Prep Cook • Passion Placement

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Vacaville, CA

At Thistle, we don’t want to be just another food delivery startup. Our focus is on our customers’ health and happiness, and we are revolutionizing how fresh, nutritious, high-quality food is purchased, manufactured, and delivered at scale. Learn more about us and our mission here.

Thistle is looking to expand our culinary team with talented, driven culinary professionals to help us craft the healthiest and tastiest food in the Bay Area for our growing customer base. This position is ideal for a culinary professional who is interested in working in a unique start-up kitchen that embraces teamwork and creativity.

Why You’ll Love Working At Thistle:

Starting pay is $20/hour

Holiday Pay Premium

Generous Paid Leave Policy

Paid Parental, Bereavement, Jury Duty, and Voting leaves

Enjoy delicious, healthy Thistle meals and cold-pressed juices at the facility, plus a 40% Employee Subscription Discount for home delivery

Thistle provides a safe, inclusive, supportive work environment aiming to build long-term, meaningful careers

Employee Health & Safety is a top priority – we have partnered with food safety and infectious disease experts and have strong screening & facility related protocols in place to protect our employees.

What You’ll Do:

Prepare, wash and cut food to be cooked

Work in a high volume kitchen using industrial equipment

Store and manage all food product and ensure safety, quality and freshness

Requires prolonged sitting or standing, physical exertion to manually move, lift, carry, pull or push heavy objects, as well as stooping, kneeling, bending or reaching

What You’ll Bring:

Experience in high-volume kitchen is greatly preferred but not required

Experience preparing fruits, vegetables, produce (prep/knife skills)

You have a California or equivalent Food Handlers Certification – or willing to procure one within 30 days of starting

You can work a flexible schedule including weekend or early morning shifts

You are punctual and has attention to detail

Who We Are:

Founded in 2013, Thistle is an early stage food-tech startup empowering our customers to get and stay healthy while improving the sustainability of our food system. We deliver delicious, organic, healthy, plant-forward meals, cold-pressed juices and snacks to customers who want to put their nutrition on auto-pilot.

We don’t want to be just another food delivery startup or meal-kit company. Our focus is on the health and happiness of our customers, and we are revolutionizing how fresh, nutritious, high-quality food is purchased, manufactured, and delivered at scale. Thistle is headquartered in San Francisco and we are backed by some amazing investors in the Bay Area and beyond.

Thistle has recently made the commitment to increase our minimum hourly wages to a rate that we are confident provides sufficient pay to meet basic standards of living. We hope that taking this step will both set an example to other employers, and create a more supportive work environment and long term home for new and existing Thistle employees.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential values at Thistle. We know we’ll do our best and most impactful work when we feel we’re represented and we belong. We’re proud to actively recruit and hire talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. You can get some deeper insight into how we approach DEI, along with some statistics on the internal demographics of the company and leadership team, here: https://www.thistle.co/learn/thistle-thoughts/thistle-on-diversity-equity-and-inclusion.

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City Vacaville