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About the role:

Thistle is looking to expand our culinary team with talented, driven culinary professionals to help us craft the healthiest and tastiest food in the Bay Area for our growing customer base. This position is ideal for a culinary professional who is interested in working in a unique start-up kitchen that embraces teamwork and creativity.

This position is 100% onsite in Vacaville, CA.

What you'll do:

• • Prepare, wash, and cut food to be cooked
  • Work in a high-volume kitchen using industrial equipment
  • Store and manage all food products and ensure safety, quality, and freshness
  • Organize the kitchen line with the correct components and materials
  • Execute food prep production needs based on the recipes provided
  • Ensure that all GMPs are followed at all times
  • Fulfill all documentation and submit process control forms in a timely manner
  • Ensure that Meal Components are properly labeled
  • Stay in constant communication with the kitchen and management teams

What you'll bring:

• • High school diploma required
  • Experience in a high-volume, commercial kitchen
  • Experience preparing fruits, vegetables, and produce (prep/knife skills)
  • You have a California or equivalent Food Handler Certification - or are willing to procure one within 30 days of starting
  • You can work a flexible schedule, including weekend or early morning shifts
  • You are punctual and has attention to detail
  • The ability to manually move, lift, carry, pull, or push objects up to 50 pounds.

$20 - $24 an hour

The starting hourly rate for this position is $20.00 out of the pay band range of $20.00 - $24.00 and represents the company's good faith minimum and maximum range for this role at the time of the posting.

Get to Know Thistle

Thistle was founded in 2013 with a mission to make it easy to get and stay healthy while improving the sustainability of our food system. We deliver delicious, ready-to-eat plant-forward meals, snacks, and cold press juices to our customers' doorsteps to empower our customers to improve personal and planetary health by eating more plants. To date we've delivered over 20 million nourishing meals to customers across the West and East Coast and we're just getting started The San Francisco Business Times named us one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area in 2023. Inc. awarded us Best in Business in 2022 among companies that "go above and beyond" in both food and sustainability sectors, and recognized us in the 2024 Inc. Regionals list of the fastest-growing companies in America by region.

We are mission-driven and share a growth mindset. Our values guide our approach to crafting our healthy products, solving problems, and working collaboratively. As a Thistler, you'll help transform the health of people and the planet by living our core values every day.

Be Human: We're always willing to learn and aim to empower the people around us.

Think Bigger: We're here to do more today than we did yesterday, and we figure it out together.

Build the Future: We tackle every day with the positive attitude of someone who can see the future and knows how bright it is.

Make a Lot with a Little: We get creative and look for ways our resources can take us as far as possible.

Lead with Purpose: Our mission guides our decisions and gives our work meaning.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential values at Thistle. We know we do our best and most impactful work when we feel we are represented and belong. We're proud to actively recruit and hire talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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