Line Cook
Love to Cook? Get Your Life Back. No Nights. No Weekends.
DO YOU LOVE TO COOK BUT HAVE NO QUALITY OF LIFE?
COME COOK WITH APEX!
$500 SIGN-ON BONUS — LIMITED-TIME OFFER!
APEX Restaurant and Market Solutions / Elite Cuisine provides corporations with high-quality restaurant and food service solutions, and we're growing!
We're looking for talented, dependable, and passionate Line Cooks to join our culinary team.
If you love cooking but are tired of the late nights, weekends, and unpredictable schedules that come with traditional restaurant jobs, this could be the opportunity you've been looking for.
MONDAY–FRIDAY DAYTIME HOURS. NO NIGHTS. NO WEEKENDS!
That's right—you can do what you love, cook great food, while still having time for your family, friends, hobbies, and life outside of work.
If you're ready for a better culinary career and a better quality of life, APPLY TODAY!
Why You'll Love Working at APEX
- Monday–Friday daytime hours
- NO nights and NO weekends!
- $500 LIMITED-TIME SIGN-ON BONUS!
- Professional corporate dining environment
- Competitive work-life balance compared with traditional restaurant kitchens
- Work with quality food and fresh ingredients
- Opportunities to learn and develop your culinary skills
- Work alongside a supportive culinary team
- Opportunities for professional growth and cross-training
- Be part of a growing company that values great food, great people, and great service
Position Overview
As a Line Cook, you'll be responsible for preparing and cooking food according to APEX recipes and quality standards while helping provide an excellent experience for our customers.
You'll work as part of a team to prepare food, serve customers, maintain your station, and keep the kitchen clean, organized, and safe.
This is a hands-on culinary position where you'll have the opportunity to use your cooking skills every day while working a schedule that's designed to give you something traditional restaurants often don't:
A LIFE OUTSIDE OF WORK!
What You'll Do
Cook Great Food
- Prepare and cook food according to established recipes and procedures
- Follow cooking techniques and portion standards
- Prepare food for breakfast, lunch, and other daily service activities
- Maintain consistent quality, taste, and presentation
- Monitor food during cooking to ensure proper quality and doneness
- Assist with menu items and daily food production
- Work efficiently to keep food service moving on schedule
Serve Our Customers
- Provide friendly and professional customer service
- Serve food in a timely and courteous manner
- Interact positively with customers
- Answer basic questions about menu items when appropriate
- Maintain a clean and welcoming service area
- Help create a positive dining experience
Prepare Ingredients
- Complete daily food preparation and production
- Wash, cut, portion, and prepare ingredients as needed
- Follow recipes and preparation instructions
- Properly label, date, and store prepared food
- Maintain appropriate food temperatures
- Assist other culinary team members with preparation when needed
Keep Your Station Clean & Organized
A great cook takes pride in their station.
- Keep your workstation clean and organized throughout the shift
- Clean and sanitize equipment and work surfaces
- Follow proper “clean as you go” practices
- Keep ingredients and supplies organized
- Complete cleaning duties at the end of service
- Help maintain a kitchen that is ready for the next shift
Follow Food Safety Standards
- Follow all APEX food safety and sanitation procedures
- Properly handle and store food
- Monitor food temperatures
- Prevent cross-contamination
- Follow proper personal hygiene and sanitation practices
- Report food safety concerns immediately
- Maintain a safe and sanitary kitchen environment
Be Part of the Team
- Work closely with cooks, chefs, managers, and other team members
- Communicate clearly during food preparation and service
- Help teammates when needed
- Maintain a positive and professional attitude
- Be dependable and ready to contribute every day
- Jump in wherever you're needed to help the operation succeed
What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who loves to cook and takes pride in serving great food.
The ideal candidate is:
- Passionate about cooking and food
- Dependable and punctual
- Positive and professional
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced kitchen
- Able to follow recipes and cooking instructions
- Able to work effectively as part of a team
- Detail-oriented and takes pride in food quality
- Comfortable interacting with customers
- Willing to learn new recipes, techniques, and procedures
- Able to maintain a clean and organized work station
- Previous line cook, restaurant, food service, catering, or culinary experience is a plus
- Culinary education or training is a plus
Physical & Work Environment Requirements
This is an active, hands-on culinary position.
- Ability to stand and move throughout the workday
- Ability to bend, reach, stoop, push, pull, and lift as needed
- Ability to safely handle food and kitchen equipment
- Comfortable working around commercial kitchen equipment
- Comfortable working around heat, steam, refrigeration, and varying temperatures
- Ability to maintain a steady pace during busy service periods
- Ability to safely perform the physical requirements of the position