Job Details
Job Description
Job Title: Café Cook – Fixed Term (6 months) Team: Café Scope: Individual Contributor, ES3 Years of
Experience:
7+ Location: Ventura, California- Onsite
Compensation:
$27.50–$31.00 Patagonia is in business to save our home planet, and the foods we prepare, and share are integral to that mission. As a Café Cook you are a seasoned culinary professional responsible for preparing, cooking, and presenting a wide range of high-quality dishes while helping guide the daily rhythm of the kitchen.
You will independently execute menu items, develop specials, ensure culinary excellence, and help mentor junior team members. Your passion for food, commitment to consistency, and ability to maintain a smooth kitchen operation will directly support an exceptional dining
experience:
for our guests.
Responsibilities:
include dishwashing, deep cleaning, equipment upkeep, proper storage of ingredients, and strict adherence to sanitation standards. Flexibility with scheduling is required. Daily reliability, punctuality, and a positive team attitude are essential.
What You:
’ll Do: Culinary Execution & Quality Lead preparation, cooking, and presentation of menu items with minimal supervision across Breakfast, Lunch, Grab ’N Go, and Special Events.
- Execute innovative, high-quality dishes that meet or exceed guest expectations.
- Ensure consistent taste, texture, portioning, and presentation across all stations.
- Demonstrate strong technical ability, including advanced culinary techniques (e.g., reductions, confit, emulsification, advanced butchery).
- Collaborate with culinary leadership on new menu items, seasonal specials, and recipe testing.
- Leadership & Mentorship Provide day-to-day guidance and mentorship to junior cooks on technique, knife
skills:
, prep efficiency, and kitchen organization. Foster a culture of teamwork, learning, and continuous improvement.
- Support Café leadership with clear communication, task coordination, and real-time operational adjustments.
Kitchen Operations & Efficiency Oversee mise en place, prep lists, and production sheets with accuracy and foresight.
- Maintain inventory levels; ensure proper receiving, storage, and rotation of ingredients.
Guest
Experience:
& Collaboration Engage with guests when appropriate to support a welcoming dining environment and address requests or concerns. Work closely with front-of-house teams to ensure smooth, coordinated service.
- Conduct regular quality checks to ensure freshness, accuracy, and adherence to standards.
Who You Are:
Adaptable: Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Entrepreneurial: Comfortable working in the “gray,” being scrappy, and wearing multiple hats. Nimble: Able to juggle multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines. Team-Oriented: Brings positive energy and collaboration to the kitchen. Curious: Driven by constant learning, refinement, and culinary exploration.
Experience:
You Bring: 7+ years of professional cooking
experience:
, ideally in high-volume, specialty, or elevated dining environments. Proven leadership
experience:
as a senior cook. Advanced culinary
skills:
with deep knowledge of techniques, ingredients, and equipment. Strong time-management and organizational abilities, even under pressure. Thorough understanding of food safety, allergens, and sanitation practices. Creativity and flexibility to adapt to evolving customer needs. Excellent communication
skills:
and a collaborative approach. Basic computer and administrative
skills:
(production sheets, inventory systems, etc.). Physical
Requirements:
Ability to lift 50 pounds repeatedly and carry up to 50 feet. Ability to stand for long periods and perform repetitive chopping, bending, and lifting. Comfortable working in a small, sometimes loud kitchen space. Ability to wash dishes and assist with cleaning tasks as needed.
Compensation:
&
Benefits:
Hiring Range: $27.50–$31.00 per hour (depending on
experience:
and
skills:
). Patagonia assigns
compensation:
based on local market data and individual
qualifications:
.
Benefits:
Patagonia offers a comprehensive
benefits:
package, including medical, dental, vision, retirement and leave of absence plans. Benefit plans may vary slightly depending on the nature of your employment. Workplace Location Overview This position is On-Site, requiring employees to work at our Ventura office during standard business hours. Employee Conduct It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers, and vendors.
Equal Employment
Opportunity:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law. Patagonia’s Mission Statement We're in business to save our home planet.
Our Reason for Being At Patagonia, we appreciate that all life on earth is under threat of extinction. We aim to use the resources we have—our business, our investments, our voice and our imaginations—to do something
about:
it. Patagonia grew out of a small company that made tools for climbers. Alpinism remains at the heart of a worldwide business that still makes clothes for climbing—as well as for skiing, snowboarding, surfing, fly fishing, mountain biking and trail running. These are silent sports. None require an engine; rarely do they deliver the cheers of a crowd.
In each, reward comes in the form of hard-won grace and moments of connection with nature. As the climate crisis deepens, we see a potential, even probable end to such moments, and so we’re fighting to save them. We donate our time, services and at least 1 percent of our sales to help hundreds of grassroots organizations all over the world so that they can remain vigilant, and protect what’s irreplaceable.
At the same time, we know that we risk saving a tree only to lose the forest—a livable planet. As the loss of biodiversity, arable soils, coral reefs and fresh water all accelerate, we are doing our best to address the causes, and not just symptoms, of global warming. Staying true to our core values during forty-plus years in business has helped us create a company we're proud to run and work for.
To stay in business for at least forty more, we must defend the place we all call home.
