Our Beginning is a beautiful Reggio-inspired and eco-friendly children's school next to the water in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. We are seeking a full-time Cook who is passionate and creative about healthy cooking for young children. If this is what you are searching for consider joining the innovative team at Our Beginning School in Fremont.
Working with us is a career as opposed to a job. Our compensation, work-life balance and deep benefits package make Our Beginning a place to grow your professional roots. As a large and thriving school with an educational program based on the Reggio Emilia pedagogy, our teachers work in teams to educate close to two-hundred students ranging from infants to pre-kindergarten age.
Our kitchen is a dynamic and exciting place to work that serves whole foods, plant based cuisine. You will join a team of conscious culinary team members! In addition, this is a Monday - Friday position with PTO, paid holidays and other benefits!
Our Beginning has multilingual classrooms that focus on English, Mandarin and Spanish.
Must be able to pass a Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) criminal background check.
Benefits:
For full time employees, benefits include: 100% paid medical, vision and dental benefits; paid holidays, paid summer and winter breaks, a PTO plan, short and long term disability, life insurance, Employee Assistance Program and professional development opportunities. We also offer a 401K program.
Qualifications
- Ability to positively interact with families and team members
- Food preparation and cooking skills
- Experience in food service and handling
- Previous restaurant and kitchen experience in a plant-based/vegan setting
- Culinary background with menu planning knowledge
- Proficient in knife skills and meal preparation
- Dietary department or aide experience is a plus
- Ability to cater and serve in a food industry setting
- Must have knowledge of principles and techniques for preparing food, and of cooking equipment and its proper use
- Ability to convert ingredient measurements and quantities
- Ability and experience abiding by and implementing food safety standards including but is not limited to organic standards
- Take and keep current all DCYF mandated trainings
- Check children on and off the school bus as needed and/or for neighborhood walks
- Assist with maintaining child/staff ratios as needed
Our Beginning is an EOE employer
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.00 - $24.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 – 45 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid training
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Experience level:
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Weekly day range:
Work Location: In person