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  • Head Chef / Culinary Lead
    Head Chef / Culinary Lead
    17 days ago
    $30–$40 hourly
    Part-time
    Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn

    What’s the Sauce? is looking for a driven, hands-on Head Chef / Culinary Lead to help perfect our menu, streamline kitchen operations, and set the foundation for a scalable food business built on quality, transparency, and flavor. This is a part-time role (one day of operations per week to start) and is ideal for a junior chef or qualified culinary professional with restaurant experience who’s looking to grow into something bigger. The right candidate will have the opportunity to evolve into an Executive Chef role, with potential partnership opportunities as the business scales. The Role You’ll work closely with the founders to refine recipes, improve consistency, and optimize kitchen execution. This role blends culinary creativity with operational discipline. Key Responsibilities • Refine and standardize menu items (wings, sauces, sides), • Improve kitchen workflows for efficiency, speed, and consistency, • Support recipe documentation, portioning, and prep systems, • Oversee quality control during service, • Help establish SOPs for future scale, • Collaborate on menu evolution and new product ideas Ideal Candidate • Junior chef, sous chef, or culinary professional with restaurant or commercial kitchen experience, • Strong cooking fundamentals and attention to detail, • Comfortable working hands-on in a fast-paced kitchen, • Interested in operations, not just cooking, • Entrepreneurial mindset — excited by building something early, • Reliable, organized, and calm under pressure Time Commitment • 1 day per week (Saturdays initially), • Flexible scheduling based on service days, • Opportunity to increase involvement as the business grows Why This Role Is Different • Not just a shift — a chance to help shape a brand, • Direct input into menu, systems, and long-term vision, • Clear path to Executive Chef leadership, • Built around quality, clean ingredients, and intentional food

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  • After School Youth Program Food Service Assistant (006)
    After School Youth Program Food Service Assistant (006)
    18 days ago
    $17 hourly
    Part-time
    Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn

    The After School Youth Program Food Service Assistant (006) will be responsible for preparing lunch and other food to club members in a courteous customer service oriented manner, organizing and setting up equipment and workstations, and performing duties while following health, food service, government, and other regulations. We are offering an exciting opportunity for an After School Youth Program Food Service Assistant (006) at our Navy Yard Site located in Brooklyn, NY This is a part-time position working up to 25 hours a week Monday through Friday in the afternoon and evening. Essential Duties and Responsibilities for the After School Youth Program Food Service Assistant (006) Position: Practice personal hygiene and proper sanitation procedures. Turn on, test and monitor equipment at the beginning of the day. Food preparation according to written and oral instructions. Serve lunch, dinner and a la carte items. Monitor food and equipment temperatures at all times. Exhibit courtesy and understanding to club members. Demonstrate proper equipment operation skills. Set up and break down of serving areas. Receive, stock, and rotate incoming and outgoing inventory. Participate in formal and informal training. Demonstrate knowledge of sanitation practices. Exhibit the professional behavior of a reliable employee. Perform preparation duties for the next day. Maintain a neat, clean and safe work environment. Participate in special events for club members and community. Oversee daily club member cafeteria sign-in and handwashing practices. Perform dishwashing duties of cooking, serving and eating utensils tools. Required Skills/Knowledge for the After School Youth Program Food Service Assistant (006) Position: High school diploma or equivalent is required. General knowledge of the use or care of food preparation equipment. Ability to promote healthy eating in a creative manner. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates and club members.

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