Sushi Cook Trainee

Wegmans Food Markets; New York (NY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a family-owned food market dedicated to helping people live healthier lives! As a Sushi Prep Cook, you'll bring your passion for sushi to life while providing exceptional customer service. You'll learn new culinary skills, work with fresh ingredients, and engage with customers who appreciate your craft. Wegmans offers a supportive environment where you can grow personally and professionally, with competitive pay and comprehensive benefits. This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to be part of a mission-driven company that values respect, empowerment, and community impact. If you're ready to make a difference, this is the place for you!

Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Higher Premium Pay for Overtime

Health Care Benefits

Retirement Plan

Scholarship Program

Employee Wellness Program

Exclusive Discounts

Flexible Scheduling

Qualifications

• Ability to provide exceptional customer service and engage with customers.
• Knowledge of sushi preparation and culinary techniques is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare high-quality sushi items and ingredients for the sushi team.
• Follow recipes and maintain high standards of food quality.

Skills

Customer Service

Knife Skills

Cooking Techniques

Multitasking

Education

Culinary Training

Job description

We are a food market where you make the difference

At Wegmans, we're on a mission to help people live healthier, better lives through exceptional food. So, when you bring your culinary talents and passion for food to Wegmans, you're joining a team of difference-makers. Our promise to our customers is simple: Every Day You Get Our Best. And because it all starts with you, we'll make sure you have the support you need to grow personally, express your individuality, and create change in your community.

How you’ll make the difference

Bring your love for sushi, and we'll teach you the rest! Our expertly-crafted sushi turns customers into raving fans, and you’ll get to be a key part in making that happen through your assistance and incredible customer service. As a Sushi Prep Cook, you'll develop new culinary skills while you learn from the best and work with only the finest ingredients. You will be instrumental in helping prepare the delicious rolls—raw, cooked, and veggie—that our customers love.

What will you do?

1. Provide incredible customer service by effectively handling a variety of tasks including consistently preparing ingredients to be used by the rest of the sushi team and creating high quality items.
2. Follow proper recipes, knife skills, and cooking techniques when prepping ingredients and a variety of our sushi menu items to produce a consistent final outcome.
3. Effectively multitask and balance prep work while ensuring items are prepared in a timely manner at the highest standard of quality.
4. Engage with customers, educating them on our world-class sushi products.

At Wegmans, we’ve long believed we can achieve our goals only if we first fulfill the needs of our people. Putting our people first and offering competitive pay and a variety of benefits & perks is just the start of what it means to work at Wegmans.

Whether through premium pay for working overtime, on Sundays or on recognized holidays, offering industry-leading health care coverage and wellness programs to support physical, financial, and emotional well-being, or paid time off (PTO) to help you balance work and life, we’ve got something for everyone.

And because we care about the wellbeing and success of every person, we recognize each person has their own unique scheduling needs. We’re proud to offer flexibility in scheduling so our employees can prioritize what is most important to them. Our large, high-volume stores and 24x7 operations allow for personalized schedules that balance an employee’s individual needs with the needs of our business and each department.

Comprehensive benefits*

1. Paid time off (PTO) to help you balance your personal and work life.
2. Higher premium pay rates for working overtime, on Sundays, or on a recognized holiday.
3. Health care benefits that provide a high level of coverage at a low cost to you.
4. Retirement plan with both a profit-sharing and 401(k) match.
5. A generous scholarship program to help employees meet their educational goals.
6. LiveWell Employee & Family program to support your emotional, work-life, and financial wellness.
7. Exclusive discounts on electronics, entertainment, gym memberships, travel and more!
8. And more!

***Certain eligibility requirements must be satisfied and offerings may differ based upon area or the company and/or position.

For 25 years in a row, our employees have put us on the FORTUNE magazine’s list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Discover what it means to work for a family-owned, mission-driven, values-based company that believes in caring, respect, empowerment, high standards and making a difference in the community. Because with a family-like atmosphere of shared support, leaders who have your best interest at heart and growth as part of everything we do, Wegmans is the place for you to do what you love—and love what you do.