Cafe Cook
LulaFit
Charlotte, NC, USA
USD 15-15 / hour
Posted on Nov 2, 2024
Why You Want This Role:
NO weekends, NO late nights (past 8:30pm)!
You’ll be serving corporate professionals in an office building, so you’ll have an excellent opportunity to network and showcase your professionalism.
Pay Range: $15 per hour
Benefits: You'll get one FREE daily meal, discounted access to a beautiful gym, and you’ll get paid parking.
Location: Charlotte, NC at Perks Cafe. Perks is located on the third floor of One South, a premier office building in the Uptown neighborhood.
Work Hours: Tuesday - Friday 2-7pm. If a team member is off or there is a late evening event, you'll have the opportunity to work additional hours. No weekend shifts!
Reports to: Our Cafe Manager on-site
About Perks Cafe:
Perks Cafe is a coffee and cocktail bar that opened in 2021 inside the One South office building in the heart of Uptown. It’s a cafe designed to energize the workday of those working in the building. Lulafit runs this cafe and other hospitality services in this building, so you’ll be employed by lulafit in this role.
Your Mission:
Your mission is to ensure smooth and efficient operations in the cafe’s back-of-house. You will execute all food orders in a timely manner while upholding our quality standards. In addition to short orders, you will assist our team with conference catering. At times, you will need to support our front-of-house operations by assisting the barista or bartender and operating our point-of-sale system.
What You’re Responsible For:
- Cleanliness and Food Safety: Ensuring food safety, sanitation, and cleanliness standards are maintained at all times.
- Ingredient Preparation: Weighing, measuring, portioning, and checking the temperatures of ingredients. Basic knife work (chopping, dicing, slicing).
- Stocking & Organization: Labeling, first in first out (FIFO) rotation, and stocking ingredients to ensure easy access and quality control.
- Inventory Control: Assist management by conducting on-hand counts of inventory items and proactively communicating low stock levels.
- Cooking & Assembly: Grill paninis and prepare fresh, made-to-order items like salads, wraps, and parfaits.
- Catering Execution: Prepare, deliver, and set up large-format catering orders for conference rooms, including coffee, fresh fruit, and pastry platters. Oversee packaging, labeling, and presentation.
- Cafe Support: Occasionally, assist the barista or bartender with beverage prep, including lattes and smoothies.
How You'll Be Successful:
- Meet and exceed customer needs (in this case, your customers are the employees working in the building) with a hospitality-focused mindset.
- Prioritize tasks effectively and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Follow defined standard operating procedures, and learn new procedures as the program evolves.
- Work independently, taking initiative to streamline systems and support changing needs.
- Communicate clearly with guests, team members, and leaders. Keep up with communications via email and Slack.
- Contribute to the fun, vibrant energy of each shift, and actively share ideas to drive innovation.
- Participate in occasional team meetings in person and via Zoom.
Job Requirements:
- Experience: 1-3 years of experience in the restaurant industry working in food prep, cooking, and maintaining kitchen standards.
- Physical Demands: Bending, reaching, pulling, lifting up to 50 lbs, and standing for extended periods.
- Skills: Ability to perform basic math skills and operate a point of sales system.
- Age: Must be 21 or older.
- Certificates: Foodservice Handler Certification required within 30 days of hire.
Our Core Values:
Lulafit’s culture is based on a shared respect for our lived values HERE. Fit with our values is a critical component of our hiring process, and you and all of our colleagues are expected to live our core values in interactions with team members, customers, and stakeholders. An assessment of how you have exhibited our values is also an important part of your performance review process.
Our Commitment To You:
Lulafit is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We know the more inclusive we are, the greater our impact will be!