Frances Is Hiring Line Cooks

Line Cook

Frances is hiring line cooks to join our team!

Frances is a James Beard Award nominated restaurant in San Francisco's Castro District, helmed by award-winning Chef Owner Melissa Perello. Frances' elegantly understated decor reflects the restaurant's commitment to a refined dining experience in a casual, neighborhood environment. The restaurant's daily changing menu resonates with customers and critics alike.

Responsibilities:

• Knife skills including chopping and vegetable breakdown, fish and meat butchery
• Cookery: vegetables, meats, grill, fryer, saucier, pastry
• Contributing to the prep and development of new dishes
• Check in and confirm deliveries
• Cleaning and sanitizing work areas and equipment per sanitation guidelines set forth by Health Department
• Adherence to our standard cooking methods, quality standards, and kitchen rules, policies, and procedures
• Ownership of station(s), including prep, managing inventory/ counts, set up, and breakdown.
• Portioning ingredients prior to cooking according to recipe specifications
• Plating and garnishing of all dishes
• Handles, stores, and rotates all products properly
• Food prep assignments as needed
• Breakdown of stations/ the kitchen and completing duties as assigned. Assisting others in closing duties.
• Attendance at all required meetings
• Performs other related duties as assigned by the Chef or manager-on-duty

Skills & Requirements:

• At least 1 year cooking in a fast-paced, fine dining restaurant required
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, high traffic environment
• Interest in cooking with local, seasonal ingredients
• Effective time management
• Working knowledge of food cost optimization and inventory process
• Be clean and organized
• Have strong communication skills
• Have a positive attitude and willingness to learn
• Be a self-starter and enjoy working both autonomously

Benefits and Perks:

Base Plan: Kaiser Bronze 60HDHP HMO 7000/0% + Child Dental (Base Plan) Buy-Up Plan: Kaiser Silver 70 HMO 2500/55 + Child Dental (Buy-up Plan) Buy-up Plan: Kaiser Platinum 90 HMO 0/20 + Child Dental (Buy-up Plan) Vision and Dental upgrades are available Retirement Savings Program

Compensation: Hourly + tips ($22-33)

The physical demands for this position are seeing, hearing, speaking, reaching, frequently lifting up to 50 pounds, standing for 4 to 8+ hours, bending, and moving intermittently during working hours. These physical requirements may be accomplished with or without reasonable accommodations.

The duties of this position may occasionally change. Frances reserves the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of its managers. This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed. It is not intended to be all-inclusive.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.