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Catering Attendant - San Mateo

ZeroCater
San Mateo, CA Part Time
POSTED ON 4/14/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/14/2026

At Zerocater, we’re replacing the slow, manual world of corporate catering with intelligent automation. We are building a once-in-a-generation company powered by CaterAi, our revolutionary AI agent that allows businesses to plan complete food experiences in minutes, not weeks. Our mission is to combine deep industry expertise with advanced technology to create solutions employees love, save companies millions, and fundamentally disrupt the $186 billion catering market.

Our On-Site Catering Attendants are truly the face of Zerocater who help facilitate the day-to-day meal operations at some of our biggest clients. They strive to provide the best experience possible by engaging and building genuine relationships with the companies we partner with. While ensuring that every meal goes off without a hitch, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of our meal service for our customers. You are a subject matter expert and enthusiastic spokesperson for Zerocater because you agree that the best ideas happen over food. You'll be on-site to answer questions, chat with clients and coworkers, and have the opportunity to make new friends and connections! 

What you will do:

  • Facilitate Delivery Intake: Help ensure smooth transportation of the food delivered by the vendor from the loading dock up to the client’s meal space. Ensure there are no missing items or meals.
  • Oversee Meal Set-up/clean-up: Guide and help with food layout, set up special equipment if needed, manage overall presentation, and replenish dishes. Breaking down and properly storing leftovers at the end of the meal service.
  • Maintaining Cleanliness/food safety: Ensuring that the serving areas remain clean and organized throughout the meal time.
  • Customer Experience: Greeting guests, interacting to ensure they are satisfied with the service, responding to requests, and addressing any questions/concerns they may have.
  • Meal Feedback: Take inventory of food before and after a meal, gather employee preference information, communicate with employees on site, and share feedback with HQ.

Qualifications for success:

  • Background in hospitality, food service (highly preferred), or a similar customer-facing role.
  • You are willing to work as a team and help others out to ensure smooth execution.
  • You are responsible and attentive and can work effectively with little supervision.
  • You have a real passion for food service and a customer first mentality.
  • Must have a Food Handler's Certificate or be willing to obtain one (the cost of which will be covered by Zerocater).

Physical requirements:

  • Able to lift at least 40 pounds
  • Able to kneel, crouch and bend
  • Able to walk up and down flights of stairs
  • Able to stand & walk for 3-4 hours on shift
  • Must be at least 18 years of age

Schedule:

  • You must have availability to work Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9:45am-2:15pm
  • You will have a set schedule each week 
  • You may be able to pick up additional shifts when available

Compensation:

  • You will work part-time, at $23.00 per hour
  • $15.00 monthly stipend for cell phone usage
  • 401k match with immediate vesting

“The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture.”

-Michael Pollan

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@zerocater.com

Zerocater builds revolutionary corporate catering and cafeteria solutions employees love while saving companies millions of dollars as they transition to the hybrid workplace. With its Cloud Cafe, Hybrid Cafe, Managed Cafe, and Event Cafe products; Zerocater has built corporate cafeteria and office catering programs for companies of all sizes from growing startups to the Fortune 500. Thousands of companies like Robinhood, Datadog, Airtable, and McKinsey choose Zerocater for the customized, consistent, and diverse meal experiences its products offer, while also reducing costs by giving companies the flexibility to only pay for the employees who come into the office. Zerocater currently offers its corporate cafeteria and office catering products in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Austin, Denver, Seattle, and Washington D.C. with additional markets in the U.S. and Canada coming online every month. Since completing YCombinator in Winter 2011, Zerocater has raised $38.5M from leading investors including Cleveland Avenue, Remus Capital, Romulus Capital, Struck Capital, SV Angel, Keith Rabois, Yuri Milner, Paul Buchheit, and Justin Kan. For more information visit zerocater.com and follow @Zerocater on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
For more information, please visit: zerocater.com.

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