Kitchen Cook | Southern-Style Seafood Restaurant
Bayou Jaq's Seafood Shack | 2000 S Broadway, Edmond, OK 73013
Starting Pay: $14/hour — Raises here are earned, not automatic. Dependable cooks who master their stations move up.
Full-Time & Part-Time Available
Bayou Jaq's Seafood Shack is Edmond's home for Southern-style seafood boils, fried catfish, and genuine hospitality. We're part of a growing Oklahoma restaurant group, and we hold ourselves to a simple standard: quality people first, quality food always.
We're looking for a dependable kitchen cook who takes pride in doing things the right way. If you value consistency, teamwork, and a kitchen where your work is noticed, we'd like to meet you.
We serve guests from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM, seven days a week, so shifts wrap at a reasonable hour — a rarity in this industry.
What You'll Do
- Prepare and cook seafood and other menu items according to company recipes and standards.
- Work multiple stations while maintaining speed, quality, and consistency.
- Keep your station clean, stocked, and organized throughout your shift.
- Follow food safety and sanitation procedures.
- Complete opening, shift, and closing responsibilities.
- Communicate with your teammates to keep the kitchen running efficiently during busy service.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for people who are:
- Reliable and show up when they're scheduled.
- Coachable and open to feedback.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced kitchen.
- Team players who communicate well.
- Able to stay organized under pressure.
- Willing to follow recipes, systems, and daily checklists.
- Proud of producing quality food every plate, every shift.
Kitchen experience is required for this role. Our kitchen cooks everything to order — seafood boils and fried dishes made fresh per ticket — which moves differently than a standard line. If you've worked a real kitchen and know what it means to build a plate under pressure, you'll fit right in.
Our Culture
We believe consistency creates great guest experiences. That means following recipes, communicating with your team, maintaining a clean kitchen, and holding yourself accountable every shift.
We put people before product and quality before quantity, and we value teammates who take ownership, support one another, and come to work ready to contribute.
What This Job Asks of You
This is real kitchen work. You'll be on your feet for full shifts, lifting stock and equipment up to 50 lbs, and working around fryers, steam, and heat during busy service. If you've worked a kitchen before, you know the deal — we just want you walking in with eyes open.
Schedule
- Full-Time & Part-Time opportunities
- Day and evening shifts available
- Weekends and holidays required as business demands
Why Join Us?
- Consistent scheduled hours you can count on — dependable employees get dependable schedules.
- Earlier closes than most kitchens — no 2 AM breakdowns.
- Hands-on training and the chance to learn every station — which is what earns your next raise.
- Performance-based advancement.
- Growth opportunities within a local restaurant group expanding across Oklahoma.
- A team that takes pride in what they do.
Before You Apply
The hiring process starts with your application.
Please read this posting carefully, answer all application questions completely, and follow any instructions provided. Attention to detail and communication matter to us because they're part of being a great teammate.
One more thing: please communicate with us through Indeed only rather than calling the restaurant — our phones stay focused on our guests. How you handle this process tells us a lot about how you'll show up as a teammate.
If you're dependable, take pride in your work, and want to be part of a team that does things the right way, we'd love to hear from you.
Pay: From $14.00 per hour
Application Question(s):
- How many years of restaurant kitchen experience do you have?
- Have you worked as a line cook in a fast-paced restaurant?
- Are you available to work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed?
- Our kitchen relies on recipes, prep lists, cleaning checklists, and standard operating procedures every shift. Are you comfortable following these consistently?
- What kitchen stations have you worked? (Examples: Fry, Grill, Prep, Expo, Sauté, etc.)
- To confirm you've carefully read this job posting and application instructions, please type "Ready to Cook" below.
Work Location: In person
