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Lyrics Cafe
Prep Cook
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A Cook prepares food in a restaurant or institutional kitchen. May be responsible for a specific station or type of food preparation in a larger kitchen, or specialize as a short-order or fast-food cook. May prepare meals in private homes, or cater parties.
$39,182 / year median in Oregon
+6% projected growth
Job Description
Lyrics Cafe is a scratch kitchen in Newberg making soups, market salads, sauces, sandwiches, and baked goods from the ground up. We've grown, and we're hiring for our prep team.
This starts at part-time and moves toward full-time depending on skill and availability. There's room to grow.
PAY$17-20/hr depending on experience, plus a guaranteed $6/hr in tips. Guaranteed, not averaged. Real take-home is $23 to $26 an hour.
Receiving and organizing deliveriesKeep your station and the walk-in clean and organized as you go
Ability to lift 50 lbs and stand for a full shiftWHY LYRICSScratch cooking with real standards and real recipesRoom to grow. More hours, more responsibility, more pay as you take on more.
Small, tight team. Independent and locally owned.
To apply, send your resume and a short note about where you've cooked and what you're best at.
This starts at part-time and moves toward full-time depending on skill and availability. There's room to grow.
PAY$17-20/hr depending on experience, plus a guaranteed $6/hr in tips. Guaranteed, not averaged. Real take-home is $23 to $26 an hour.
WHAT YOU'LL
DODaily prep production: proteins, sauces, dressings, market salads, soups, large-batch itemsWork off our production schedule and recipe standardsBreak down and stock the line; keep pars accurateHold cooling, labeling, dating, and rotation standardsDishwashing. Everyone in this kitchen washes dishes, including us. It's part of the job, not somebody else's problem.Receiving and organizing deliveriesKeep your station and the walk-in clean and organized as you go
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING
FORExperience in a restaurant or prep kitchen requiredConfident knife skills and comfort with volume prepYou work clean and you work at a paceSomeone who's committed to getting better as a cookSomeone who wants to help us grow this cafe into its next phaseFood Handler's card, or willing to get one immediatelyReliable transportation and reliable attendance. Small team, your shift matters.Ability to lift 50 lbs and stand for a full shiftWHY LYRICSScratch cooking with real standards and real recipesRoom to grow. More hours, more responsibility, more pay as you take on more.
Small, tight team. Independent and locally owned.
To apply, send your resume and a short note about where you've cooked and what you're best at.