grill cook

food service worker

chef manager

deli associate

cook

Cafe Services, Inc.

- Reporting directly to the General Manager
- Scheduling and managing all staff members
- Conducting expert customer service and relations
- Coordinating contracts with satellite locations for client’s orders
- Assisting Regional Managers with daily duties and responsibilities
- Coordinating with staff and vendors for merchandising and marketing promotions - Assigning daily duties and tasks to staff members and associates for compliance and efficiency
- Event coordinating, booking, designing, and marketing, created summaries and quotes for clients direct needs to ensure client satisfaction as well as creating and processing all invoices and billing requirements
- Inventory management and control, inventory stocking, reordering, and consolidating to effectively execute budget, created and delegated daily inventory checklists to follow all health and safety codes and requirements to ensure quality control
- Networking with industry markets and affiliates to generate sales for new and
prospective clients
- Organizing and conducting sales meetings to implement monthly quotas and
goals
- Consulting with all clients to provide excellent services and accommodations to
build sales value
- Calculating monthly expense reports with merchandise and inventory to evaluate
appropriate costs and increase revenue

I was very upfront with the company about my strengths and weaknesses upon the interview process as well as throughout my employment. I informed them that I had little knowledge of the general cooking world, but was willing to learn, as long as the training was provided. I was assured that all training would be provided and that it was perfectly acceptable to enter into the position at my experience level or even lower. Once I began work, I was given about one minute of training on knife skills and then basically set free to figure the rest out on my own. Cooking healthy meals, for a large group, and expecting it to appear gourmet, despite the fact that I hadn't even heard of half of the dishes, and the recipe book was difficult to navigate online and only had about a third of the recipes. My boss was very kind to me in private, however if she had an audience she was never shy to point out my weaknesses and make an example of me in front of the people that were supposed to take instruction from me. I advise you to stay away or tread carefully with this company.

What is the best part of working at the company?
They care about you as a worker. Good benefits and over all a great company to work for. I've been with them for 2 years and absolutely love my job. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not to much stress, like anywhere else it depends on the unit your in. I'm in 2 person cafe, just my boss and me. It does get stressful at times,but we back each other up. Not all cafes are 2 people. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I work at a manufacturing plant, we have all different cultures here as it a world wide company. We always have visitors coming in from different parts of the world. I work for a good company and the work environment is great.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I'm lead cook, I'm at 5am set up my stations, make coffee, make sandwiches for the shoot and replentish as needed. Then I start on lunch, prepping what I need. In between making coffee. They have free coffee there. You order online or grab from the or our premade sandwiches in the fridge or grab something else.

When I got there if it was a Monday, I'd cut the vegetables that I'd need for the week and prepare to make the salads for that day. I make anywhere between 50 and 60 salads a day. After making the salads help in the dish room washing and putting dishes away. Get a 20 min. break. Then you start serving students and staff and betwee lunches either help refill the food on the line or go in the dish room to wash trays for the next lunch. We serve 4 lunches a day. The most enjoyable part is the relationships you get with students and staff. Some students you can joke around with and ask how things are when they share them with you and you can do that with staff as well.
The hardest part in my opinion is that I expressed interest in learning something and got passed over for someone who has only been there for 3 months as opposed to me being there for 4 years.

After working for one of the "big boys" of the F&B world(Aramark), Cafe Services is a breath of fresh air! This company is focused on the food and customer service! How about that for a business dining environment? 

With engaged ownership that encourages unit leaders to use their own experience and skill to create food that fits the demographic at each unit, this is a company sure to grow quickly. 

The hours are insane! I work Mon-Fri with weekends off! Let that sink in....Weekends off! The company encourages a work-life balance that is unheard of in this business. 

I came to this company not remembering why I even worked in this industry, and 2 months in I was reminded why I do what I do. Cafe Services is a fun, fast paced, well paying company with great leadership at all levels. Check it out! You won't regret it!

I worked for cafe services for a year and a half I worked very hard. My day started off @ 6:15 with cleaning off the tables in the cafeteria, making lots of coffee, and setting up the cash register, then it was off to the kitchen to start slicing, cutting veg. And making salads such as egg salad, tuna and chicken salads and several pizzas all while taking care of customers and cooking on the grill as well.I loved my customers at American red cross they were awesome! But I hated the manager she was a b***h! NOTHING was ever good enough for her and b/c of her I had to leave the job. The Co.  is a Good Company to work for I just could not work for someone who does'nt appreciate a good worker. Plus I was told by her that I could NOT go to the bathroom after being in work for just over an hour but she went within 15 mins. after just getting in.

Cafe Services has been a great place to work! Management was surprisingly focused on training and development of their staff. My manager always took the time to make sure that I had the tools and resources I needed to be successful in my position and makes sure to give credit where credit is due. As the company has grown quite a bit over the last few years, I still feel like a part of a real team and not just a number. Great team atmosphere and not to mention an incredible break from the typical restaurant hours that I have been working for years because the accounts are open Monday-Friday approximately 6am-3pm. Being able to make weekend plans and have holidays off has been amazing.

While working at Cafe Services I was able to express myself creatively and allowed the opportunity to have impact on the day to day operations of the location that I worked. During my time with the company I experienced multiple promotions. 
Customer Service and providing a high quality dining experience was always #1. The company has grown substantially in the past 5 years and during that time I continued to feel like an important part of team and not just a number. 
Loved the people I worked with!
If I was not relocating I would not have left and if there is ever another Cafe Services opportunity near where I live I will definitely reapply.

I worked for Cafe Services for over 5 months and it was a decent experience. I had great coworkers and most of the customers were awesome. However, the management was pretty terrible. I've had all different bosses with different work ethics but my boss at CS didn't seem to care. The manager was rude at times and set a poor example. We were all written up in just one day for ridiculous reasons. My coworker was sporatically fired god knows why and I ended up quitting. The pay sucks and i was promised a different amount of money when I started. I was happy to leave.

The hours were ok...about the only positive thing I can say.  Never dealt with upper management, but the Food Service Director who we reported to, left a very bad taste in my mouth....did not seem to take anyone's complaints seriously and just let re-occurring problems escalate, and never spoke with employees about pulling their own weight in the kitchen that made any difference.   Always pushing employees to keep doing more with little or no recognition at all for their accomplishments.....had a few "pets" that could do no wrong.  Minimal starting wage with no benefits.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Grill cook 11 salaries reported	$21.18 per hour
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Chef manager 7 salaries reported	$70,429 per year
Deli associate 6 salaries reported	$20.25 per hour
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