Kitchen Team Member (Food Prep)

Food Prep & Mochi Production Team Member

Full-Time Schedule: 8:00 AM–4:30 PM
Full-Time Requirement: 5 days per week — 4 weekdays and 1 weekend day required

Part-Time Schedule: 8:00 AM–12:30 PM
Part-Time Requirement: Minimum 4 days per week

Lomichi is looking for a reliable, detail-oriented Food Prep & Mochi Production Team Member to join our kitchen team.

This position focuses on preparing ingredients for our desserts, portioning ingredients and fillings, hand-wrapping fresh mochi, washing dishes, and helping keep the store clean and organized.

Wrapping mochi requires good hand coordination, precision, and careful repetitive hand movements to produce a consistent shape, size, and appearance. Previous experience making dim sum, dumplings, buns, pastries, or other hand-shaped foods is a plus.

We are looking for someone who works carefully, follows instructions well, maintains a clean workspace, and can consistently produce high-quality products.

This is a hands-on kitchen position that involves standing for extended periods and performing repetitive food-preparation, mochi-wrapping, dishwashing, and cleaning tasks.

Responsibilities

• Prepare ingredients for daily mochi and dessert production
• Accurately weigh and portion ingredients according to recipes and production guidelines
• Wash, peel, trim, and cut fresh fruit
• Prepare fruits such as mangoes, strawberries, kiwi, lychee, and other seasonal fruits
• Inspect fruit and ingredients for freshness and quality
• Portion cream, fillings, fruit, and other ingredients for mochi production
• Hand-wrap and shape mochi using precise hand movements and consistent technique
• Maintain consistent portion size, shape, appearance, and product quality
• Follow recipes, measurements, and production instructions carefully
• Label, date, and properly store prepared ingredients
• Wash dishes, utensils, containers, trays, and kitchen equipment throughout the shift
• Clean and sanitize workstations, counters, sinks, equipment, and food-preparation areas
• Help keep the kitchen and store clean, organized, and presentable
• Sweep, mop, take out trash, and complete other routine cleaning duties as assigned
• Follow all food safety and sanitation procedures
• Assist with other kitchen, production, and cleaning duties as needed

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate:

• Is reliable, punctual, and consistently arrives on time
• Can commit to the required schedule for either the full-time or part-time position
• Pays close attention to details
• Is comfortable weighing and portioning ingredients accurately
• Can follow recipes and step-by-step instructions consistently
• Has good hand coordination and precise hand-movement skills
• Is comfortable performing repetitive hand-wrapping and shaping tasks
• Works efficiently while maintaining product quality and consistency
• Is comfortable washing dishes and performing routine cleaning duties
• Keeps their workstation and surrounding areas clean and organized
• Takes food safety and sanitation seriously
• Can work independently after training
• Is willing to learn and accept feedback
• Has a positive attitude and works well with others
• Takes pride in producing neat, consistent, and visually appealing products
• Understands that cleaning and dishwashing are a regular part of the position

Physical Requirements

This is an active, hands-on kitchen position. Employees must be comfortable with:

• Standing and working on their feet for extended periods
• Repetitive and precise hand and finger movements while portioning and wrapping mochi
• Cutting and preparing fruit for extended periods
• Bending, reaching, carrying, and lifting throughout the shift
• Washing dishes and performing cleaning tasks
• Working in a commercial kitchen environment
• Performing repetitive production tasks while maintaining accuracy and consistency

Experience

Previous commercial kitchen, bakery, restaurant, food-preparation, or food-production experience is a plus, but mochi-making experience is not required.

Experience with dim sum, dumplings, buns, pastries, or other foods that require detailed hand-shaping or wrapping is especially helpful.

We provide training on our preparation methods, portioning standards, mochi-wrapping techniques, cleaning procedures, and food-safety expectations.

About Lomichi

Lomichi is an Asian dessert shop specializing in fresh handmade mochi and house-made desserts. Quality, consistency, and cleanliness are extremely important to us, and our kitchen production team plays a key role in preparing fresh ingredients and making our mochi every day.

If you are dependable, detail-oriented, enjoy working with food, and have strong hand coordination, we'd love to hear from you.

Pay: $14.00 - $18.00 per hour

Application Question(s):

• Do you have experience making or wrapping mochi, dumplings, dim sum, bao, pastries, ravioli, empanadas, or other hand-wrapped foods?
• Are you comfortable handling and cutting fruits such as strawberries, mangoes, kiwi, and other seasonal fruits?
• Are you able to complete 5-6 days of training at our Sugar Land location before transitioning to our Chinatown location?
• Are you interested in a full-time or part-time position? (Please read full time and part time schedule requirements)
• How many hours per week are you looking to work?

Work Location: In person