Evening Kitchen Lead / Craft Cook
Pomodoro Italian Kitchen | Great Falls, MT
$19–$23/hour
Full-Time
Pomodoro Italian Kitchen is looking for an experienced cook who wants to do more than simply work a station. We're looking for someone who takes pride in their craft, works with urgency, cares about the details and has the potential to become a dependable leader in our evening kitchen.
Pomodoro is a busy, fresh-to-order Italian kitchen. We care deeply about the food we serve, the ingredients we use and the consistency of every dish that leaves our kitchen.
The Role
As our Evening Kitchen Lead / Craft Cook, you'll be an important part of dinner service. Preparing for the evening, executing service, supporting the kitchen team and helping ensure the restaurant closes clean, organized and ready for the following day.
You'll be expected to:
- Execute stations confidently during busy service
- Maintain recipe, portioning and presentation standards
- Keep your station clean, organized and properly stocked
- Communicate clearly and calmly during service
- Recognize when another station needs help and step in
- Help train and develop less-experienced cooks
- Maintain strong food-safety and cleanliness standards
- Help direct evening closing procedures
- Identify problems and take ownership of solving them
What Success Looks Like
- Within your first 90 days, our goal is for you to confidently walk into the kitchen, understand what needs to happen and help make it happen.
- We're looking for someone who can eventually say: "I've got the kitchen tonight." and we can trust that they do.
Who We're Looking For
The right person is someone who:
- Has solid professional kitchen experience
- Stays composed when the kitchen gets busy
- Works clean and organized
- Has a genuine sense of urgency
- Takes feedback well
- Notices the details
- Helps teammates without constantly being asked
- Holds themselves to a high standard even when nobody is watching
- Wants to continue developing as both a cook and a leader
Previous leadership experience is valuable, but leadership ability matters more to us than having "manager" or "chef" on your résumé.
We're less interested in impressive job titles and more interested in what you've actually accomplished in your previous kitchens.
Compensation $19–$23/hour, based on experience and demonstrated ability. The upper end of the range is intended for someone who brings more than strong cooking skills. Someone capable of helping lead service, develop other cooks, maintain standards and take real ownership of evening kitchen operations.
Growth
For the right person, this isn't intended to remain simply a station position. We're looking for someone who can become an important part of our kitchen leadership as Pomodoro continues to grow.
- If you take pride in what you put on the plate, enjoy working with people who care about the details and want an opportunity to take on greater responsibility, we'd like to meet you.
Pay: $19.00 - $23.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
