We are Good To Eat Taiwanese Cuisine located in Emeryville, Hiring more senior position of the kitchen team members.
We are an indie, chef-driven restaurant dedicated to modern Asian-inspired flavors, rooted in Taiwanese culinary sensibility, cooking methods, and fermentation techniques.If you’re interested in exploring modern Asian small plates, value chef-driven creativity, and care about working with local ingredients and a team that truly cares about food and community — this is the place to begin your next chapter.We’ve been recognized by respected voices in the culinary world, including The New York Times food critic, KQED, San Francisco Chronicle, Mercury News, Eater, and Food & Wine magazine. We continue to refine our craft and contribute to the Bay Area’s vibrant culinary landscape.
Now, we are sincerely looking for a mid-level BOH team member to join our team — a tight-knit group of 14 passionate individuals devoted to food craft and local community.Taiwanese cuisine might sound like a niche, but it’s actually a beautiful melting pot — a fusion of Japanese influences and the rich flavors of southern Chinese provinces. It’s an inspiring starting point for anyone who wants to master Asian flavors in a modern setting.
****Position to Hire: BOH Team (Line cook+Prep) --> Kitchen Lead ****
Work Hours:
Two options:
WED-SAT: 2:30~10:30pm
Or if you prefer, we have 40~50 hours/week option too.
We expect you :
1. To start,
- you will join our daily pre-open prep, you must have the basic speed for kitchen prep to qualify this is not an entry level position
- you will start from one station and able to pickup and perform on one of our station (Frying, Grill, Noodle, or Sautee) fully. You are required to be able to pickup one station within one week, and perform full scale and full menu for the station in 2 weeks of training.
- will be hourly rate plus tips
2. if you are aiming to become our kitchen lead or sous chef next year (2026), we will rotate you to different position and enable you to be that role. (and as a kitchen lead or sous chef, pay scale is different and sous chef will be salaried)
We are hoping to find someone join us, can start part-time this year and full time next year.
and we hope you read through our website, understand us before you apply to us, or better to dine with us to understand out style.
As we are sincerely hiring for experienced BOH team members for longer term and become one of our core team, we also hope you can introduce yourself when you apply.
***Requirements***
1. 3+ years work in professional kitchen and do have hot line experience.
2. 1+ year work in full service restaurant and understand the line cook mindset for FSR (not corporate kitchen, not catering)
3. experienced in chef-driven restaurant and seasonal menu is a plus
4. able to lift 40 lb and able to stand for work for 8 hours
5. authorized to work in this country and confident to communicate work related topic with English (due to diversity of background of our team, we choose using english to communicate work topics)
6. willing to introduce yourself and why you want to join us when apply.
We look forward to hear back from you.
Good To Eat is a queer- and women-led team that values inclusiveness, open-mindedness, and a no-ego, no-nonsense work culture built on mutual respect. If these are values you share, we strongly encourage you to apply and come chat with us.
HOW TO APPLY and APPLICATION PROCESS
- reply this ad
- attach your RESUME + introdue yourself, OR attach your resume + go to our website to fill out application form
- if you are not meeting our requiurement but really want to join, please share us more why and what's your plan to train and learn.
- We will do 3 days stag with you (all paid) to see whether it's a good fit for both side
please kindly noted that without resume we won't review your application (typing your experience is also ok!)
and for this position is sous chef to-be we are looking for serious applicant only
Thank you , yeah , we know now it's super hard for hiring.
we also feel the right people will always find like-minded people :)
hope to hear from you soon!
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.