Breakfast & Lunch Cook

🌟 Now Hiring: Daytime Breakfast and Lunch Cooks – Lavish Roots 🌟

Location: Burien, WA and Kent, WA

Shift Available: Monday – Friday, 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM | 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM Enjoy your weekends off!

💰 Pay Range: $23.00 – $27.00 per hour (Based on experience, skill, and education)💰

Lavish Roots is a premier catering and hospitality company known for crafting exceptional dining experiences. We are seeking passionate and personable cooks to join our team. If you're a people person with a love for food and hospitality, we'd love to have you on the team. You'll play a hands-on role from the first prep of the day all the way through service and back again — and you'll get your weekends back in the process.

🌟 What You'll Do

Breakfast & Lunch Execution

• Set up hot and cold buffet stations before service begins each morning
• Cook and prepare breakfast items including eggs, hot proteins, and warm sides
• Maintain cold bar and buffet with fresh, attractively displayed items throughout service
• Stock and replenish micro kitchen items (beverages, snacks, condiments, etc.) as needed
• Monitor food levels and rotate product to maintain freshness and quality
• Support lunch setup and service as needed before end of shift
• Follow all approved recipes and presentation standards from the Lavish Roots commissary team

Guest Experience

• Warmly greet and engage with guests throughout the morning
• Accommodate requests with a friendly, can-do attitude
• Provide confident answers about menu offerings and daily specials
• Create a welcoming, energetic atmosphere that guests look forward to each morning

Station & Kitchen Maintenance

• Maintain cleanliness of all service areas, buffet stations, and the micro kitchen throughout and after service
• Follow all food safety and sanitation standards without exception
• Properly store and label all food products
• Communicate supply needs and shortages proactively to the Lavish Roots team

Team & Logistics

• Jump in to help teammates across stations and ensure seamless service flow
• Load and unload catering equipment and product at the start and end of each shift
• Drive the catering vehicle to and from the event site (valid WA driver's licence required)
• Pack and stage items at end of shift to set the next day's team up for success

What We're Looking For

• A genuine love of food, hospitality, and morning energy
• Enthusiasm for crafting exceptional dining experiences — even before 7 AM
• Comfort working independently on-site with support from a commissary team
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills — you're the face of the program daily
• A proactive, detail-oriented mindset — you notice when something needs refilling before a guest does
• A desire to grow within a supportive, advancement-oriented work environment
• 1+ year of relevant experience in a restaurant, catering, hospitality, or food service environment
• Culinary school degree or equivalent a plus!
• Reliable, accountable, and solution-oriented

Why Lavish Roots?

📅 Work-Life Balance

Monday–Friday with early finishes — no nights, no weekends. Additional hours may be available as needed (see Mandatory Overtime)

🍴 Free On-Shift Meals

Fuel your morning with food made by our talented team

📈 Career Growth

Opportunities to develop skills and advance from within

🤝 Commissary Support

You're on-site but never alone — our HQ team has your back

🛡️ Robust Benefits Package

Majority company-paid medical, dental & vision · Commuter benefits · 10 vacation days, 5 sick days, 12 paid holidays · Annual performance-based increases