Culinary Lead
Thistle makes it easy to eat well – without overthinking it. Thistle was founded in 2013 with a mission to help people get and stay healthy while improving the sustainability of our food system. Thistle delivers fully prepared, healthy-by-default meals, snacks, desserts, and organic cold-pressed juices. We believe the health of people starts with eating real, whole foods, in the right balance, without the friction. We’re building a future where nutritious, sustainable food is accessible, craveable, and part of everyday life.
About the role
Reporting to the culinary supervisor, the culinary lead is responsible for supervising a team consisting of Culinary Associates and dishwashers. Culinary leads ensure that the cooking, cooling, and staging functions are performed in compliance with the assigned recipes. They maintain continuity of workflow on the kitchen floor, which includes prep, hotline, staging, Kitchen cooling QC, and dish room.
Responsibilities
- Support Production Leadership in overseeing the production process on the kitchen floor, which includes: Production execution, Quality Control/Quality Assurance, and time tracking.
- Ensure employees are following GMPs, products are consistently produced and controlled according to policy.
- Maintain working knowledge of current standards and processes with the assistance of implementation of new and existing SOPs and policies across production teams