** Kitchen Assistant/Diet Aide**

**Job Category****:** Food Service **Requisition Number****:** KITCH003064 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

**Description**

**Thomas Cuisine is hiring a Kitchen Assistant/Diet Aide for The Eating Recovery Center in the Northbrook Area.**

Joining the Thomas Cuisine team is the next best step on your personal and professional journey. Your leaders will inspire you, and your team members will cheer you on, to live a fulfilling life, with a dependable schedule and regular hours. We do the right thing, and support you with career development programs, goal setting, and mentorship from the minute youre hired.

**$16 /hr. DOE; full benefits plus wellness programs, profit-sharing, and more!**

**Full and Part-Time positions available**

***Kitchen Team***

*The heart and soul of every kitchen, Thomas Cuisine kitchen team members deliver on our promise to prepare scratch-made food, fresh each day. Day or night, youll be an integral part of a team working the line, in state-of-the-art kitchens inside hospitals, at upscale senior living communities, and corporate dining facilities.*

***Growth opportunities:***

* *Enhance your food knowledge*

* *Boost your organizational skills*

* *Execute your job with confidence*

* *Energize your team*

The **Kitchen Assistant** will be responsible for the direction and guidance in collaboration with the Chef Manager and Food Services Director for the overall production of food to include: implementation of systematic production methods, standardized recipes, portion control, menu development, and purchasing requirements.

* Previous cooking / culinary experience; preferred, but will train the right attitude!

* Possess a friendly outgoing demeanor; work well with customers as well as associates.

* Follow caf guidelines concerning guest services, food, and physical safety, equipment/space cleaning requirements at all times.

* Prepare food items, ensuring consistency and compliance with the Cafe's recipes, portioning, cooking, and waste control guidelines.

* Be able to reach, bend, stoop and frequently lift up to 50 pounds.

* Great work/life balance

* Scratch based food preparation, preferred

* Joining a tenured and experienced culinary team

* Chef-driven concepts and progressive training

* Professional kitchen environment experience

**Thomas Cuisine [thomascuisine.com] is on the grow. Our passionate, hardworking team delivers a fresh take on foodservice every day.**

* Were the 15th largest contract dining management company in the country [Food Management Magazine].

* We are ranked among the top places to work [The Denver Post].

* Weve been honored for our outstanding response to COVID [Senior Living Residents Council].

* Weve been recognized with a Dining Distinction Award [Association of Nutrition and Foodservice Professionals].

**Team Members Say**

so much growth, the opportunities are endless! Thomas Cuisine set me up for success.

if you have a love affair with cooking, this is the place for you.

Thomas Cuisine is an award-winning, privately-held contract food service company operating in 18 states and growing. We advocate the healing power of whole foods. We believe in preparing scratch-made cuisine fresh each day. Our clients include hospitals, upscale senior living communities, and corporate dining facilities. Every Thomas Cuisine team member is an ambassador, carrying out our mission, reflecting our values, and building relationships while "doing the right thing". We seek to make a valuable difference to those we serve- one nutritious meal at a time.

**REAL Food | Genuine Service | Enduring Relationships**

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