Team Member

Yoshinoya America, Inc.; Lawndale (CA); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Yoshinoya America, Inc. is hiring a Cook for our Lawndale, CA location. You will prepare and cook food following recipes and safety standards, operate kitchen equipment, and maintain quality, taste, and presentation for guests.

You will handle portions, assist with serving, and help ensure a fast, sanitary dining experience. The role requires reliability, teamwork, and a willingness to learn, with on-site work in a busy kitchen environment.

Qualifications

• Must enjoy working with people; greet guests with a warm and friendly smile.
• Ability to perform routine food service activities according to established operational policies and procedures.
• Preferred 6 months of cooking/preparing food in a professional setting.
• Provide EXCELLENT service to all our guests in accordance with company service expectations.
• Must possess good communication, listening, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to respond to guest inquiries and concerns in a friendly and courteous manner while providing accurate information.

Responsibilities

• Cook food as prescribed by recipe and cooking specs while following food safety guidelines to ensure a NOURISHING dish.
• Operate cooking equipment (beef cooker, griddle, fryer, rice cooker, steamtable) following safety procedures.
• Prepare food for cooking and consuming, including washing rice and transferring to rice pot.
• Maintain food temperature per regulations.
• Maintain quality, presentation, and taste to provide a FRESH dish.
• Portion food per procedures and specs.
• Serve food to a high quality standard following safety guidelines.
• Keep the workspace clean and safe while performing cleaning duties.

Skills

People skills

Routine food service

6 months experience

Excellent service

Communication

Guest inquiries handling

Job description

17070 Hawthorne Blvd. Lawndale, CA 90260, USA

Description

ESSENTIALS FUNCTIONS:

• Cook food as prescribed by recipe and cooking specs while following food safety guidelines to ensure our guests receive a NOURISHING dish every visit.
• Operate cooking equipment, such as beef cooker, griddle, fryer, rice cooker and, steamtable, etc., while observing all safety procedures and guidelines.
• Prepare food for cooking and consuming, i.e., wash rice and transfer to rice pot; remove meat trays from refrigerator; transfer frozen products from freezer to refrigerator for defrosting.
• Maintain temperature of food in accordance with company, health dept, state, and federal regulations.
• Maintain proper quality, presentation, and taste, ensuring guests are provided with a FRESH dish every time.
• Portion food for serving and consuming in accordance with company procedures and specs.
• Serve food to the highest quality standard, following Food Safety guidelines.
• Maintain the working area by “cleaning as you go”. This includes stove tops, fryers, griddles, kitchen air vents, and hoods, throwing out trash, washing pots and pans, sweeping, mopping floors, and using chemicals and cleaning solutions while observing safety guidelines.
• Maintain sanitation, health, and safety standards in all work areas.

• Assist with delivery and storing food products and supplies on the shelves in the freezer and storage area.
• Storing inventory orders in designated areas by following FIFO (First In, First Out) procedure.
• Restock all items as needed throughout the shift.
• Responsible for guest service, packing food in a timely, efficient, sanitary, and consistent manner.
• Provide every guest with a warm WELCOME at every visit and every interaction.
• Assist with guest orders by taking accurate orders and observing cash handling policy.
• Work as a team in a collaborative and RELIABLE manner during every shift to ensure everyone (you, the team and our guests) has a fast, easy, and convenient experience.
• Be willing to “go the extra mile” by making yourself ACCESSIBLE and open to learning for personal and professional development.
• Through your work performance, contribute to making Yoshinoya America’s Favorite Japanese Bowl Kitchen!

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS:

• Must enjoy working with people; greet guests with a warm and friendly smile. Interact with co-workers in a courteous and respectful manner.
• Ability to perform routine food service activities according to established operational policies and procedures.
• Preferred 6 months of cooking/preparing food in a professional setting.
• Provide EXCELLENT service to all our guests in accordance with company service expectations.
• Must possess good communication, listening, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to respond to guest inquiries and concerns in a friendly and courteous manner while providing accurate information.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The employee will be exposed to distracting noises and sound levels from cooktops, hot temperatures from fryers and grills, sharp utensils and equipment, wet flooring, and cold temperatures when dealing with walk-in coolers/freezer. Restaurant kitchens are often small spaces, they may work near others. The outside environment will vary dependent upon the weather.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The employee will be required to stand/sit/walk for long periods of time, along with frequent bending, kneeling, lifting (handling food, trays, cups, lids, straws, cleaning supplies, and handling waste), carrying (generally up to 25 lbs.), balancing, pulling, pushing, crouching, sto