# Berenjak Line Cook - Soho House Chicago

**Company**: Soho House
**Location**: Chicago, IL
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $27.50-$27.50 USD
**Category**: Hospitality
**Industry**: Hospitality

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## Description

We're excited to bring Berenjak to Chicago, inspired by the beloved neighborhood kebab houses of Tehran. As a Line Cook at Soho House, you will ensure the kitchen runs smoothly, preparing food and sauces, and assisting Senior Chefs with service.

Main duties:

- Prepare food items in the pantry, fry station, and other kitchen areas while adhering to allergy requests and specific dish alterations

- Assist with inventory to support the kitchen operating at a sustainable food cost

- Set up stations according to Kitchen guidelines, and maintain a safe, clean, organised, and stocked work area

- Monitor wastage, cooking temperatures, and quality to reduce additional costs

- Execute production and à la carte dishes, including weekend feast ideas and family meals

- Delegate tasks as needed while ensuring proper procedures are followed

- Support Executive Sous and Jr. Sous with pre- and post-service meetings when requested

- Work towards specific goals and Soho House Standards for speed of service and consistent experience

- Provide a positive influence for the team under pressure and a welcoming work environment

- Attend 'Cook House' trainings and support the mentoring and education of new and existing team members

- Assist with cleaning, sanitation, and organisation of the kitchen, walk-in coolers, and storage areas

Required skills and qualifications:

- Minimum of 3+ years' experience in a fast-paced, upscale environment

- Strong understanding of professional cooking and knife handling skills

- Proven ability to execute all menu items and prepare top-quality dishes on all stations

- Flexible schedule and ability to work morning, night, weekends, and holidays

- Food handler's certificate

- Strong communicator, collaborator, and motivator with ability to build professional relationships

- Proactive, team-player who can work well independently and on a team

- Ability to multitask and work in a demanding, fast-paced environment

Physical requirements:

- Ability to seize, grasp, turn, and hold objects with hands

- Ability to work on your feet for at least 8-10 hours

- Fast-paced movements required to move around the kitchen and storage areas

- Ability to move, pull, carry, or lift up to 50 pounds occasionally and 35 pounds regularly

Benefits:

- Competitive compensation package

- Health Care + 401K: full-time employees eligible for full benefits

- Paid Time Off: full-time employees have sick days + vacation days

- Career Development: opportunities for domestic and international career progression

- Soho Impact: empowering the Soho House community to make positive change

- Learning & Development: extensive range of internal and external courses

- Cookhouse & House Tonic: celebrating passion for food and drink

- Team Events: regular fun events for employees

## Skills

### Required
- professional cooking
- knife handling
- inventory management
- communication
- teamwork
- time management

### Nice to have
- creativity
- recipe development

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