NY Mag/Grub Street’s Fall Preview 2024: The team behind Golden Diner has a dual-concept restaurant opening in February! Helmed by NY native and Korean American Chef-Owner Sam Yoo, this exciting project is located right next to the Rockefeller Center, in a space that can seat approximately 200 guests. The space will house two concepts, separated by floors, serving quality Korean food to a global clientele. The ground floor houses an old-school Korean pub concept offering high-quality cocktails and novel bar foods. The lower level is a Korean raw bar and steakhouse concept offering classics with a Korean American twist.
Required Skills & Experience
- 1+ years of experience working on the line of a high-volume restaurant (experience in expediting is a plus)
- Understand setup and breakdown of stations
- Run station through service, executing ingredients and components to high standards
- Able to follow a recipe
- Good knife skills (responsible for maintaining properly sharpened knives and tools)
- Responsible for correct product storage, including labeling and dating procedures
- Able to follow and uphold cleanliness of the kitchen in line with NYC DOH standards
- Availability on weekends, holidays, and late nights (our restaurant closes at 10pm)
- Ability to perform physical requirements of position including standing and walking for extended periods of time, bending, pulling, pushing, lifting, and carrying up to 50 pounds
Compensation & Benefits
- Relatively consistent schedules with 2 days off per week
- Hourly salary of $20-25 (depending on experience)
- Performance-based raises and promotions
- Dining discounts
- Ongoing training and learning opportunities (training on multiple stations, if you want to learn)
- Opportunity for advancement and growth, as we plan to open new restaurant concepts (exciting things are in the works!)
Please note this job description is not 100% comprehensive of what you may or may not be doing on the job, but it should give you a good idea of what to expect. If you like what you’ve read so far, please reach out!