AddressJob Details
Lardon (Michelin Bib Gourmand 2022 & 2023), highlights cured meats, artisanal cheeses, sandwiches and coffee in an old world style café environment. Our newly launched dinner service is our take on coastal French fare, with Midwestern sourced ingredients. Rooted in the Logan Square neighborhood, Lardon is looking for a dedicated and driven executive chef who enjoys fostering a team environment and communicating our passion for artisanal food and drinks. Our cured meat and whole animal butchery program has become respected across the city, focusing on all salumi made in house in our one-of-a-kind curing room. Eclectic worldly wines, apertivo cocktails, amari, and local beers are hand selected to be paired with our one of a kind menu.
About Us:
Lardon strives to create an environment that promotes transparency, authenticity and passion in all endeavors. We want to have a kick ass team of people working jobs they love, learning something new along the way and finally finding a place you can call home. Many of our front-of-house positions involve cross training and require each individual to move flawlessly from one to another, when needed. We are passionate about our people and our products and looking for like–minded individuals who share the same ethos!
Who we are looking for:
-Great humans that respect themselves, coworkers and the community.
-Industry pros that have relevant experience and passion for hospitality.
-A stellar team player that always represents the character of the company.
-Someone who loves an epic charcuterie board.
-Someone who geeks out about salumi, cheese, Amari, coffee and everything in between.
-Someone who seeks both personal and professional growth.
-A genuine, kind person with passion for service.
-Someone who has the willingness to roll up their sleeves and contribute to the overall welfare of the team: no job is too small!
-Someone who takes pride in the products and services offered at their place of work.
-Someone who maintains an awareness of all product knowledge information and information on the history of the restaurant.
-Someone who enjoys crushing every service.
- prep and stock deli counter per established pars in a timely fashion
- maintain and uphold sanitation standards and general cleanliness
- assemble sandwiches, salads, cheese & meat boards per managers instruction
- work as an integral part of the team behind the shared deli/cafe/bar counter
- ability to jump in and help those around you. Team player mentality is imperative
Part of FOH team - responsible for occasionally taking counter orders, communicating with guests, running food/ explaining charcuterie and cheese boards, light barista work, comfortable with guests.
Previous cafe/bartending/barista experience is a plus but not required.
