Prep Cook/Dishwasher (Temp)

About the role

The Los Angeles LGBT Center Culinary Arts Program is a certified social enterprise that trains 100 students annually and produces over 450 daily meals for Center program members. The program operates the Center's café, Liberation Coffee House, and provides event catering services.

Responsibilities

• Work with the culinary team to execute food production, including setting up and breaking down their workstation, following written recipes, preparing ingredients to use in cooking, and executing proper cooking techniques.
• Ensure the on-time production and service of meals, catering events and coffee shop/café food.
• Work with management to complete food inventories and ordering.
• Work with management to support students and follow culinary curriculum.
• Maintain a learning environment that encourages students to ask questions and show respect for the teacher and fellow classmates.
• Maintain the kitchen in a manner that is compliant with State health and safety standards including the use of proper cooking logs and kitchen maintenance cleaning supplies.
• Ensure that all health and safety codes are under compliance, and implement procedures to safeguard proper compliance (this includes cleaning logs, temperature logs, and corrective action documentation).
• Stewarding and dishwashing tasks to maintain kitchen cleanliness, including items such as general surfaces (all kitchen surfaces including floors, walls, and stainless-steel hoods/surfaces), drain maintenance (drain covers and scrubbing drains), -cooking equipment (oven, range, flat-top, tilt skillet and deep fat fryer cleaning), storage/cooler (including walls, racks, storage bins, and cooling unit surfaces/vents), cleaning/maintenance of dishwashing equipment (including testing of sanitizing cycle and restocking of chemicals).
• Participate in staff meetings, planning meetings and other meetings as needed.

Requirements

• Knowledge of or experience working with the LGBTQ community and familiarity with issues of particular relevance to LGBTQ people.
• A passion for the Center’s work and its mission to make the world a better place for LGBTQ people.
• Must have Food Handler’s Permit or be able to pass the exam within 30 days after the date of hire.
• Formal culinary training and/or nutritional training, a plus.
• Minimum 6 months of foodservice experience.
• Background working in a high-volume, fast paced institutional facility, restaurant or hotel a plus.
• Must be sensitive to the issues of young gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent time management skills and an ability to work with a sense of urgency.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with people of diverse races, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expression, socio-economic backgrounds, religions, ages, English-speaking abilities, immigration status, and physical abilities in a multicultural environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of or experience working with the LGBTQ community and familiarity with issues of particular relevance to LGBTQ people.
• A passion for the Center’s work and its mission to make the world a better place for LGBTQ people.
• Must have Food Handler’s Permit or be able to pass the exam within 30 days after the date of hire.
• Formal culinary training and/or nutritional training, a plus.
• Minimum 6 months of foodservice experience.
• Background working in a high-volume, fast paced institutional facility, restaurant or hotel a plus.
• Must be sensitive to the issues of young gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent time management skills and an ability to work with a sense of urgency.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with people of diverse races, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expression, socio-economic backgrounds, religions, ages, English-speaking abilities, immigration status, and physical abilities in a multicultural environment.

Skills

• Effective communication skills to ensure the successful daily operation of the kitchen.

Benefits

• Sick, Vacation, and Personal Accruals

Pay

• $1.75 per hour for hours worked between 6pm-6am

Schedule

• Flexible Schedule

Status

• 100%, Full-Time, Temporary, Non-Exempt, Union Probation: 90 days

Center’s Mission

Building a world where LGBT people thrive as healthy, equal, and complete members of society.

Program Summary

The Los Angeles LGBT Center Culinary Arts Program reveals the power of food to unite our intergenerational campus while simultaneously helping members to start exciting new careers in the hospitality industry.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Los Angeles LGBT Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to fostering diversity within its staff. Applications are encouraged from all persons regardless of their race, color, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, sex, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, religion, disability, age, military or veteran status, including status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation or activities, medical or health conditions, and marital status.

Covid-19 Vaccination Policy

The Center has implemented a policy requiring all staff to be up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of employment, subject to applicable federal, state and local laws.