Catering Production Specialist

Our commissary kitchen in East Cambridge is the heart of our operation.

We work with the highest percentage of local and organic food of any restaurant in the Northeast. We receive produce directly from New England farms and turn it into the delicious food we’ve come to be known for.

If you come to work in our kitchen, you’ll get to work with a talented team with long-term experience in the food industry. We produce all our food from scratch and bake bread daily for our restaurants, meal-boxes, and catering customers. We’re looking for people who share our love of food, find joy through hard work, and lift the spirits of those around them.

Our Catering Production Specialist will work at our Commissary Kitchen (known as The KIT) located at 1075 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA. This is a full-time hourly role and you will report to the Catering and Production Manager.

Some of the Catering Production Specialist Duties will look like...

• Following recipe cards and methods of production
• Helping in the production of food prep or bake for catering orders
• Put fresh food orders together with utensils and confirming everything is accurate
• Tasting food for quality
• Keeping everything sparkling
• Working together as a team

The hiring manager may invite you to participate in a Practical Interview. This gives you the opportunity to interview us. Applicants experience the job hands on, get to know the staff and gain a better understand Clover culture. Additionally, we use the face-to-face interaction as an opportunity to get to know you better.

Requirements

Catering Production Specialist must have:

• Experience leading others in food service (at Clover or elsewhere)
• A current ServSafe Certificate
• A current Allergen Awareness Certificate
• Ability to execute recipes and orders consistently
• Organized and have good time-management skills
• Demonstrated ability to motivate and lead others
• A passion for food, a positive attitude and a willingness to work to high standards
• The ability to stand for prolonged periods of time, and repeated walking, bending, stretching, and occasional lifting (up to 50lbs), with or without reasonable accommodation
• Able to work a varied schedule that includes nights and weekends

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Clover Food Lab is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability or handicap, or veteran status.

Benefits

Some of the perks of working for Clover!

• Pay is $18.75 per hour
• Full health, vision and dental benefits available to full-time benefit-eligible staff
• Opportunity to learn, grow and build a meaningful career
• Discount on Clover meals, apparel and shelf-stable groceries sold in our store
• Free cooking classes
• Free knife skills 101, 102, 103 classes (custom knife when you pass)
• Opportunities to attend food-sourcing trips to coffee roasters, farmers, cheese-makers, etc.
• Opportunities to attend food development meetings, contribute ideas/recipes to the menu
• $300 referral bonus when you refer a friend to Clover!