Part-Time Line Cook

About Sifted

Sifted was founded in 2015 by Kimberly Lexow and Jess Legge with a bold vision - to reimagine office food as an experience rooted in hospitality, sustainability, and intentionality.

What began as a modern take on workplace meals quickly evolved into a nationwide food platform that supports culture, community, and carbon-conscious choices across hundreds of companies. We’re not a caterer - we’re a workplace food partner.

Our team is our secret sauce - a mix of hospitality pros, culinary experts, technologists, and innovators redefining what it means to build meaningful, stable, and opportunity-filled careers in hospitality. At Sifted, people stay, grow, and thrive - our team members remain with us three times longer than the industry average.

We offer flexibility, generous perks, and room to grow - hiring builders, operators, creatives, and craftspeople who care about making work (and workplaces) better.

At Sifted, our team culture mirrors the experiences we design for our clients:

• Creative Freedom: Everyone contributes ideas and shapes the future of our service.
• Hospitality-Driven: No matter your role, you’re in service to someone - and that matters.
• Career Growth: We invest in internal mobility, mentorship, and hands-on learning.
• People First: We support flexible work, celebrate wins, and lead with empathy.
• Real Impact: Every day, your work reduces waste, improves lives, and connects people through food.

If you’re passionate about great food, great people, and great purpose - we’d love to meet you.

About the role

Schedule: Tuesday and Wednesday // 9:30am - 2:30pm

(Interviews will take place in Long Island City but worksite is in Stamford CT)

We provide daily lunch for some of the hottest startups. We need a Line Cook who can heat up the kitchen, works well in a fast-paced environment, and is responsive to the needs of our clients.

In this role, you will working onsite at one of our clients locations. If you have a desire to learn, are a dedicated and responsible team player, and are looking to cultivate your skills in the kitchen, we want to meet you!

What you'll be doing

• Cleaning and preparing meats and vegetables
• Putting the finishing touches on food
• Maintaining clear communication with the executive chef and city manager at all times
• Keeping station and work areas clean at all times
• Taking ownership of whatever task is at hand
• Assist with daily deep-clean items, comply with and enforce sanitary regulations and safety standards
• Assist in the unpacking, and clean-up

Our ideal candidate

• Has a strong understanding of food safety standards, proper food handling, and kitchen best practices.
• Demonstrates knowledge of proper food reheating procedures and temperature requirements to ensure food quality and safety.
• Is highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to maintain an efficient, clean, and well-managed kitchen.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment and can confidently multitask, balancing food receiving, replating, preparation, and daily kitchen operations.
• Takes initiative, thinks strategically, and demonstrates ownership and accountability over kitchen operations.
• Has prior culinary experience (required), with restaurant experience strongly preferred.
• Has hands-on experience operating a combi oven (required).
• Possesses strong knife skills and the ability to execute food preparation tasks safely, efficiently, and consistently.
• Ability to understand and communicate in basic English

Perks + benefits

• Compensation : $25 per hour
• 401(k) program available after six months of employment
• 24 hours of PTO with each year of employment, 10 company paid holidays
• Free lunch during meal service
• Opportunities to take on larger roles within our organization + learn with a fast-growing start-up

Job Type: Part-Time

Shift: Weekdays

Eligibility : This position must maintain a State Food Handlers Card

Work environment : This position is based in a commercial commissary kitchen.

Physical requirements : This position requires standing for up to 6 hours at a time and moving equipment up to 50 lbs.

This job advertisement is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We believe that the diverse backgrounds and perspectives of our employees make us better. We strongly encourage people of color, individuals with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary candidates to apply.

Employment at Sifted is considered at will, meaning that either the company or the employee may terminate this employment relationship at any time with or without cause or notice.

Offers of employment and continued employment at Sifted are contingent upon successful completion of trust + safety checks including a criminal history check, a motor vehicle record check (for positions that require driving), identity verification, food safety certification verification, and at least two reference checks.