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Cafe Food Preparer

Stonewall Kitchen

Stonewall Kitchen

York, ME, USA
USD 16.5-16.5 / hour
Posted on Feb 21, 2026
Job Type
Full-time
Description

The Café Food Preparer is responsible for preparing sandwiches and salads in a consistent, accurate, and high-quality manner while maintaining food safety and sanitation standards.

Why you’ll love working here:
Working as a Food Preparer at the Stonewall Kitchen Café means being part of a team that values quality, consistency, and creativity. You’ll work with fresh, high-quality ingredients to help create beautifully crafted dishes that reflect our commitment to excellence.


This is a great opportunity to build your skills in a professional, clean, and supportive environment without the late nights of a typical restaurant. You’ll be respected for your work, trained by experienced team members and have a chance to grow.

  • Full range of benefits including healthcare and paid time off to support your well-being and work-life balance
  • 50% employee discount + occasional freebies
  • Schedule varies. Café hours:
    • Summer (through Labor Day): 8:00am – 4:00pm, 7 days/week
    • Fall- Spring (Labor Day through Memorial Day): 8:00am - 3:00pm, 7 days/week
  • Work in a beautiful café setting and meet customers from all over the world at our flagship Stonewall Kitchen Café & Store!

Responsibilities Include:

  • Slice all bread, vegetables, meats and cheeses for sandwich making
  • Prepare all house made condiments, sauces and dressings for sandwiches and salads
  • Manage time effectively to ensure all premade sandwiches are ready for counter service
  • Display all sandwiches with appropriate signage, color coded to meet safe serving guidelines as outlined by SWK
  • Work with Café Line Cook to ensure all cold side dishes are ready and plated for pick-up during service
  • Break down station at end of shift to ensure all food is dated and put away properly and create an end-of-day prep list for station
  • Ordering and maintaining inventory of all breads
  • Act as back-up for other Café staff positions including:

- Preparing beverages, delivering food orders, and operating the cash register

- Maintain cleanliness and proper stock levels of all dishware and cooking equipment by washing, sanitizing, and restocking pots, pans, utensils, silverware, glassware, and plates

- Ensuring the dish station is fully supplied with necessary cleaning materials, including chemicals and trash liners

- Assist with general kitchen sanitation, including cleaning equipment, floors, walls and emptying trash receptacles

  • Follow safety policies and procedures with regard to safety, quality, sanitation, personnel, maintenance and equipment, including food safety
  • Must be able to work flexible hours, including weekends and holidays

The café is open 7 days a week between the hours are 8am-4pm daily. You must have weekend availability to be considered.

Requirements
  • Minimum of 2 years of kitchen experience.
  • Strong organizational, and time management skills.
  • Must be computer literate.
  • Must be able to lift/carry 50 lbs. on occasion, climb ladders, bend, reach, squat, kneel, twist and stand for several hours a day.

Stonewall Kitchen, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate orientation, national origin, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.

Stonewall Kitchen participates in E-Verify, the federal program for electronic verification of employment eligibility.

Salary Description
$16.50 plus tips