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Position: Catering Event Cook - Part Time

Hours: 15-25 hours

Days: 3-4 days per week, occasional 5 days

Schedule: Tuesday - Thursday, alternating Friday, Saturdays or Sundays

Hours: Mid-Day + Afternoon + Evenings, depending on event needs and your availability

Kitchen Location: North Berkeley 

Event Locations: Primarily Berkeley, Oakland, Piedmont - East Bay

Pay: $30-32/hr

W2 non-benefited 

Benefits package anticipated in mid-2026

Role Start: Fall 2025

The Table Catering is a boutique sustainable East Bay Caterer committed to serving locally made meals that are good for our earth, health, and the community. Wife and husband partner to offer fine dining elevated healthy buffets and event experiences for large groups. Entering our third year of business, we are adding team members with passions for cooking, sustainable food, and community service.

This position is ideal for a candidate who has previous culinary experience, can work autonomously, is self motivated and directed, is comfortable with large batch prep and cooking, and looking to gain more exposure to a variety of aspects in a culinary small business in partnership with Chef Peter.

You’re seeking greater autonomy and work-life balance while continuing to refine your culinary skills. You value working with a small team on a seasonally changing menu and want to be involved in the full process—from concept to execution—of creating event menus.

The Catering Event Cook is a newly created position that will play a key role in supporting the growth of our business. Responsibilities will include sourcing ingredients, preparing and cooking in the kitchen, scheduling back-of-house support staff, and collaborating on the execution of catered events. As we continue to grow, we anticipate expanding our team with additional part-time staff.

Cook, (1-3) days 10-15 hours per week, North Berkeley

• Execute dishes from start to finish, roast, sauté, and related
• Comfortable breaking down entire cases of produce
• Culinary cooking skills to prep for events, primarily large batch cooking
• Kitchen organization and kitchen cleaning
• Supervise and participate in regular kitchen cleaning

Execute Events, (1-3 days) 4-10 hours per week, East Bay, various locations

• Partner with Chef for Sustainable Buffet and Full Service events for groups of 50-300 guests 
• Platter buffets and finish apps, keep BOH area clean, and adhere to all food safety guidelines
• May act as Solo Catering Culinary Lead for Simple Fare events and small reusable drop-offs
• May support small client deliveries if delivery van is not available.  

Shop/plan, (1 day) 3-4 hours per week, Berkeley & Oakland

• Shop weekly for ingredients at local markets and restaurant shops based on Chef's list
• Schedule additional ingredient deliveries from local farms
• Use of business credit card, collaborate with Chef on shop and prep list
• Use of your own car with reimbursement for time and fuel, loading and unloading, and opening the kitchen

Qualifications:

• Be passionate about clean food and sustainability
• 2-6 years culinary experience in restaurants, catering, or related space
• Autonomous, able to organize tasks and schedule independently 
• Work quickly, cleanly, and efficiently with a sense of purpose
• Ability to follow directions and food safety protocol
• Provide mentorship to culinary trainees
• Team player and respectful, professional and easy-going, and coachable 
• Open to using your own vehicle with business reimbursement
• Comfortable working autonomously 
• Culinary Degree preferred
• ServSafe

You report directly to Executive Chef Peter, who has been cooking professionally for over 20 years in fine dining, corporate, and nonprofit spaces. We value our team, our clients, and our community. Internally, we hold quarterly check-ins with team members to keep communication open and pursue both business and team member satisfaction. We are pursuing steady and sustainable business growth, and not at the expense of the team. The Table Catering anticipates adding additional team members in the next 6 to 18 months. The business is exploring a benefits package in mid-2026. Learn more about us, our community impact, and who we serve: www.thetablecatering.com 

Inclusive hiring:

We are a husband and wife team and encourage diversity in our candidates as it relates to gender, race, identity, ethnicity, disability inclusion, background.