Kitchen Events Team Member

Benefits:

Retirement Plan

Flexible schedule

Paid time off

The Weingarten

Wine bar, restaurant & event venue in Belleville is seeking a motivated team member to join our kitchen staff this season!

Responsibilities:

• Receive and prepare food orders accurately while ensuring the foods quality meets The Weingarten’s standard.
• Receive and check in deliveries.
• Keep the kitchen clean, organized and ready for inspection.
• Follow and enforce the rules and practices established by the kitchen manager and WG management.
• Fulfill opening and closing duties within the kitchen and manage staff in the absence of the kitchen manager.
• Must have communication skills to connect front and back of house.
• Under the kitchen manager’s guidance, applicants must be able to lead shifts through busy rushes and also keep staff busy with cleaning and projects during slower shifts.
• Assist kitchen manager with food prep and make prep judgements during shift based on volume
• Assist kitchen manager with event food preparations and plating.

Qualifications:

• IL SERVSafe Food Handler’s Certification required
• IL Food Allergen Certification preferred
• IL Kitchen Manager’s Certification preferred
• Time management skills, self-starter & team player
• Kitchen Experience - minimum 1 year
• Must be available weekends and open to 5-shifts minimum per week
• Must be physically able to carry/lift 20lbs of weight
• Must be able to work on your feet for long periods of time
• Ability to calmly manage competing priorities
• Communicate with multiple levels of management and ownership regarding the status of upcoming events, kitchen/staff issues and daily upkeep

• Full-time hours available - flexibility with daytime & evening work is preferred.