Restaurant Prep Cooks / Pastry Cooks

Restaurant Prep / Pastry Cook

Urban Plates Restaurants

3055 Olin Ave #1020, San Jose, CA 95128

Pay: $18.45 per hour - $22.23 per hour (potential with tips)

Benefits

• New Urban Plates Health & Wellness Plan for all Team Members for $12 per month offering healthcare and wellness services for you and your family! Including – Counseling Services, Teladoc Services, Dental Discounts, Hearing Care, Fitness Membership, Contact Lenses, Diabetic Supplies
• Earn tips for every hour worked, in addition to hourly pay
• Ability to earn additionalcompensation from our Team Member recognition program.
• Paid position training (and cross training available)
• Flexible scheduling
• 75% off meals
• Paid sick time
• Benefits include Health/ Medical (HMO and PPO options), Dental, and Vision Insurance, Life & AD&D, Supplemental Life & AD&D, basic long-term disability, employee assistance program, accident and hospital indemnity insurance, flexible spending account, pet insurance, and our 401k– for those who qualify
• Access to our UPLift Emergency Grant Program
• Opportunities for advancement and Career Development Programs

Prep Cook / Pastry Cook:

Primary Responsibilities:

A Prep Cook and/or Pastry Cook is responsible for the efficient, daily preparation of a wide range of food products and pastries that are used in the preparation of menu items in accordance with Urban Plates' recipes and procedures.

What We Offer:

• Join a company that values your performance and invests in your growth, offering you not just a job, but a rewarding, long-term career path. With us, you'll have access to outstanding benefits, professional training, and leadership development programs to help you thrive now and in the future.
• You'll always have a guaranteed hourly base rate, plus tips for every hour worked for every FOH and BOH position.
• You will have the ability to earn additional compensation from our Team Member recognition program where top performers in 2025 earned in excess of an additional $6,000.
• You will receive industry-leading, company-paid restaurant Front-of-House (FOH) and Back-of-House (BOH) training programs designed to help you grow and excel.
• Explore a career opportunity representing a premium fast-casual/ fast-fine regional restaurant chain Nationally recognized for making craveable, wholesome, clean food accessible to all.
• Build meaningful connections with your community while improving their lives with world-class meals served fresh from scratch in scratch using quality ingredients served at an honest value in an always kind way.
• Work in a beautifully designed restaurant environment that you'll take pride in every day.
• Enjoy a full-time or part-time schedule designed for work-life harmony, with prime opportunities to connect with our guests and achieve your earning goals.
• Be part of a company that truly cares—offering exceptional benefits that set you up for success both personally and professionally.
• If any of this sounds like the opportunity you're looking for, then you owe it to yourself to explore a career with Urban Plates.

More about Urban Plates:

Urban Plates started in 2011 in Del Mar, CA. Two food industry veterans were tired of the compromises they had to make when eating out. They couldn't find what they were looking for, so they created Urban Plates. We welcome one and all to our table, where craveable food is cooked from scratch with quality ingredients, sustainably grown, ethically treated, and made to order - all at prices that won't break the bank. Our secret? There isn't one. We're fueled by the power of real food and a passion to change the way the world eats, one plate at a time. It's a movement so easy to join, you can do it by lifting a fork. If you're ready to make a difference doing something that matters, surrounded by talented people in a culture that cares, apply to join our Team. Everyone deserves to eat this good.

Urban Plates now has 22 locations throughout California.

Urban Plates LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation, and related medical conditions), age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military/veteran status, and any other characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Urban Plates LLC provides modification/reasonable accommodation to disabled individuals to assist in the hiring process and to qualified individuals with disabilities in the performance of essential job functions, as required by federal, state, and local law. A reasonable effort is also made to accommodate the religious needs of employees. Any individual seeking modification/accommodation to apply for Employment or to participate in the application/interview process should contact Human Resources.

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Urban Plates LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.