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About Good Eggs

At our core, we represent radical freshness, impeccable quality, curated selections and exceptional service. Picked yesterday, baked this morning, by the people we know and trust. We go straight to the source and bring only the best right to you. We're Good Eggs.

About the Role

At Good Eggs, our cooks produce the highest quality food for our customers, using the freshest, local ingredients and batch cooking techniques. In addition, as a cook you will be expected to support the kitchen team, including sometimes doing prep work and packaging our products as needed.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Using batch cooking, produce the highest quality food for the Good Eggs Kitchen program.
• Maintain the highest food safety standards.
• Be an active participant in reducing costs and food waste.
• Adhere to all occupational safety guidelines in a commercial kitchen.
• Practices FIFO rotation and checking dates for quality and freshness.
• Maintains kitchen equipment in line with manufacturer guidelines and safety standards.
• Perform other back of house duties as required

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 2 years cooking experience, preferably with batch cooking requirements.
• Passion for local food & solid understanding of healthy cooking.
• Personable, approachable and able to accommodate a wide-variety of food preferences.
• Energetic, hard working & committed to the success of the team.
• Organized, with strong time management skills and a sense of urgency in the kitchen.
• Strong awareness of what’s happening in the kitchen and ability to see the bigger picture of what needs to get done.
• Strong communicator in the kitchen.
• Comfortable with a dynamic environment.

Working Conditions

• Flexible schedule needed
• Job hazards may include slips and falls, cuts, and burns, but injuries are seldom serious.
• Will be going in and out of freezer or refrigerator as needed
• Busy, fast paced Kitchen

Physical Requirements

• We characterize this role as physically demanding. Must be able to perform physical activities requiring considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as lifting, walking, balancing, stooping, bending, pushing, pulling carts, and handling materials.
• Must be able to regularly lift, carry and push and pull between 30 to 50 pounds.
• Walking: Up to 5 hours per day
• Standing: Up to 8 hours per day
• Ability to work for extended periods of time in refrigeration and a freezer (-10F)
• Seating: Up to 1 hour per day
• Reaching: Up, down, or laterally, up to 8 hours per day
• Please be aware that you are required to wear PPE for Covid-19, food safety, local, state, or federal laws, related PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) as mandated by Company Policy.
• Must be able to work in a multitude of environments.