Food Production & Ice Cream Team Member (Part-Time)
Join an Award-Winning Café & Growing Food Production Team
Location: Chill Spot Rendezvous Ice Cream Café – San Mateo, CA
Schedule: Tuesday–Friday | 6:00 AM–10:30/11:00 AM (depending on production needs)
Hours: Approximately 18–24+ hours per week to start, with opportunities for additional hours as our business grows.
Compensation: Approximately $19.25–$23.00+ per hour (including $18.60/hour base pay, shared café team tips, and performance-based bonus opportunities), plus employee discounts, paid training, opportunities for raises, and advancement.
Build Something Special With Us
Chill Spot Rendezvous is an award-winning ice cream café and growing food production company. We're expanding into corporate catering, business lunches, grab-and-go meals, handcrafted premium ice cream, community events, and future wholesale opportunities.
Our mission is simple:
Creamery Cravings Community Connections
We're looking for dependable, mature, and professional team members who take pride in producing quality food, working efficiently, and helping build something meaningful. This isn't just another kitchen job—it's an opportunity to grow with a company that values teamwork, kindness, excellence, and continuous improvement.
As our production continues to expand, we're looking for people who want to grow alongside us.
Who We're Looking For
Our ideal team member is someone who is:
- Exceptionally reliable and punctual
- Mature, professional, responsible, and dependable
- Honest, trustworthy, and accountable with strong work ethic and integrity
- Able to work independently with minimal supervision
- Calm under pressure
- Positive, respectful, and team-oriented
- Takes pride in producing quality work
- Works efficiently without sacrificing quality or food safety
- Pays close attention to detail
- Consistently follows recipes, systems, and procedures
- Learns quickly
- Takes initiative
- Communicates well with teammates
- Enjoys cooking and preparing food
- Works well independently and as part of a close-knit team
- Wants stability and is looking for a long-term opportunity rather than simply "another job"
Because we prepare time-sensitive catering and business orders, attendance, reliability, and punctuality are absolutely essential. Every team member plays an important role in our success. Reliable transportation is required due to our early morning production schedule.
What You'll Do
You'll help prepare, produce, package, and organize food and desserts for:
- Corporate lunch orders
- Catering events
- Business deliveries
- Grab-and-go meals
- Café guests
- Meal prep
- Community events
- Specialty dessert production
- Handcrafted premium ice cream
- Future wholesale opportunities
No two days are exactly the same, so flexibility, adaptability, and teamwork are essential.
Food Production Responsibilities
You'll assist with preparing and cooking a variety of fresh menu items, including:
- Preparing proteins from raw ingredients
- Cooking white rice and garlic rice
- Preparing vegetable sides
- Preparing casual café meals
- Making lumpia and other side dishes
- Deep frying foods
- Accurately weighing, measuring, and portioning ingredients according to recipes
- Maintaining portion consistency
- Packaging meals
- Performing quality checks before orders leave the kitchen
Ice Cream & Dessert Production
You'll also assist with our handcrafted dessert program by:
- Assisting in preparing handcrafted premium ice cream
- Preparing mix-ins and inclusions
- Packaging pints and frozen desserts
- Labeling and organizing inventory
- Assisting with specialty dessert production
- Maintaining quality and consistency in every batch
Training will be provided.
Catering & Production Responsibilities
- Prepare large batch orders efficiently
- Work within an assembly-line production environment
- Meet production deadlines
- Label and package meals accurately
- Verify order accuracy
- Organize orders for pickup and delivery
- Assist with event preparation
Kitchen Prep Responsibilities
- Receive and organize inventory
- Rotate products using FIFO procedures
- Prep vegetables and ingredients
- Prepare sauces and marinades
- Portion ingredients
- Prepare products for the following day
- Maintain an organized and efficient kitchen
Food Safety & Sanitation
You'll be expected to:
- Follow ServSafe/Certified Food Safety handling procedures
- Monitor food temperatures
- Prevent cross-contamination
- Maintain a clean and sanitary workspace
- Follow cleaning schedules
- Properly label and date products
- Practice proper hygiene
Café Support
When production is complete or during special events, you may also:
- Prepare café menu items
- Support the front-of-house team
- Restock supplies
- Wash dishes
- Help maintain a clean and welcoming café
- Provide friendly customer service when needed
Equipment You'll Use
- Commercial ovens
- Deep fryers
- Air fryers
- Rice cookers
- Woks
- Large pots and pans
- Commercial knives
- Food processors
- Digital scales
- Food thermometers
- Food packaging equipment
- Commercial ice cream production equipment
Menu Items You May Help Prepare
Examples include:
- Filipino Silog meals
- Rice Plates
- Fries Plates
- Garlic Rice
- Chicken Tocino
- Longanisa
- Beef Tapa
- Chicken Adobo
- Tofu Adobo
- Crispy Seasoned Tofu
- Lumpia
- French Fries
- Tater Tots
- Sweet Potato Fries
- Halo-Halo
- Mais Con Yelo
- Handcrafted Premium Ice Cream
- Ice Cream Pints
- Seasonal desserts
- Seasonal menu specials
- Other menu items as our business grows
Preferred Experience
Experience in any of the following is helpful but not required:
- Restaurant kitchens
- Fast-casual restaurants
- Catering
- Food production
- Meal prep
- Commissary kitchens
- Bakeries
- Breakfast restaurants
- Ice cream or dessert production
- General food service
We are happy to train someone with an outstanding attitude, strong work ethic, and desire to learn.
Physical Requirements
- Stand for 5+ hours
- Lift up to 50 pounds
- Work safely around hot equipment
- Perform repetitive kitchen tasks
- Maintain a clean workstation
- Move efficiently throughout the kitchen
Growth Opportunities
We're building for the future and believe in promoting from within whenever possible.
As our catering and production operations expand, there may be opportunities for additional hours and advancement into leadership roles.
Outstanding performers who consistently demonstrate reliability, leadership, initiative, professionalism, and a positive attitude may have the opportunity to advance into a Lead Team Member position sooner than expected as our business grows.
Future opportunities may include:
- Lead Team Member
- Kitchen Lead
- Production Lead
- Catering Lead
- Shift Lead
- Kitchen Manager
- Operations Manager
- Trainer
- Catering Coordinator
If you're looking for a place where your hard work can truly make a difference, we'd love to help you grow with us.
Why You'll Love Working Here
At Chill Spot Rendezvous, we believe great businesses are built by great people. We strive to create a positive, respectful, and supportive workplace where every team member is valued and has the opportunity to learn, contribute, and grow.
As a small but growing company, your ideas matter. You'll gain experience in food production, catering, handcrafted ice cream, business operations, and customer service while helping us build something truly special.
We work hard, support one another, celebrate successes together, and are committed to creating an environment where people enjoy coming to work.
We're committed to treating our team members with respect, fairness, kindness, and professionalism. In return, we ask every team member to bring integrity, accountability, reliability, and a genuine desire to contribute to our shared success.
Compensation & Benefits
- Approximate earning potential of $19.25–$23.00+ per hour (base pay, shared café team tips, and performance-based bonus opportunities)
- Paid training
- Employee discount
- Performance reviews
- Opportunities for raises
- Additional hours as business grows
- Opportunities for advancement
Ready to Join Our Team?
We're looking for people who genuinely care about quality, teamwork, professionalism, and serving others.
If you're dependable, take pride in your work, enjoy preparing great food, and want to be part of a growing company with exciting opportunities ahead, we'd love to hear from you.
Older Adults/Seniors are welcome to apply!!!
Please submit your resume and include a brief introduction telling us:
- Why you're interested in joining Chill Spot Rendezvous
- Your relevant kitchen or food service experience (if any)
- What reliability and teamwork mean to you in the workplace
- Why you believe you'd be a great addition to our team
We look forward to meeting you!
Pay: $18.60 - $23.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Opportunities for advancement
Application Question(s):
- Are you fully vaccinated or willing to be and also take Covid tests when necessary?
- Are you dependable/responsible in working your scheduled shifts?
- Are you looking for a long term or short term position?
- Do you have any issues that might negatively affect your work?
- Do you have any dietary restrictions that will affect your ability to taste the foods being prepared?
Experience:
- Food service: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Food Safety Certification (Required)
Shift availability:
Work Location: In person
