Lead Cook
$20 - $22 per hournecessary & sufficient cafe - Printers Row
necessary & sufficient coffee® | Printers Row, Chicago
Full-time | 35–45 hours/week | $20-22/hour
necessary & sufficient coffee® is a sustainability-driven, woman-owned Chicago café creating fresh, crave-able food with a farm-to-table sensibility.
We’re looking for a Lead Cook / Kitchen Lead who can be a steady, calm force in our small Printers Row kitchen: collaborative, creative, professional and rigorous about excellence.
This is a hands-on role for someone who loves to cook, wants room to create, and is ready to stretch and grow. You’ll work alongside and lead a small kitchen team, oversee daily prep and service, develop seasonal menu items, strengthen kitchen systems, and keep a sharp eye on food cost, quality and consistency.
You should be as comfortable with a spreadsheet as a chef’s knife.
What You’ll DoLead daily kitchen prep, production and service
Develop seasonal, craveable menu items
Write, test and cost recipes
Manage inventory, ordering, pars and waste
Maintain food-cost and quality standards
Train and support kitchen staff
Build and maintain clear prep lists, recipes and kitchen systems
Prepare and execute catering orders
Maintain rigorous food-safety and cleanliness standards
Help keep grab-and-go food stocked across our locations
You’re an experienced cook with strong fundamentals and a genuine love of food. You’re creative without being precious, organized without being rigid, and able to stay calm when things get busy.
You’re also someone who:
Leads through consistency, professionalism and collaboration
Has strong knife, prep and line-cooking skills
Understands—or wants to become excellent at—food costing and kitchen math
Notices details and follows through
Takes ownership without needing to be the hero
Works well in a low-ego, high-accountability environment
Is curious and wants to continue building culinary and leadership skills
- Has or is willing to obtain manager's serve safe certification IL
$20-22/hour , plus catering tips and delivery pay.
Benefits include PTO, 401(k) with employer match, performance-based bonuses, transportation stipend, Employee Assistance Program, disability and life insurance, shift meals and drinks, and retail discounts.
A vehicle is required for weekly food, catering and supply deliveries between our Chicago locations.
Bring your creativity, professionalism and appetite for doing things well. We’ll bring the coffee.
$60.32k
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