Kitchen Assistant (Sur La Table)
On-siteNatick, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Represent Sur La Table's brand by creating memorable, educational cooking experiences that inspire customer loyalty. Assist chefs with class execution, organize mise en place, prep ingredients, and clean workstations to ensure smooth operations. Deliver class revenue goals by driving enrollment, securing positive reviews, and meeting monthly sales targets. Clean and sanitize dishes and equipment, restock supplies, and maintain accurate inventory levels while ensuring compliance with food safety standards and local health codes. Handle liquor, wine, and beer in compliance with state regulations and enforce age restrictions. Model adherence to all store policies and standard operating procedures. Available to work between 12 and 16 hours per week with a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Required Qualifications
- Must be 18 years of age or older at the time of employment
- Valid Food Handlers Certification
- Ability to communicate verbally and work cooperatively with associates and customers
- Ability to remain standing for up to 4 hours at a time
- Ability to move about the store directing class participants while selling to customers and retrieving merchandise from stockroom or sales floor
- The capability to accurately perceive and differentiate variations in intensity or quality of flavors or odors, or to identify specific tastes or scents using the tongue or nose
- Ability to grab, reach, push, pull, bend, stoop, kneel and crouch to demonstrate, retrieve and/or replenish merchandise and/or cooking equipment
- Ability to use hands to seize, hold, grasp, turn, or otherwise to chop, whisk, slice, stir, juice and/or demonstrate other techniques
- Ability to lift and/or move merchandise weighing up to 50 lbs
- Ability to ascend/descend ladders to retrieve and/or move merchandise
- Ability to operate a computer, POS system, keyboards, merchandise scanners and mouse to accomplish work
- Available to work between 12 and 16 hours per week, with a flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays
- Regular and predictable attendance with the flexibility to adjust class assignments based on demand
- Ability to work in a variable kitchen environment included but not limited to open flames, hot surfaces, temperature variations, various food allergens both physical and airborne
Desired Qualifications
- 1 year retail sales experience, preferred
- 1 year food prep and/or kitchen operations experience, preferred
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities
- Passion for community engagement and providing exceptional customer experiences
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and retail systems preferred
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