Restaurant Team Member - Cook

About the role

Noodles & Company is seeking Team Members to join our back-of-house kitchen crew as cooks and line cooks. Your responsibilities include preparing fresh ingredients, cooking dishes to order, and ensuring consistency, quality, and presentation.

Responsibilities

• Prepare fresh ingredients and cook dishes to order
• Ensure each dish is made with consistency, quality, and attention to presentation
• Follow recipes, prep guides, and standard procedures accurately
• Learn and refine kitchen and sauté skills through hands-on training
• Maintain pace during peak hours and support smooth kitchen flow
• Work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment where communication matters
• Manage multiple tasks effectively to meet guest expectations during busy shifts
• Work safely around kitchen equipment, heat, and steam
• Use kitchen tools, timers, and basic systems as part of daily routines
• Keep the restaurant clean and organized while following food safety and sanitation standards
• Bring dependability, positivity, and a supportive attitude to every shift
• Meet the physical requirements of the role, including standing for long periods, bending, twisting, reaching, lifting up to 55 pounds, and performing routine restaurant tasks, with or without reasonable accommodation

Requirements

No experience with a sauté pan is needed; we will provide paid training. Must be at least 16 years old.

Qualifications

• Dependable, positive attitude, and a supportive work ethic
• Ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
• Physical ability to perform the essential functions of the job, including standing for long periods, bending, twisting, reaching, lifting up to 55 pounds, and performing routine restaurant tasks, with or without reasonable accommodation

Skills

• Attention to detail
• Time management
• Teamwork
• Customer service

Benefits

Competitive pay plus tips, flexible schedules, meal and lifestyle discounts, tuition assistance, recognition programs, mental health, legal, and financial resources, leadership development programs, free online language courses, and more.

Pay

USD $12.00 - USD $17.00 /Hr.

Schedule

Flexible schedules for part-time or full-time needs.

Contact

We accept applications for this position on an ongoing basis. There is no specific application deadline, and we encourage interested individuals to submit their applications at their convenience.