Breakfast Line Cook / Prep Cook — Daytime Hours
Job Summary
Eleven80 Café is hiring a dependable Breakfast Line Cook / Prep Cook to join our small breakfast and lunch café in South Tampa. This is a hands-on kitchen position focused on daily prep, breakfast cooking, station setup, service execution, cleaning, sanitation, and kitchen organization.
We are a locally owned café focused on warm hospitality, strong coffee, and clean, consistent food. Our menu includes fresh-cracked eggs, potatoes, empanadas, sandwiches, sauces, and other café-style breakfast and lunch items.
We operate with a small team, usually 2–3 people per shift, so every person matters. The right candidate is dependable, punctual, coachable, clean, organized, positive, and able to move with urgency during busy service.
Job Details
- Job Title: Breakfast Line Cook / Prep Cook
- Schedule: Day shift, morning shift, weekends
- Expected Shift: Approximately 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM
- Restaurant Hours: 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Kitchen staff are expected to arrive before opening for prep and station setup and stay after closing for cleaning, breakdown, restocking, and closing duties. Early morning and weekend availability are required.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and cook breakfast and lunch items according to recipes, portion standards, and presentation expectations.
- Cook eggs, breakfast sandwiches, potatoes, proteins, sauces, sandwiches, empanadas, and other café menu items.
- Assist with prep, including cutting, portioning, organizing, labeling, stocking, and preparing ingredients for service.
- Set up and maintain the grill, fryer, sandwich station, prep areas, and kitchen workstations.
- Keep food, ingredients, and supplies stocked and communicate when items are running low.
- Maintain clean, organized, and properly stocked workstations throughout the shift.
- Clean and sanitize counters, cutting boards, utensils, kitchen equipment, food-contact surfaces, and prep areas.
- Complete dishwashing, sweeping, mopping, trash removal, and general kitchen cleaning as needed.
- Receive, label, rotate, and properly store food deliveries using safe food handling practices.
- Follow food safety, sanitation, temperature-control, and health department standards.
- Work efficiently during busy breakfast and lunch service while maintaining speed, quality, cleanliness, and organization.
- Support catering orders, larger prep needs, and special orders when needed.
- Communicate clearly with ownership, management, and team members regarding prep needs, service issues, low inventory, and kitchen concerns.
- Help maintain a positive, accountable, team-oriented work environment.
Qualifications
- Restaurant kitchen experience is required.
- Breakfast, brunch, café, quick-service, or short-order cooking experience is strongly preferred.
- Experience cooking eggs, working a griddle, making breakfast sandwiches, preparing potatoes, proteins, and morning prep is preferred.
- Prep cook, line cook, short-order cook, café cook, or similar kitchen experience is preferred.
- Experience making empanadas, pastries, filled dough products, or similar items is a plus.
- Coffee, espresso, iced coffee, or café beverage experience is a plus, but not required.
- Strong understanding of food safety, sanitation, cleaning standards, and proper food storage.
- Ability to follow recipes, prep lists, portion standards, and written procedures consistently.
- Ability to work efficiently, stay organized, and complete kitchen tasks without constant supervision.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work well in a small team environment.
- Must be dependable, punctual, coachable, organized, positive, and team-oriented.
- Early morning and weekend availability are required.
- Ability to stand for long periods of time and lift up to 40–50 pounds when needed.
Why Join Eleven80 Café?
- Early Schedule: Typical kitchen shifts are approximately 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM.
- Small, local café environment: Your work is noticed and has a direct impact every shift.
- Real food and consistent standards: We care about fresh prep, clean execution, food safety, and doing things the right way.
- Positive team culture: We value hospitality, ownership, teamwork, cleanliness, integrity, and good energy.
- Work directly with ownership: Reliability, communication, and strong performance are recognized quickly.
- Room to grow: Dependable team members may have opportunities for additional responsibility as the café grows.
Join us as a Breakfast Line Cook / Prep Cook and help us build a clean, consistent, hardworking kitchen culture at Eleven80 Café.
Pay: $16.00 - $18.00 per hour
Benefits:
Ability to Commute:
- Tampa, FL 33629 (Required)
Work Location: In person
