Popcorn Cook

About Lush Popcorn

At Lush Popcorn, quality starts with the product. We are looking for a dependable, focused, and detail-oriented Popcorn Cook to prepare our gourmet popcorn from scratch while maintaining high standards for taste, consistency, food safety, and presentation.

This is a hands-on production role in a hot, active, and fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate enjoys working with food, can follow recipes precisely, stays organized, and takes pride in producing a consistent, high-quality product.

What You’ll Do

• Prepare gourmet popcorn from scratch by accurately following recipes, measurements, and production procedures
• Operate popcorn-making equipment and other food production tools safely and correctly
• Monitor cooking times, temperatures, ingredients, and batch quality to ensure consistency
• Measure and portion ingredients accurately
• Inspect finished products to ensure they meet Lush Popcorn’s quality standards
• Bag, label, package, and prepare finished popcorn for retail, online, and wholesale orders
• Follow all food safety, sanitation, and quality control requirements
• Clean and sanitize cooking equipment, utensils, workstations, and production areas
• Maintain a clean, organized, and fully stocked production space
• Track ingredients, supplies, finished products, and production needs
• Assist with inventory management and communicate when ingredients or supplies are running low
• Help fulfill customer, online, wholesale, and special orders accurately and on time
• Follow store policies, procedures, recipes, and production standards
• Work independently and with team members to meet daily production goals
• Assist with other shop duties as needed to support smooth operations

What We’re Looking For

• Ability to read, understand, and accurately follow recipes
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to consistency
• Basic math and measurement skills
• Previous cooking, kitchen, food production, bakery, manufacturing, or food service experience preferred
• Ability to work efficiently while maintaining quality and accuracy
• Dependable, responsible, and able to take initiative
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Fast learner with a strong work ethic
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods
• Ability to lift and move heavier ingredients, supplies, and products as required
• Comfortable working around heat and in a fast-paced production environment
• Flexibility to work based on business needs, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays

Why Join Lush Popcorn?

You’ll play a key role in creating the gourmet popcorn our customers know and love. If you enjoy hands-on work, take pride in making quality products, and thrive in an active environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today to join the Lush Popcorn team!