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About the Role
The In-school Prep Cook is an integral 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 positive attitude. Key responsibilities include understanding production menus, cooking scratch dishes, serving food on schedule, and maintaining high sanitation standards.
Responsibilities
- Prepare ingredients by washing, peeling, chopping, slicing, dicing, and cutting food items according to Red Rabbit’s recipes, production needs, and food safety guidelines.
- Read menu production sheets to understand the type and quantity of food that will be prepared each day.
- Understand how to prioritize the production of daily menu items.
- Portion and weigh food according to Red Rabbit’s recipes and guidelines.
- Cook, cool, and plate food according to Red Rabbit’s recipes and food safety guidelines.
- Pack and distribute meals to students according to compliance portions and school timing.
- Quickly and accurately count and track the amount of food produced ensuring accuracy for compliance and reduce food waste.
- Ensure the kitchen is exceeding Department of Health standards at all times by cleaning work stations and cooking equipment.
- Represent Red Rabbit’s values and culture when interacting with school staff and students by always being professional, helpful, and courteous.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- 2+ 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.
- Must have a ServeSafe Certificate.
- Able to self-motivate and to be organized.
- Can function well within a team and work calmly and efficiently in a fast-moving environment.
- Have a great attitude who contributes 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.
- ServeSafe Certificate required within 90 days of Hire. (Reimbursement available).
Skills
- Culinary experience
- Food safety and sanitation practices
- Industrial kitchen equipment operation and maintenance
- ServeSafe Certificate
- Self-motivation
- Organization
- Teamwork
- Calm and efficient work under pressure
- Positive attitude
- Passion for improving nutrition and health in schools
- English language proficiency
- Bilingual (English and Spanish) a plus
- Ability to lift 50 lbs
Location
- Bronx, NY
Work Type
- Full Time
Experience Level
- 2+ years professional culinary experience
Education Level
- ServeSafe Certificate
Salary/Compensations
- $17.50-$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
- Short-Term Disability Insurance Coverage
- Worker’s Compensation Insurance Coverage
- Free Lunch: Access to great-tasting, made-from-scratch food.
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.
- If you’re passionate about food, community, and making an impact every day, we’d love to meet you.
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.