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About the Role

The Prep Cook/Porter is an essential part of a 3-5 person team preparing healthy, made-from-scratch meals for hundreds of children daily. This role offers stable, day hours with weekends and holidays off. The ideal candidate has high-volume kitchen experience, is reliable, and possesses a "can-do" attitude. Key responsibilities include understanding daily menus, cooking scratch dishes, serving food on a tight schedule, and maintaining high kitchen cleanliness standards.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the team to prioritize daily menu item production.
Uphold kitchen cleanliness, ensuring it exceeds DOH standards at all times.
Cook, cool, and plate food following Red Rabbit’s recipes and DOH food safety regulations.
Efficiently wash, sanitize, and store dishes, utensils, and cooking equipment, keeping the dish area organized.
Pack and distribute meals to students in compliance with portion sizes and school schedules.
Accurately count and record food produced to maintain compliance and minimize waste.
Read and interpret menu production sheets to determine daily food preparation requirements.
Represent Red Rabbit’s values professionally when interacting with school staff and students.
Demonstrate physical capability to stoop, bend, lift, and carry 50+ lbs, and stand for extended periods.
Complete tasks in a timely and hospitable manner.

Requirements

1+ years professional culinary experience in a fast-paced role in the service industry (i.e. restaurants), high volume kitchen production (i.e. commissary kitchen), or in a similar cafeteria role (i.e. schools/hospitals).
Demonstrated knowledge of proper food safety and sanitation practices.
Must be familiar with using and maintaining industrial kitchen equipment.
Able to self-motivate and to be organized.
Ability to function well within a team and work calmly and efficiently in a fast-moving environment.
Have a great attitude and contribute to a positive working environment.
Share our passion for improving nutrition and health in schools.
Must be able to read and write in English.
Must be able to lift 50 lbs on a regular basis.

Skills

Culinary experience
Food safety and sanitation
Industrial kitchen equipment operation and maintenance
Self-motivation
Organization
Teamwork
Calm and efficient work under pressure
Positive attitude
Passion for nutrition and health in schools
English literacy
Bilingual (English and Spanish) a plus

Location

Harlem, NY

Work Type

Full Time

Experience Level

1+ years professional culinary experience

Salary/Compensations

$18.50 - $19.50/hour

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
Worker’s Compensation Insurance Coverage

About the Company

Founded in 2005, Red Rabbit is an MWBE-certified K–12 school food management company dedicated to transforming school dining.
The company believes serving diverse, high-quality meals to children in urban communities is about more than food; it's about dignity, representation, and opportunity.
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 served.
Red Rabbit prepares and serves millions of meals each year across the Greater New York region, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC.
The company is looking for individuals passionate about food, community, and making an impact.

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.