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Assistant Cook (Full Time, Academic Year)

Johnson & Wales University
Providence, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Aug 2026

About the role

 

Summary

Prepares ingredients to support recipes, menus and stations, in accordance with health code regulations

 

Essential Job Functions

  • Follows standardized recipes and prep lists for daily need
  • Prepares and cooks food products, timely and efficiently, alongside cooks, as needed
  • Cools, refrigerates, labels and properly stores food and ingredients according to university policy and health code requirements
  • Utilizes appropriate cleaning procedures for assigned duties so that products are acquired, maintained, and stored according to university policy and health code requirements
  • Prepares kitchen for daily set up and stocking as well as assists with serving food at stations, as needed
  • Organizes the prep boards based on needs of operation and delivery schedules
  • Adjusts work, as needed, while prepping because of changing needs
  • Decides on quantity and quality of products to be prepped
  • Performs other duties as assigned

 

Required Qualifications

  • Experience working in prep and/or dishwasher or other related experience
  • Obtain and maintain food safety managers certification approved by Conference for Food Protection
  • Ability to work days, evenings, and weekends

 

 

Please Note:

Qualified candidates must live or relocate to live within a daily commuting distance of the Providence Campus location upon hire.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until job posting is closed.

Johnson & Wales University is an equal opportunity employer. The university does not illegally discriminate on the basis of any protected class. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnic and national origin, familial status, gender or gender identity, genetic information, military service, national origin, pregnancy and related conditions, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class.

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