Cook in Boston, MA

Published September 15th, 2025

Cook

  • Pay: $21.40/hr 
  • Hours: Full Time
  • Shifts: Thursday- Monday 10am-6:30pm
  • Type: Contract to Hire
  • Location: Boston, MA

Job Description:
 

  • Work with the Executive Chef (EC), Executive Sous Chef (ESC), other cooks, students and kitchen associates to ensure that all meals are prepared according to the quality standards and practices of the food service (FS) department. 
  • The Cook may be called upon to prepare and package food for both internal and external catered events.
  • Ensures that meals and complementary items are prepared and shipped in their correct quantities with accuracies to items, food temperatures, time and other specifications. 
  • In the absence of a member of the department’s management team, the cook is responsible for guiding the kitchen
  • This position, in the absence of a manager, will immediately contact the supervisor on call in the event another employee or student displays any form on unprofessional behavior.
  • Particular attention to the preparation, portioning, packaging and shipping of all foods
  • Communicates any shortages or discrepancies in the daily production inventory
  • Reports any concerns, problems or suggestions pertaining to the meal production
  • Meets with all other cooks, the Sous Chef and the EC for weekly production meetings.  Reviews daily production, food preparation checklist and the next day/meal inventory with supervisor
  • Must help create and foster a sense of teamwork amongst all FS employees.  Must also contribute to a safe, friendly and cooperative work environment.
  • Works with the EC, Sous Chef, other cooks and the Café Supervisor to ensure that the correct quantities of foods are allocated to and shipped out to the staff café during the lunch period.
  • Monitors the preparation and holding temperatures of all meals prepared
  • Must assist with maintaining on-going statistical data pertinent to the FS department: freezers and refrigerators temperatures, sanitization solutions PH levels
  • Daily caterings, guest lunch programs, handling donated food, maintaining food prep

Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Must be able to stand for long periods of time
  • Must be able to lift at least fifty pounds of weight, bend, stoop, and access walk-ins (refrigerators and freezers) for extended periods of time
  • The Swing Cook II spends most of their time on food service operations working directly with staff in the kitchen and during the service of meals.  It requires someone who is able to stand on their feet for extended periods of time while preparing large volumes foods, sometimes as many as 1,200. 

Cook

  • Pay: $21.40/hr 
  • Hours: Full Time
  • Shifts: Thursday- Monday 10am-6:30pm
  • Type: Contract to Hire
  • Location: Boston, MA

Job Description:
 

  • Work with the Executive Chef (EC), Executive Sous Chef (ESC), other cooks, students and kitchen associates to ensure that all meals are prepared according to the quality standards and practices of the food service (FS) department. 
  • The Cook may be called upon to prepare and package food for both internal and external catered events.
  • Ensures that meals and complementary items are prepared and shipped in their correct quantities with accuracies to items, food temperatures, time and other specifications. 
  • In the absence of a member of the department’s management team, the cook is responsible for guiding the kitchen
  • This position, in the absence of a manager, will immediately contact the supervisor on call in the event another employee or student displays any form on unprofessional behavior.
  • Particular attention to the preparation, portioning, packaging and shipping of all foods
  • Communicates any shortages or discrepancies in the daily production inventory
  • Reports any concerns, problems or suggestions pertaining to the meal production
  • Meets with all other cooks, the Sous Chef and the EC for weekly production meetings.  Reviews daily production, food preparation checklist and the next day/meal inventory with supervisor
  • Must help create and foster a sense of teamwork amongst all FS employees.  Must also contribute to a safe, friendly and cooperative work environment.
  • Works with the EC, Sous Chef, other cooks and the Café Supervisor to ensure that the correct quantities of foods are allocated to and shipped out to the staff café during the lunch period.
  • Monitors the preparation and holding temperatures of all meals prepared
  • Must assist with maintaining on-going statistical data pertinent to the FS department: freezers and refrigerators temperatures, sanitization solutions PH levels
  • Daily caterings, guest lunch programs, handling donated food, maintaining food prep

Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Must be able to stand for long periods of time
  • Must be able to lift at least fifty pounds of weight, bend, stoop, and access walk-ins (refrigerators and freezers) for extended periods of time
  • The Swing Cook II spends most of their time on food service operations working directly with staff in the kitchen and during the service of meals.  It requires someone who is able to stand on their feet for extended periods of time while preparing large volumes foods, sometimes as many as 1,200. 

.Pay Statement and Pay Transparency Laws: rate of pay listed is on a per hour basis. You will be entitled to health insurance once employed for 60 days and you must work 30 hours per week, on average, per month to enroll and maintain health insurance through Complete Staffing Solutions. Once both qualifiers are met you must complete the enrollment packet and your benefits will start on the first of the subsequent month. ..It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, veteran status, ancestry, national or ethnic origin or any other legally protected class. We are committed to a diverse workforce. We value all employees’ talents and support an environment that is inclusive and respectful. We are strongly committed to this policy, and believe in the concept and spirit of the law.#ZIP

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