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Line Cook - Dinner

Pine Street Social Kitchen & Wine Bar

1019 Pine Street
Saint Louis, MO 63101

Restaurant
Managed By Le Méridien St. Louis Downtown

Exceptional Benefit Package, and a Great Place to Work!

Full & Part Time Available!
Compensation: $16.00 to $19.00 per hour,
PM Shift

About this job…

Line cooks are essential to delivering a high-quality, consistent guest dining experience.  Working with guidance from the Executive Chef and Sous Chef, Line Cooks execute food preparation and presentation methods to create Instagram-worthy food presentations.  The primary role of a Line Cook is to practice all safe food-handling methods, accurately and consistently prepare food, adapt to guest requests for modifications, and work quickly and efficiently to meet service time expectations.

What you’ll be doing…

  • Prepare food of consistently high quality by following recipes and special instructions while upholding portion and production standards.
  • Follow all food safety standards by date marking, proper product rotation, and proper temperature and time holding.
  • Initiate preparation of food items based on anticipated needs.
  • Properly store all food products during and after use.
  • Assist in food control standards to reduce waste.
  • Operate food preparation equipment such as fryers, broilers, stoves, steamers, food processors, mixers, slicers, ovens, steam tables, tilt kettles, waffle irons, flat-top grills, etc.
  • Clean and maintain all equipment and general working environment.
  • Contribute as a team member by reporting to work as scheduled, learning and refining processes and procedures, and supporting others as they learn.
  • Always maintain professionalism consistent with hotel brand and company expectations.
  • Perform other job-related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements…

Experience & Education: 

  • 1+ years of culinary experience
  • High School diploma or equivalency education certificate required

Communication:

  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Must be able to speak, read, and write in primary language used in the workplace

Physical:

  • 8+ hours per day; stand and walk frequently throughout the workday
  • Reach, bend, stoop, and pivot frequently through workday
  • Lift, lower, push, pull, and maneuver up to 50 pounds occasionally

About Hawkeye Hotels…

Founded in 1982, Hawkeye Hotels is one of America's fastest growing privately-owned hospitality firms with over $1.5 billion in assets across the country.  For over three decades, Hawkeye Hotels has evolved strengths in development, investment, and management of hotel properties. Whether it's identifying strong investment opportunities in economic downturns, breaking records for building construction, or maintaining relationships with key lenders and franchises for 30+ years, our company chooses to stay rooted in Iowa hospitality values. Our work is only possible because of our talented, passionate, and dedicated associates. 

Join us today and become part of the family!

Equal Opportunity Employer.

Posted October 29, 2026

About Pine Street Social Kitchen & Wine Bar


A welcoming downtown dining destination inside Le Méridien St. Louis Downtown, serving easy mornings and social evenings in the heart of the city. From coffee catch-ups to dinner plans and drinks downtown, there is always a reason to pull up a seat.

About Le Méridien St. Louis Downtown


Expect more in St. Louis at our downtown hotel

Experience a new era in St. Louis at our hotel's historic downtown building. Built in 1913 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, the design of Le Meridien St. Louis Downtown focuses on modern art blended with touches of the property's history. Our hotel sits less than a mile from the Gateway Arch and half a mile from America's Center Convention Complex and the Enterprise Center, a year-round sporting venue. We are also a few blocks from Busch Stadium and an easy drive from Forest Park, home to the St. Louis Zoo, the Missouri History Museum, the St. Louis Science Center and the Municipal Theatre Association. Maintain your workout downtown in our hotel's spacious, 24-hour fitness center. Savor a steak dinner at our on-site restaurant, Prime 55, or sample gelato at Le Scoop. Retire to a contemporary hotel room with signature Serta mattresses, rainfall showerheads and modern art. Wake up ready for a new day at Le Meridien St. Louis Downtown.

About First Hospitality

ABOUT FIRST HOSPITALITY 

At First Hospitality, our mission is to care for you on our journey together.

Founded in 1985, First Hospitality has curated a forward-thinking reputation. Successfully investing and managing hotels throughout the country, our passion for harnessing data to plan ahead means we don’t just follow industry trends, we create them.  This means creating value for our investors, opportunity for our employees, comfort for our guests, and trust for our partners.

First Hospitality is focused on achieving together through integrity, caring service, leadership, ownership, teamwork, full living, and inclusivity and social good.  We're thrilled for all we've achieved and believe we're still building our legacy of success.

JOIN THE TEAM!

First Hospitality believes we do better when you do better.  That's why we're committed to helping you build a future through comprehensive training and extensive career development opportunities.  We provide all employees with competitive wages, benefit enrollment options from the first day of employment, paid time off from the first hour worked, holiday pay, 401(k) retirement savings, and more!

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