Restaurant Prep/Line Cooks

Merkin Vineyards Hilltop Winery & Trattoria features finely crafted Arizona wines paired with freshly made breads, pasta, entrees, salads and wood-oven pizzas... Our restaurant and tasting rooms are well-known and well-established and we look forward to adding talented, dedicated, and energized Cooks to our existing team! Check us out at

Experience : Two years or more experience in a full-service restaurants.

Compensation : Competitive wages and negotiable DOE.

Duties Include: The following is a general, but not fully inclusive, list of basic daily/weekly job duties and functions:

• Prep: Prepare fresh food products for daily use.
• Setting Up: Supply all stations to support daily systems to enable efficient and consistent culinary practices and procedures.
• Menu Execution: Order, prep, cook, plate and send all items on the menu.
• Quality Control: Be accountable for food items meeting or exceeding taste and plating profiles.
• Food Safety: Cleanliness, sanitation, and organization of the work area.

Benefits : Eligible for health insurance and vacation pay (subject to Company policies).

Additional Requirements : Yavapai County Food Worker Certificate. (

This job is ideal for someone who is :

• Team oriented and appreciates providing support to others while expecting support in return.
• Dependable and reliable in relation to their work schedule and work duties.
• Adaptable and flexible to a dynamic workplace that is structured but also evolving.
• Goal oriented and appreciates and responds well to working towards specific results.
• Self-managed and self-aware once provided goals and objectives.
• Collaborative by nature and appreciates offering and receiving creative ideas and constructive feedback.

Merkin Vineyards is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.