Head Cook
Casabuela Café
Location: 232 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Schedule: Wednesday–Sunday, 7:00am–4:00pm
Pay: $19-$21/hour + tips (base rate dependent on relevant experience, credentials and Spanish proficiency)
Benefits: Up to 40 hours of accrued paid sick leave annually, 10 personal flex days and health insurance.
About Casabuela Café: Where the Village Meets
Founded in 2025, Casabuela Café was born out of a real need—for community, culture, and a space that honors both curiosity and tradition. Casabuela is a love letter to legacy, culture, and community—built to serve the village.
Designed to feel like grandma’s house, Casabuela is a warm, sensory-rich living room filled with texture, comfort, and food made with care. We are a community-forward, family-owned café where connection, culture, and intentional cooking are at the heart of everything we do.
The Role:
We are seeking a Head Cook to join us at the opening of our Williamsburg-based café. This role is ideal for someone who values thoughtful preparation, consistency, and culturally rooted food. You will help bring Casabuela’s kitchen vision to life by executing dishes with care, respect, and pride.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare and execute café food items with consistency and attention to detail
- Support daily kitchen operations, prep, and service
- Receive, inspect, accept and store food deliveries, returning and noting damage and spoiled items when necessary
- Support with the completion of daily purchases orders
- Maintain cleanliness, organization, and food safety standards
- Track and record recipe changes
- Track and record kitchen inventory
- Work collaboratively with the kitchen and front-of-house team
- Uphold Casabuela’s values of hospitality, care, and community
What We’re Looking For:
- 2+ years experience working as a line cook or prep cook
- Food Handlers License, preferred
- Foundational baking and pastry knowledge, a plus
- Strong standards of personal and kitchen cleanliness and safety
- Experience with or strong knowledge of Puerto Rican and Caribbean cuisine and flavors (traditional or modern), or a deep willingness to learn and honor the culture, preferred
- Strong knife skills and kitchen techniques
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced, small-team environment
- A respectful, team-oriented attitude and passion for food made with intention
Why Join Casabuela:
- Be part of a café from the very beginning
- Cook food rooted in culture, memory, and tradition
- Work daytime hours in a supportive, community-driven space
- Competitive pay with tips
If you believe food is a way to care for people and preserve culture, we’d love to hear from you.
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- Experience
- Required
- Languages
- English – Advanced
Spanish – Advanced
- Employment
- Full-time
- Schedule
- Wednesday–Sunday, 7:00am–4:00pm
- Salary
- $19 – $21 hourly
- Benefits
- + Tips
- Starting time
- Immediate start!
232 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 11211, New York
Cafe • 1-10 Employees
Hiring on JOB TODAY since March, 2026
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