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Cafeteria Chef Assistant at HelloFresh

HelloFresh Aurora, Colorado

Job Description

At HelloFresh, we want to change the way people eat forever by offering our customers high-quality food and recipes for different meal occasions. Over the past 10 years, we've seen this mission spread around the world and beyond our wildest dreams. Now, we are a global food solutions group and the world's leading meal kit company, active in 18 countries across 3 continents. So, how did we do it? Our weekly boxes full of exciting recipes and fresh ingredients have blossomed into a community of customers looking for delicious, healthy, and sustainable options. The HelloFresh Group now includes our core brand, HelloFresh, as well as: Green Chef, EveryPlate, Chefs Plate, Factor_, and Youfoodz.

Job Description: Work with the cafeteria team in daily preparation, packaging and serving of planned menu items for distribution during approved times. 

Shift: Thursday to Sunday - 7:00am to 5:30pm

Essential Functions:  

  • Create and plan a monthly menu of meals to be prepared and served in a cold prep kitchen. Create and fulfill inventory and supply orders to ensure menu plans are efficiently carried out.
  • Maintain a clean and hygienic work environment at all times. Ensure kitchen equipment and appliances are ready for use.
  • Prepare cooking ingredients by washing and chopping produce, cutting meat, and other meal prep.
  • Maintains compliance with applicable health, safety, food handling and hygiene codes.
  • Assists with unloading, inspection and storage of raw ingredients and supplies.
  • Assist with maintenance, cleanliness and stocking of employee breakroom, clean and stocked with necessary meal service utensils, and daily consumables such as coffee, tea, fruit, and condiments.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Experience/Education:

  • High School Diploma or equivalent
  • Must be able to read, write, understand, and speak English. 
  • One to two years in a leadership role working in food preparation or serving environment.
  • Basic understanding of food handling and cooking procedures as well as basic sanitation and workplace safety.
  • Able to utilize commercial kitchen equipment, understand and read temperatures
  • Strong attention to detail and quality control
  • Able to work as part of a team and individually

Physical Demands:

  • Prolonged periods of standing and working in a kitchen.
  • Able to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
  • Manual dexterity to cut and chop foods and perform other related tasks.

Benefits: 

  • Competitive Salary & 401K company match that vests immediately upon participation
  • Generous PTO policy
  • $0 monthly health insurance premium and other flexible health plans effective first day of employment
  • 85% discount on your subscription to HelloFresh (as well as other product initiatives). Over $4,500 in savings per year!
  • Collaborative, dynamic work environment within a fast-paced, mission-driven company
  • Career growth and opportunities for promotions. We hire from within!

This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the responsibilities. However, the Company reserves the right to adjust, modify, or reassign work tasks and responsibilities as needed to meet changing business needs, operational requirements, or other factors.

Our company is committed to fair hiring practices and complies with all applicable laws, including the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act (JAFA). In accordance with JAFA, we will not request your age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution on your initial application for employment.

When submitting supporting documents such as a resume, curriculum vitae (CV), or educational transcripts, you may voluntarily redact or omit any information that would identify your age. This includes:
  • Dates of birth
  • Dates of attendance at educational institutions
  • Dates of graduation

Your decision to redact this information will not adversely affect the consideration of your application. We evaluate all candidates based on their skills, qualifications, and experience.
Please be aware that should you receive a conditional offer of employment, we may be required to request this information for legally permissible purposes, such as verifying eligibility for employment or for benefits administration and background checks.
Colorado Pay Range
$21.50$21.50 USD

About HelloFresh

We believe that sharing a meal brings people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures together. We are committed to celebrating all dimensions of diversity in the workplace equally and ensuring that everyone feels a sense of inclusion and belonging. We also aim to extend this commitment to the partners we work with and the communities we serve. We are constantly listening, learning, and evolving to deliver on these principles. We are proud of our collaborative culture. Our diverse employee population enables us to connect with our customers and turn their feedback into meaningful action - from developing new recipes to constantly improving our process of getting dinner to our customers’ homes. Our culture attracts top talent with shared values and forms the foundation for a great place to work!

At HelloFresh, we embrace diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. As part of the Company’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations, up to the point of undue hardship, to candidates at any stage, including to individuals with disabilities.

We want to adapt our processes and create a safe space that welcomes everyone so please let us know how we can accommodate our process. In case you have any accessibility requirements you can share that with us in the application form.

To learn more about what it's like working inside HelloFresh, follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn.

HelloFresh is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you need an accommodation during the application process, please reach out to us at:

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