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(DEMO NOTE: POSTING ISN'T WIRED TO A SERVER YET)
SD/FOOD.JOBS — San Diego, California
San Diego food jobs, fired fresh daily.
The local food-industry job board: restaurant, culinary, and hospitality jobs posted straight from the kitchens doing the hiring — line cooks, servers, bartenders, pastry, butchers, and management across every station in the county.
Built locally Run by people who've worked the line No recruiters · no spam · no exceptions
Section 01 — The Rail
Live tickets on the rail.
Every posting comes direct from a chef, GM, or owner in San Diego. Open a ticket to see pay, perks, and how to apply.
Section 02 — House Rules
Why kitchens post here.
Four rules, no fine print. They're the whole business model.
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No recruiters.
Every ticket is posted by the kitchen that's hiring — the chef, the GM, or the owner. Not a staffing agency, not a bot, not a "talent partner." If we can't verify who's hiring, it doesn't go up.
02
No spam, ever.
Your info goes to exactly one kitchen: the one you applied to. We don't sell it, share it, or newsletter you to death. One optional weekly digest — that's it.
03
Local, top to bottom.
Built and run in San Diego by people who've worked the line. If a job isn't in San Diego County — Oceanside to the border, beach to back country — it's not on this rail.
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Free to post.
Independents post free, always. A short-staffed kitchen doesn't need another invoice, and job seekers never pay a cent for anything, ever.
0Jobs filled since 2019
ZERORecruiters, ever
$0To post, always
0Stations across the county
Section 03 — Check Your Check
California overtime, done for you.
Over 8 hours a day, the clock starts working for you. Set your schedule and see what a week should actually pay — before tips.
SD minimum wage $16.50/hr · CA fast-food minimum $20/hr · Daily OT after 8h (1.5×) and 12h (2×), weekly OT after 40h · Tips not included · This is a calculator, not a lawyer.
SD/FOOD.JOBS — SHIFT MATH--:--
REGULAR40.0 h × $19.00$760.00
OT ×1.510.0 h × $28.50$285.00
DT ×2.00.0 h × $38.00$0.00
Weekly gross$1,045
≈ ANNUAL$54,340
EFFECTIVE RATE$20.90/hr
⚠ RATE IS BELOW THE SAN DIEGO MINIMUM ($16.50)
Section 04 — Stations
Culinary careers, station by station.
Twelve stations on the line. Tap one to filter the rail and see what's hiring in your part of town.
Section 05 — Word From the Pass
From people who've been in the weeds.
Posted a line cook ticket at 9pm, had somebody staging the next service. Four years of Craigslist, one week of this.
No recruiter middle-man asking for my resume "confidentially." I emailed the kitchen, I got the stage, I got the job.
It's the only board where the jobs are real. If a ticket's up there, that kitchen is actually hurting for staff.
Section 06 — FAQ
Before you fire.
The questions we get most from cooks and kitchens alike. Still hungry for answers?
Ask Us DirectYes — free for job seekers, always. No account walls, no fees, no upsells. You apply directly to the kitchen that posted the ticket, through whatever channel they prefer.
Nothing. Posting is free for San Diego food businesses — independent or chain. A short-staffed kitchen doesn't need another invoice.
No. Every posting is verified to come directly from the chef, GM, or owner doing the hiring. No recruiters, no spam, no exceptions — it's rule one for a reason.
Open any ticket on the rail and hit Apply. Each kitchen lists its preferred channel — usually a direct email — so your resume goes straight to the source, never through a middleman.
San Diego County — Oceanside down toward the border, beach to back country. If a job isn't in San Diego, it doesn't go on the rail.
Cooks and former restaurant managers based in San Diego. Built locally, run by people who've worked the line — we've been the one short-handed on a Saturday, and we've been the one sending resumes into the void. This board exists so neither happens again.
Free · Two minutes · Local
Short-staffed? Print a ticket.
Post a job in about two minutes. It goes live after a quick human check — usually within a few hours — and lands in front of cooks who actually live here.
No account · No card · No recruiter upsell