Cheesemonger
Palace Market is a family-owned, independent grocery store in Point Reyes Station offering a wide selection of local, natural, gourmet and specialty products. Second only to providing fantastic customer service; we're committed to serving the best food, beverages, and products available from craft producers around the world. We believe in treating our staff like family and have many team members who've worked here for over 10 years.
We're currently searching for a Cheesemonger! Absolutely zero experience necessary to apply, we love teaching passionate folks about our local bounty.
What your work days would look like: Cutting, tasting and selling delicious local cheeses and their accompaniments. Merchandising the counter and surrounding areas containing jam, pickles, charcuterie, books, chocolate, gifts, and housewares. Maintaining our high standards for product storage, food safety, and workstation cleanliness. Ensuring our customers leave the store blissfully happy, singing your praises, with their arms full of treats.
What would make you ideal for this job?
You really dig making people (our customers and your coworkers) happy, and have an over the top love of food.
You understand (or want to understand) why respectable food costs more and tastes better.
You are dependable, a team player, and take serious pride in everything you do.
You can work days (as early as 8 am), evenings (as late as 6 pm), holidays and weekends.
You are over 18 yo and fluent in English. If you're over 21 we will crosstrain you in our wine & spirits department.
***We're happy to train a passionate individual with no relevant experience. We just need you to love cheese.***
Physical Requirements:
Constant standing.
Ability to lift 40+lbs, bend, twist, kneel, squat, and cut tons o' queso - arm/shoulder strength a must.
Benefits and Perks:
-Fantastic medical, dental and vision insurance.
-Fully matched 401k
-20% employee discount
-Sick pay and paid vacation.
-We have a strong belief of promoting from within the store, so there are plenty of upward mobility opportunities for our team. Work hard and reap the rewards.
-Regular, year-round work. Tourism to the area is consistent rain or shine. No worrying about seasonal layoffs.
-Visits and tours of the local producers who make our area great. We are strong believers in having a personal connection with everyone we purchase from. Sips of beer, tastes of wine, nibbles of cheese, bites of chocolate and complete access to the best of what our region has to offer.
Compensation Very much DOE and no less than $15/hr. We always prefer to hire full-time employees, but will consider stellar part-time applicants.
TO APPLY: Email your current resume or swing by the store with it Sat-Wed 8am - 3pm. Professional references (from any industry) a bonus.