{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"1adbfda0edaa02e7585db8ee","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1adbfda0edaa02e7585db8ee","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1adbfda0edaa02e7585db8ee","title":"Chef","description":"Stew Leonard’s, a family-owned and operated fresh food store founded in 1969, has locations in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. Stew’s earned its nickname, the “Disneyland of Dairy Stores” because of its country-fair atmosphere, with costumed characters and animated entertainment throughout the store that keep children entertained while parents shop.\n\nChef\nFull Time Hourly – Estimated pay range $20 - $23 depending on qualifications and experience\nMust be at least 18 years and older\n\nPosition Description:\n\nPreparing various products for the hot bar and for shelves while maintaining a professional appearance and behavior with customers and team members.\n\nYour day-to-day:\n\n• Culinary/food handling experience\n• Ensure displays are full and product is rotated appropriately\n• Communicating and delegating with a large team\n• Responsible for day-to-day operations of the kitchen\n• Provide exceptional customer service\n\nWhat you bring to the team:\n\n• Excellent customer service\n• Ability to handle multiple tasks, and troubleshoot effectively\n• Good oral communication skills\n• Ability to work in a team environment\n\nWorking Conditions:\n\n• This position requires frequent standing, walking, and occasional pulling, pushing, squatting, reaching, and lifting with a maximum of 45lbs\n• This position requires occasional exposure to cramped or confined spaces, extreme heat (non-weather related), and noise\n\nSatisfy:\n• Greet customers with a friendly smile and positive attitude, ensuring that each customer feels welcome and appreciated.\nTeamwork:\n• Collaborate with team members to ensure the smooth operation of the store, offering assistance and support where needed.\nExcellence:\n• Improve and maintain the efficiency of the store in order to reach success.\nWow:\n• Be a positive ambassador for the store, representing our S.T.E.W. values in all interactions with customers and team members. You are the biggest WOW!\n\nWhy you’ll love working here!\nFamily Oriented: We respect the personal balance between work and family with career opportunity and growth- over 80% of our managers have been promoted from within.\nBenefits: High value, high quality Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, 401 K plan for FT & PT team members, family & personal time, life insurance, short term disability insurance, legal insurance, sick time off, profit sharing, commuter assistance, Annual performance reviews.\nEnvironment: Have you seen the Avocado Girls? Chiquita Banana? Or the singing Parrot?\nPay Day: We’re thrilled to offer our Team Members Sunday premium pay, Holiday pay, Dayforce Wallet – a new way to get paid. Say bye-bye to pay day and hello to pay your way. Get your pay as soon as you earn it, at no cost to you – It’s your money, why should you have to wait? Request your pay as you earn it.\nWe take pride in the power of diversity, inclusion, and being socially responsible to the communities which we live and do business\nApply today and start as soon as 1 week!\nFor more information on working at Stew Leonard’s click on the link below!\nhttp://www.stewleonards.com/work-at-stews/\n\nStew Leonard's is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.","company":"Stew Leonard","rawCompany":"stew leonard","city":"Paramus","state":"NJ","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-05T15:44:39.899Z","occupations":[{"code":"35-1012.00","title":"First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers","slug":"first-line-supervisors-of-food-preparation-and-serving-workers"},{"code":"35-1011.00","title":"Chefs and Head Cooks","slug":"chefs-and-head-cooks"},{"code":"35-2014.00","title":"Cooks, Restaurant","slug":"cooks-restaurant"}],"industries":[{"code":"722511","title":"Full-Service Restaurants","slug":"full-service-restaurants"},{"code":"722513","title":"Limited-Service Restaurants","slug":"limited-service-restaurants"},{"code":"722514","title":"Cafeterias, Grill Buffets, and Buffets","slug":"cafeterias-grill-buffets-and-buffets"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Chef","description":"Stew Leonard’s, a family-owned and operated fresh food store founded in 1969, has locations in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. Stew’s earned its nickname, the “Disneyland of Dairy Stores” because of its country-fair atmosphere, with costumed characters and animated entertainment throughout the store that keep children entertained while parents shop.\n\nChef\nFull Time Hourly – Estimated pay range $20 - $23 depending on qualifications and experience\nMust be at least 18 years and older\n\nPosition Description:\n\nPreparing various products for the hot bar and for shelves while maintaining a professional appearance and behavior with customers and team members.\n\nYour day-to-day:\n\n• Culinary/food handling experience\n• Ensure displays are full and product is rotated appropriately\n• Communicating and delegating with a large team\n• Responsible for day-to-day operations of the kitchen\n• Provide exceptional customer service\n\nWhat you bring to the team:\n\n• Excellent customer service\n• Ability to handle multiple tasks, and troubleshoot effectively\n• Good oral communication skills\n• Ability to work in a team environment\n\nWorking Conditions:\n\n• This position requires frequent standing, walking, and occasional pulling, pushing, squatting, reaching, and lifting with a maximum of 45lbs\n• This position requires occasional exposure to cramped or confined spaces, extreme heat (non-weather related), and noise\n\nSatisfy:\n• Greet customers with a friendly smile and positive attitude, ensuring that each customer feels welcome and appreciated.\nTeamwork:\n• Collaborate with team members to ensure the smooth operation of the store, offering assistance and support where needed.\nExcellence:\n• Improve and maintain the efficiency of the store in order to reach success.\nWow:\n• Be a positive ambassador for the store, representing our S.T.E.W. values in all interactions with customers and team members. You are the biggest WOW!\n\nWhy you’ll love working here!\nFamily Oriented: We respect the personal balance between work and family with career opportunity and growth- over 80% of our managers have been promoted from within.\nBenefits: High value, high quality Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, 401 K plan for FT & PT team members, family & personal time, life insurance, short term disability insurance, legal insurance, sick time off, profit sharing, commuter assistance, Annual performance reviews.\nEnvironment: Have you seen the Avocado Girls? Chiquita Banana? Or the singing Parrot?\nPay Day: We’re thrilled to offer our Team Members Sunday premium pay, Holiday pay, Dayforce Wallet – a new way to get paid. Say bye-bye to pay day and hello to pay your way. Get your pay as soon as you earn it, at no cost to you – It’s your money, why should you have to wait? 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