Commis - Line Cook

Commis / Line Cook

📍 San Francisco, CA

💵 $23/hour

🕒 Full-Time | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (initial schedule)

📅 Start Date: ASAP

Viva Chefs is hiring on behalf of Nisei , a Michelin-starred restaurant in San Francisco’s Russian Hill, known for its refined Japanese-American cuisine and commitment to local sourcing.

We are currently hiring a Commis (Line Cook) to join our award-winning kitchen team.

As a Commis at Nisei, you will:

• Support the kitchen team with large format prep and organization

• Assist with station setup and prep for Chef de Partie and AM Sous Chef

• Learn and apply Japanese cooking techniques, knife skills, and sushi fundamentals

• Be exposed to avant-garde preparations using hydrocolloids and modern techniques

• Maintain cleanliness, organization, and accountability in your station

• Receive and properly store daily orders and ingredients

• Work in a collaborative, fast-paced Michelin-level kitchen

• 2+ years of professional kitchen experience required

• Michelin-star restaurant background or culinary school graduate highly preferred

• Strong work ethic and positive attitude

• Passion for learning and exploring Japanese cuisine

• Humble, respectful, and a team player

• Must be organized, reliable, and detail-oriented

• $23/hour

• Ten (10) days paid vacation

• Parental leave (maternal/paternal)

• Health insurance available after a three-month trial period

Nisei is proud to source ingredients from the best local farms and purveyors the Bay Area has to offer. Staff participate in regular visits to farms and wineries for hands-on education and deeper relationships with our partners.

We are an equal opportunity employer and provide a safe, healthy work environment where individuals can grow professionally while maintaining a balanced lifestyle.

Apply today to be part of a team redefining what Japanese-American cuisine can be.