POSITION
Rintaro is looking for an experienced line cook to join our kitchen. We are looking for a cook with a serious desire to learn and an understanding of the hard work it takes to do something well. Experience with Japanese food is a plus, but is not required. Given our commitment to training new cooks, we ask for a minimum 18 month commitment in the kitchen. The team is very strong, and we've been lucky to have little turnover. The line shifts are 10-11 hours/day and a full schedules is four shifts/week. Pay is competitive between $26-$34/hour (wage + service charge) depending on the number of stations on which the cook has been trained. Health benefits provided. Please email us if interested.
If you are serious, please include a cover letter about why you are interested in cooking at Rintaro as well as your resume. We will not consider applications complete without a cover letter.
ABOUT US
We are a Japanese Izakaya with a strong following among chefs and cooks around San Francisco. Rintaro is owned and operated by Kyoto-born Sylvan Mishima Brackett. Sylvan is the former creative director at Chez Panisse and owner of Peko Peko. He trained at Soba Ro in Saitama and at a ryotei in Aoyama, Tokyo. Rintaro's menu changes often and we use mostly organic produce and meats from the farms and ranches around the Bay Area and high quality dried goods imported directly from Japan. We shave our own katsuobushi (from Kagoshima) for dashi and knead, hand roll and cut our own udon. We make our own tofu, umeboshi, umeshu and other fresh pickles. The restaurant was built by Sylvan's father, who apprenticed as a temple carpenter in Kyoto for six years.
We were included in Bon Appetit's 2015 Top 10 new restaurants in the US, in the Michelin Guide, Eater's Essential 38, New York Times Top 25 for San Francisco, and featured on NHK, Food and Wine, and Saveur magazines. Chef Brackett was a 2024 semifinalist for the James Beard National Outstanding Chef. Visit our website: izakayarintaro.com
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