Che Fico Hiring Pizza Cooks

Join the culinary team at the award-winning Nopa restaurant, Che Fico. Named one of Bon Appetit’s Best New Restaurants in the country, Che Fico features Italian cuisine using California’s local and seasonal ingredients, with a menu of handmade pasta, pizza, salumi, antipasti and wood-fired meats and fish.

We are looking for line cooks interested in learning our methods of making handmade and extruded pasta, pizza technique, bread and dough making, wood-fire cooking, plus many additional techniques in a high-volume setting from chefs with experience at the best restaurants in the world.

Details:

Compensation: $20-$22/hr DOE + Tips - line cooks earn average of $60- $80/night

Employment type: full-time

Benefits: health, dental, and vision insurance, 401k

- Candidates must have two years of cooking experience, a great attitude, a good sense of humor, drive, dedication to their craft, and a true willingness to learn. We provide a safe and positive working environment where you can grow in your field and as a person.

- We highly encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

- We are looking for cooks interested in learning about handmade and extruded pasta, house-made salumi production, pizza technique, bread and dough making, wood fire cooking (oven and grill), and many other techniques in a high volume setting from Chefs with experience at the best restaurants in the world.

- We source produce from many extraordinary local farms and will work to expand your product knowledge base. We will have access to a garden in Sonoma County where we will grow select produce for the restaurant and will work to have interested parties participate in cultivation and harvest.

About Che Fico:

Che Fico, a California Italian restaurant, is hiring for a pizza cook. Chef David Nayfeld (Eleven Madison Park, Robuchon) has partnered with operator Matt Brewer (Hogsalt Hospitality) to bring Che Fico to San Francisco's Nopa neighborhood. Che Fico features handmade pasta, pizza, charcuterie, wood-fired meats and other dishes utilizing local California ingredients as if the Bay Area was a region in Italy. Che Fico will have a robust craft cocktail program as well as a very developed wine and beverage program featuring local California and Italian wines and beverages. Che Fico is first and foremost a San Francisco restaurant and it will establish itself as a member of the community through warm hospitality and a generous spirit. We were named one of Bon Appetit's hot 10 new restaurants

Articles:

http://projects.bonappetit.com/hot10/p/1

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/travel/che-fico-restaurant-san-francisco-review.html

https://www.sfchronicle.com/restaurants/diningout/article/Che-Fico-12977186.php

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/san-franciscos-hottest-restaurant-is-in-an-old-auto-body-shop/2018/08/16/bf4cc92a-9cba-11e8-b60b-1c897f17e185story.html?noredirect=on