooklyn is seeking a skilled Prep Cook to join our events-focused kitchen on a freelance, shift-based basis. You will prep ingredients and finished dishes for upcoming events, maintaining precise knife work and clean, organized stations throughout service.

We value careful cooks who can follow recipes, manage time, and uphold food safety standards in a fast-paced environment. This role offers daytime hours with flexible shifts.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience in a professional kitchen.
• Confident knife skills and comfortable with ovens, fryers, and standard kitchen equipment.
• Able to follow recipes closely, while knowing how to adjust seasoning by taste.
• Understands food safety fundamentals - labeling, dating, and storing food properly.
• Keeps a clean, organized workstation as second nature.
• Strong attention to detail and genuine care about presentation.

Responsibilities

• Prep ingredients and dishes for upcoming events, following our recipes and standards.
• Wash, chop, and portion vegetables, meat, and other ingredients with care and precision.
• Follow safe food handling practices at every step, from storage to plating.
• Wash, rinse, and sanitize knives, tools, and equipment after use.
• Keep your station clean, organized, and ready for whatever's next.

Skills

Professional kitchen experience

Knife skills

Food safety fundamentals

Attention to detail

Fast-moving environment

Tools

Ovens

Fryers

Food processors

Stand mixers

Job description

Company description

Cantinery makes food for gathering.

Job description

We're looking for a skilled Prep Cook to join our Brooklyn kitchen team, helping us turn out beautiful, thoughtfully prepared food for the events we cater. If you take pride in clean knife cuts, an organized station, and food that looks as good as it tastes, we'd love to meet you.

This is a freelance, shift-based role - a great fit if you want steady daytime hours without a full-time commitment, or if you're building experience toward a bigger kitchen career.

What You'll Do

• Prep ingredients and dishes for upcoming events, following our recipes and standards
• Wash, chop, and portion vegetables, meat, and other ingredients with care and precision
• Follow safe food handling practices at every step, from storage to plating
• Wash, rinse, and sanitize knives, tools, and equipment after use
• Keep your station clean, organized, and ready for whatever's next

Schedule

• Weekday mornings, with occasional weekend morning shifts
• Freelance, approximately 4 hours per shift
• Based at our kitchen in Brooklyn

What We're Looking For

• At least 1 year of experience in a professional kitchen
• Confident knife skills and comfortable with ovens, fryers, and standard kitchen equipment
• Able to follow recipes closely, while knowing how to adjust seasoning by taste
• Understands food safety fundamentals - labeling, dating, and storing food properly
• Keeps a clean, organized workstation as second nature
• Strong attention to detail and genuine care about presentation - you want your dishes to look beautiful, not just correct
• Comfortable in a flexible, fast-moving environment where the menu and pace can shift
• Able to stand for the full shift and handle heavier equipment like food processors and stand mixers
• Food Handler's Certification is a plus, but not required - we're happy to support you in getting one

Why You'll Like It Here

• Daytime hours that won't eat into your evenings or weekends
• A kitchen that values craft, consistency, and doing things right
• A team that's easy to work with and genuinely enjoys the food it makes

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $20/hr +