Packer - Seasonal

From innovative menus and striking design to impeccable service and critical attention to detail, at Great Performances, we weave our mission into all we do. This woman-owned business serving New York City for over four decades has evolved from a waitress staffing agency to the leading catering, events, and hospitality companies in the greater New York area. We provide food services in an array of celebrated New York City cultural institutions including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Wave Hill, and The Apollo Theater. We are known for full-service catering and events, corporate workplace dining and amenity programs, and large-scale event and festival production. Great Performances is the nation’s first caterer to own and operate an organic farm, Katchkie Farm located in Kinderhook, NY. Progressive from the start, we consistently set the pace for industry best practices.

We are seeking highly motivated and talented individuals to join our team and to support our vision, mission, and values through everything they do. If you share our passion and want to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to apply.

Our Vision: Building Community to Better Our World

Our Mission: Unleash Joy through Genuine Hospitality

Our Core Values:

Craftsmanship: developing new menus, designs, and moments to deliver engaging experiences to our clients and guests.

People: creating fair access, opportunity, and advancement for everyone. Our employees are our greatest asset.

Sustainability: upholding and elevating standards for sustainable behaviors that support our planet.

Collaboration: aligning with our clients’, colleagues’, and community’s visions to execute a successful experience.

Doing Good through Food: engaging in action around food access, health and wellness, education, and philanthropy.

Job description

Great Performances is currently hiring a full-time Packer for our catering production kitchen. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring timely deliveries of all equipment, food, and beverages to off-premise venues. Duties include packing and loading venue proofers, as well as organizing pack-out and walk-in areas. Prior high-volume experience in the catering industry is a must.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring all event packages leaving throughout the day have all items listed on the site menu
• Ensuring all tasting events have all food items and are ready for execution
• Pre-packing all events for the following morning
• Working with PM packer for proper handoff of daily events
• Ordering and packing all grocery team items, working closely with the PM packer to ensure all items have been obtained and packed in a timely manner
• Sending out detailed PM notes including all shorts for events leaving the following morning
• Labeling proofers for future events and ensuring site menus are placed in each proofer for reference
• Assisting chefs with their pack-outs as needed
• Working closely with the production chef to rectify major issues that occur during event pack-out
• Monitor and maintain dry pack area for event packing

Requirements

• 1 years working in a kitchen required, warehouse experience is preferred. Food experience is a plus
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs. and be comfortable working in a walk-in refrigerator and freezer

Hourly rate: $18.00 - 22.00 /hour

Location: 2417 3rd Avenue Bronx, NY 10451

Job Type: Full-time