Overview
Why bring your skills and talents in the culinary arts to a grocery store? One reason is that at Wegmans, our store is your pantry-meaning you’ll cook with the best, freshest ingredients all the time. As part of our culinary team, you’d be working for a company that has been on FORTUNE magazine’s list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for 22 years in a row.
You’ll also work side-by-side with experienced chefs making a wide variety of delicious, fresh and award-winning dishes that meet the needs of busy families and hungry people in the communities we serve. From our restaurant foods sections to one of our concept restaurants, you’ll make the food that makes a difference in our customers’ lives.
- Responsible
- Reliable
- Customer Oriented
- Flexible
- Organized
- Teamwork
Quote
Learning and growing at Wegmans means that you're given the opportunity to improve every day. No matter what part of the company you work in, it is important to us that everyone is engaged in our business, supports what we do, and continues to learn and grow.— Colleen Wegman
Career Path
Prep Cook
Objectives: Entry level position where you will learn from the best culinarians to help you in your start to a long culinary career. Must possess basic food safety knowledge and knife skills and a passion for cooking is a must!
Est. time in position: 2 or more years
Line Cook
Objectives: Build upon your learnings from a prep cook or jump into a role where you will enhance your organization and culinary skills to maximize production efficiency. You will be trained in various stations within the kitchen and learn the IT tools to effectively manage the business.
Est. time in position: 2 or more years
Culinary Management Trainee
Objectives: Learn how to impact the 5 Measures and about culinary standards while mastering core recipes and cooking techniques with the aim of becoming a Sous Chef upon successful completion of the program.
Est. time in position: 2 years
Lead Cook
Objectives: Learn how to manage and develop others. Entry level management position responsible for overseeing a team of approximately 5-10 people. Demonstrate proficiency in all aspects of the role including managing production of kitchen; recipes, food safety, policies & procedures and financials.
Est. time in position: one or more years
Sous Chef
Objectives: Manage kitchen operations, drive knowledge based service, train and develop culinary staff.
Est. time in position: Multiple experiences req. – 1 or more years
Store Chef
Objectives: Learn how to partner across the store to provide customers with delicious, innovative meal solutions, control product usage between prep areas, develop culinary employees and bring the What We Do and Who We Are to life.
Est. time in position: 2 or more years
Executive Chef
Objectives: Focus on being the primary food resource and setting the culinary standard for the store, partner with Perishable departments to develop food knowledge in all employees and customers.
Est. time in position: 3 or more years

Benefits
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Health Coverage
Two generous health plans: A traditional PPO plan with low deductibles or an HSP with a lower weekly cost.
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401(k)
401(k) plans that match 50% of your contribution up to 6% of your pay.
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Dental
Dental coverage that covers cleanings, fillings, crowns and braces (available to full-time employees only).
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Vacation
Paid vacation time along with six paid holidays a year
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Family Savings
Dependent care savings accounts
Responsibilities
At Wegmans our mission is to provide incredible service and help our customers live healthier, better lives through food. As a Cooking Coach, you will be on our sales floor demonstrating personalized meal solutions for our customers and helping them build confidence in the kitchen through a focus on cooking techniques. You will share knowledge and food passion and suggest new ideas for meal preparation, creating interest and enthusiasm for our products. If you have a passion for delivering incredible customer service, and are a cooking enthusiast, this could be the role for you!
What will I do?
- Build loyal and trusting customer relations, seeking feedback to personalize and improve the shopping experience
- Partner with the team to highlight, merchandise and sell new and unique products to best help and inspire customers
- Share personal experience and teach customers how to replicate a variety of cooking techniques for success at home
- Train and certify other employees on cooking techniques
Required Qualifications
- Passion for people, food and cooking
- Ability to teach others and educate on
Preferred Qualifications and Certifications
- Cooking and culinary experience
- Bilingual
As an essential business, we remain open and would love to have you join our team and help to support our communities.
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