About the Role
The Kitchen Support Floater, In-School is an integral part of our kitchen teams, serving and delivering healthy, made-from-scratch meals to children. This position provides hands-on support across multiple Red Rabbit school kitchens in New York City, traveling between locations based on daily needs. The ideal candidate has fast-paced kitchen experience, is reliable, flexible, and possesses a "can-do" attitude.
Responsibilities
- Travel to assigned school kitchens throughout the five boroughs of New York City to provide coverage and support.
- Work collaboratively with different teams and assist with receiving, stocking, setup, breakdown, and other tasks for successful meal service.
- Assist with washing, cutting, portioning, assembling, garnishing, and packaging food according to Red Rabbit standards.
- Set up service areas and present and distribute meals with dignity to students.
- Help ensure the kitchen is always exceeding DOH standards by washing dishes and equipment, cleaning and sanitizing workstations and service areas, removing waste, and following proper food handling, storage, labeling, and sanitation procedures.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- 2+ years of professional culinary experience in a fast-paced service industry role, high volume kitchen production, or a similar cafeteria role.
- Demonstrated knowledge of proper food safety and sanitation practices.
- Familiarity with using and maintaining industrial kitchen equipment.
- Must be reliable, punctual, and comfortable working at different school locations.
- Must have a "can-do" attitude and be willing to assist wherever needed.
- Must be able to function well within a team and work calmly and efficiently in a fast-moving environment.
- Ability to follow instructions, recipes, portioning guidelines, and food-safety procedures.
- Reliable transportation and the ability to travel between assigned school locations are required.
- State Food Handler’s Certification required or must be obtained within 90 days of hire.
- Ability to stand for extended periods and lift up to 50 pounds.
- Must share a passion for improving nutrition and health in schools.
- Must be able to read and write in English.
Skills
- Culinary experience
- Food safety and sanitation practices
- Industrial kitchen equipment operation and maintenance
- Teamwork
- Calm and efficient work in fast-paced environments
- Following instructions, recipes, and guidelines
- Bilingual (English and Spanish) is a plus
Location
- Multiple school locations throughout five boroughs of New York City
Work Type
- Full-Time
- Travel between locations
Experience Level
- 2+ years professional culinary experience
Education Level
- State Food Handler’s Certification
Salary/Compensations
- $19-$20
Benefits
- Generous PTO (most major holidays off)
- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
- 401k Option
- Paid Professional Development
- Education Reimbursement Opportunities
- Paid Family Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
- Short-Term Disability Insurance Coverage
- Worker’s Compensation Insurance Coverage
- Free Lunch
About the Company
- Founded in 2005, Red Rabbit is an MWBE-certified K–12 school food management company transforming 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 prepare scratch-made, culturally relevant meals that reflect the heritage and lived experiences of the students we serve.
- We prepare and serve 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.
