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Cafe Senior Cook

NU3S · New York, NY

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$21 to $23/hr

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Cafe Senior Cook
$21–23/hr DOE | Full-Time | Queens, NY (Farmers Blvd & Merrick Blvd)

Senior Cook – Nu3s Market Café, Queens

Nu3s Market Café has recently opened and is building out our kitchen team as we grow. We're looking for a Senior Cook who can run a station independently, keep quality consistent, and help steady the kitchen during busy stretches, someone who's ready to take on more responsibility without needing close supervision.

What You'll Do

  • Execute menu items to spec using our recipe cards, with strong attention to quality, consistency, and presentation
  • Run a station independently during service and help coordinate the flow across the line
  • Work collaboraticely with the Kitchen Team Lead, Head Cook and kitchen staff. 
  • Help train prep and line cooks on recipes, procedures, and food-safety standards
  • Monitor food quality, portioning, and ticket times
  • Assist with inventory counts, ordering, and receiving deliveries
  • Keep the kitchen clean, organized, and up to health code standards
  • Flag issues or improvement ideas to the Head Cook

What We're Looking For

  • 2+ years of cooking experience in a café, QSR, or fast-casual kitchen
  • Comfortable working a station solo and keeping pace during rushes
  • Strong recipe-following and food-prep fundamentals
  • Some experience mentoring or informally leading other cooks a plus
  • Reliable, organized, and calm under pressure
  • ServSafe certification preferred

Why Join Us
Be part of a small, growing kitchen team at a new neighborhood concept combining a Market Café, Auto Care Center, and touchless car wash. Room to grow into more responsibility as we expand.

National pay for line cooks

National pay for line cooks

$36,420median, full year

About$17.51/hr. Top 10 percent earn$51K+.

BLS Occupation35-2014Cooks, Restaurant, May 2024. Source

Requirements

  • Cooking
  • Food preparation
  • Menu execution
  • Inventory management
  • Food safety
  • Kitchen organization
  • Mentoring
  • Team leadership
  • Recipe adherence
  • Quality control
  • Portion control
  • Ordering
  • Receiving deliveries
Senior CookKitchen TeamFood SafetyServSafeInventory ManagementMenu ExecutionQuality ControlFast-casualQSRFood PrepLine CookKitchen OperationsHealth Code StandardsOrderingReceivingTeam Leadership

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