Deli Cook

Deli Cook Position

If you enjoy cooking, working with fresh ingredients, and creating high-quality prepared foods, our Deli Cook position could be a great fit for you! You'll prepare a variety of hot and cold deli favorites, maintain attractive displays, help ensure food quality and freshness, and support the daily operation of our kitchen. This hands-on role is perfect for someone who takes pride in their work, enjoys staying active, and wants to be part of a team dedicated to delivering exceptional food and customer service.

At Sendik's Fine Foods, we're more than just a grocery store—we're a family-owned company that values our employees and promotes a positive, supportive work environment. We offer flexible scheduling, opportunities to learn and grow within the company, and a comprehensive benefits package for all team members that includes a 401(k) with company contribution and employee discounts. Full-time team members also enjoy health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and more. If you're looking for a workplace where your contributions are appreciated and you can build a long-term career, we'd love to have you on our team!

Deli Cook Job Description:

Primary Objective: To provide customer service and cooking support to the Deli Department. To contribute toward ensuring a positive shopping environment for customers and a positive working environment for employees.

Nature and Scope: Emphasis in this position is on providing proper preparation and display of product as well as prompt, courteous and accurate service to customers. The primary learning challenge is in product knowledge, case sets, tray assembly and equipment use. The position requires ongoing moderate to heavy lifting, walking, standing, operation of deli equipment, exposure to hot surfaces and oils, social skills/verbal interaction, listening skills, judgment/decision making, reading, writing and math. Position functions and work hours may vary according to business needs. The Deli Manager or person in charge provides assignments and work direction.

Essential Position Functions:

• Responsible for food preparation
  • Prepare a variety of meals in steamers, ovens or deep fryers
  • Cook in quantities according to menu and number of persons to be served
  • Ensure proper handling, sanitation, freshness and quality of all products
  • Assume 100% responsibility for quality of products served
  • Properly shave and slice deli meats and cheeses
• Fill and rotate deli hot cases and displays
  • Ensure cases and displays are full, clean and attractive
  • Maintain proper refrigeration, and handle product properly to avoid damage
  • Code date product, and separate outdated or unfit product
  • Set cases and displays according to instructions
• Assist in receiving of product
  • Correctly match delivery to invoice and sign
  • Monitor product quality
  • Store product and ensure proper refrigeration
• Break down department and perform cleaning duties
  • Close the kitchen properly and follow closing procedures for kitchen stations
  • Assist others in closing the kitchen
  • Wash dishes
  • Break down, wash and sanitize; sharpen slicers
  • Clean cases, ovens and fryers
  • Sweep and mop floors
  • Use personal protective devices (cut resistant gloves, chemical resistant gloves, chemical splash goggles, poly gloves) as instructed
• Assist with ordering, merchandising, pricing procedures, product development and employee training
• Follow all store and department policies and procedures

Functional Requirements:

• Physical
  • Lifting/carrying up to 60 lbs.
  • Pushing/pulling up to 250 lbs.
  • Equipment operation (box cutter, tongs, scales, wrapper, knives, slicer, broaster, chicken fryer, food processor, pizza oven, cleaning utensils)
  • Walking, turning, standing, reaching, stooping, bending, squatting
• Mental
  • Judgment/decision making
  • Social skills/verbal interaction
  • Listening skills
  • Reading, writing, math
  • Memorization
• Environmental
  • Exposure to cold temperatures
  • Exposure to hot surfaces and oil

Important Disclosure Notice

The job duties, elements, responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors, and the requirements and conditions listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform. The Employer reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of its business, competitive considerations or the work environment change.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.