Skilled Catering Cook - Healthy Workplace Lunch Service

Ontario Trillium Foundation; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Free lunch with every shift

Weekly menu changes

Job summary

HarvestOwl in Cleveland is seeking a scratch Cook to join our mission of healthy, chef-driven lunches for office teams. You’ll be involved in prep, sauces, and proteins, with weekly menu changes and high-quality standards.

The schedule runs Saturdays 10 AM–5 PM and Sundays through Wednesday 1 PM–10 PM, with Thursdays and Fridays off. We offer health insurance, paid time off, a free lunch with every shift, and a collaborative kitchen that cares about details.

Qualifications

• Excellent knife skills and strong culinary judgment.
• Detail-oriented with fast, purposeful work style.
• Friendly, kind, and optimistic team player.
• Able to work Saturdays and Sundays; weekends flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and assemble weekly changing menu items.
• Cook proteins to high quality standards.
• Prepare sauces, dressings, vegetables from scratch.
• Maintain clean, sanitary workstation.
• Collaborate with executive chef on menu ideas.
• Share ideas to improve efficiency.

Skills

Knife skills

Culinary judgment

Attention to detail

Team player

Fast and purposeful

Job description

We're on a mission to bring delight and good health to office workers across the country. Will you join us?

We deliver healthy lunches to companies like Vitamix, the Cavs, and the Metroparks.We're looking for kind, fast-moving, and detail-oriented cooks to join our quickly growing team.

High Points:

• Non-restaurant hours with Friday and Saturday evenings free.
• Purposeful work. You’re helping our guests improve their health. (And, you’ll likely improve your own health, too.)
• Health insurance offered.
• Paid time off.
• Scratch cooking with high quality ingredients.
• Menu changes weekly.
• Community garden plot.

As a Scratch Cook at HarvestOwl, you will:

• Be involved with the prep and assembly of our fresh and energizing menu which changes weekly.
• Prepare sauces, dressings, spreads, vegetables, and grains from scratch.
• Prepare antibiotic-free chicken, grass-fed, steak, wild salmon, and other proteins.
• Hold yourself to our high quality standard with everything we serve.
• Share new menu ideas with our executive chef.
• Help us find the most effective and efficient way to do things.
• Keep a clean and sanitary work station. Help out as needed with other cleaning-related tasks.

Our ideal candidate:

• You have excellent knife skills and strong culinary judgment.
• You're fanatical about details.
• You’re a genuinely kind, thoughtful, and optimistic person.
• You're inquisitive.
• You're fast and move with purpose.
• You’ll happily help with any task that needs to get done.

The hours are Saturday from 10 AM to 5 PM, Sunday through Wednesday 1 PM to 10 PM. You'll be off on Thursday and Friday. We provide a free lunch with every shift!