Prep Cook

Join the Vic’s culinary team as a Prep Cook, where you'll play a key role in ensuring quality, consistency, and efficiency in the kitchen. You'll be responsible for prepping ingredients—washing, chopping, and cutting to recipe specifications—so that dishes are ready on time and up to our standards. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and take pride in precision, we’d love to hear from you!

Vic’s resides in the re-imagined former space of Five Points, the Mediterranean restaurant that Freeman, Meyer and Paraskevaides opened together in 1999. After 15 years, the restaurateurs decided to renovate the restaurant and the result: — Vic's — is an entirely new establishment.

Vic’s is part of The Bowery Group, responsible for neighborhood favorites Rosie’s, Shuka, Shukette and Cookshop. The Bowery Group is proud to list accolades such as James Beard Nominee for Outstanding Restaurateur 2022, Best Chef Greater New York 2022, New York’s Top 10 New Restaurants of 2021 in the New York Times, as well as multiple write ups of our restaurants in various publications.

The Bowery Group restaurants are committed to supporting small, local farms and producers whenever possible and to highlighting seasonal produce on our menus. We take seriously this commitment to bring our guests honest cuisine, respectfully produced, and gathered close to home at peak freshness.

Benefits we offer:

• Paid Time Off
• Transit Benefits
• Dining Discounts
• Shared Medical Plan
• Citi Bike Membership
• Professional Career Development

This position requires daytime hours, evening hours and weekends with FULL TIME AVAILABILITY.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

(include, but are not limited to):

• Interacts with fellow employees, and supervisors in a polite and courteous and to ensure gracious hospitality
• Maintain professional appearance standards as directed in The Bowery Group Employee Handbook
• Anticipate and accommodate the needs of all team members
• Maintains cleanliness and sanitation of assigned station, the kitchen, and the entire venue
• Labels and stores all product following FIFO and company standards
• Required to check production lists and assignments
• Follow supervisor’s instructions, communicate with and support co-workers while being a team player
• Possesses in-depth knowledge of assigned recipes with the ability to produce them to company standard
• Acknowledges team members by name
• Exhibits positive body language and facial expression
• Functions as a supportive team member during the course of their shift
• Possesses general knowledge of the venue
• Complies with Department of Health and company sanitation standards
• Communicates product needs to the chefs, sous chefs and the support staff
• Properly sets-up prep station and performs other opening/closing procedures as directed by management
• Wipes down and sanitizes station
• Attends and participates in daily pre-service meetings (where applicable)
• Attends and participates in any training sessions or departmental meetings
• Learn by listening, observing other team members and sharing knowledge while leading by example
• Portrays a positive and professional attitude
• Role may include job duties or tasks requiring repetitive motion
• Exposure to hot kitchen elements or cleaning materials
• Ability to work a flexible schedule inclusive of varying shifts such as days, evenings, weekends and holidays

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Additionally, Prep Cooks must have flexible availability and demonstrate reliable attendance. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education, Certification & Experience

High school graduate or equivalent preferred

Language Skills

• Must be able to to communicate and understand English
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills to interact with co-workers and guests

Reasoning Skills

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Understanding of how to deal with common scenarios

Physical Capabilities

• Ability to stand and walk
• Bi-Lateral manual dexterity as required to handle, touch and feel, and reach with hands and arms
• Ability to talk and hear clearly
• Ability to stoop, kneel and crouch
• Ability to taste and smell (preferred)
• Ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds
• Ability to utilize close, distance, color and peripheral vision, as well as depth perception and to adjust focus

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Vic’s provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Find us at vicsnewyork.com and @vicsnewyork

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