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About the Role
The Assistant Head Chef is second in command to the Head Chef, executing daily operations by preparing meals for hundreds of children, supporting the kitchen team, and leading aspects of daily production. This role is ideal for chefs passionate about cooking for kids and interested in kitchen leadership, offering stable hours with weekends and holidays off.
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute the daily preparation of breakfast, lunch, and snacks for 300-500 students.
- Maintain a food-safe kitchen at all times, performing quality control on all menu items to ensure recipe consistency and integrity.
- Adhere to production schedules, perform inventory, and track consumption numbers.
- Ensure the kitchen is always DOH-ready by following proper food handling procedures and maintaining cleanliness standards.
- Monitor temperatures and storage conditions to ensure food safety compliance.
Requirements
- 1+ years of professional culinary experience in a fast-paced, high-volume kitchen.
- Demonstrated knowledge of proper food safety and sanitation practices.
- Food Handler's Certification required or must be obtained within 90 days of hire (reimbursement available).
- Excellent communication skills.
- Extremely well organized.
- Must share our passion for improving nutrition and health in schools.
Skills
- Culinary skills
- Customer interaction
- Student interaction
- Food safety
- Sanitation practices
- Communication skills
- Organization skills
- Bilingual (English and Spanish) is a plus
- NSLP compliance requirements is a plus
Location
- Queens, NY
Work Type
- Full-Time
- Monday - Friday, approx. 6:30 am - 2:30 pm
Experience Level
- 1+ years of professional culinary experience
Education Level
- Associate degree in culinary arts is a plus
Salary/Compensations
- $22.50 - $27.50/hr
Benefits
- Generous PTO (most major holidays off)
- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
- 401k Option
- Paid Professional Development
- Education Reimbursement Opportunities
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Family Leave
- Short-Term Disability Insurance Coverage
- Worker’s Compensation Insurance Coverage
About the Company
- Founded in 2005, Red Rabbit is an MWBE-certified K–12 school food management company on a mission to transform school dining.
- We believe that serving diverse, high-quality meals to children in urban communities is about more than food, it’s about dignity, representation, and opportunity.
- Our professionally trained chefs work in commissaries and onsite in school cafeterias, preparing scratch-made, culturally relevant meals that reflect the heritage and lived experiences of the students we serve.
- We don’t just deliver food...we become part of the school community.
- Today, Red Rabbit prepares and serves millions of meals each year across the Greater New York region, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC.
Equal Opportunity
- Red Rabbit is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, or sexual orientation.