Sushi Trainee
Part-timeWest Seneca, NYPart-time$16.5–17/hrPosted 2 days agoStill listed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Sushi Trainee helps prepare fresh sushi for sale in a Wegmans store and assists customers with made-to-order and special requests. The role works alongside experienced sushi chefs, learning traditional techniques and developing sushi-making skills in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.
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Full job description
Location: 370 Orchard Park Road West Seneca, NY 14224 Availability Requirement for this role: Morning, afternoon, evening (includes weekends). Age Requirement: Must be 18 years or older Time Type: Part time Pay Range: $16.50 - $17 / hour
Why Work Here Working at Wegmans provides opportunities to grow, flexible scheduling, incredible benefits, and the experience of working for a company with a reputation you can be proud of.
Job Description: Bring your love for sushi, and we'll teach you the rest! In this role, you will help prepare fresh, high-quality sushi rolls to be sold in our store, as well as help customers with any made-to-order or special requests. You will work alongside experienced sushi chefs, learning traditional techniques and perfecting your craft in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare ingredients, including slicing fish, cutting vegetables, and making sushi rice
- Assist in making sushi rolls, nigiri, sashimi, and other menu items according to recipes and presentation standards
- Maintain cleanliness and organization of the kitchen, following food safety and sanitation guidelines
- Work efficiently in a fast-paced environment, ensuring timely preparation
- Uphold excellent food presentation and customer satisfaction
Requirements:
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks
How this job compares
Set against the 4,113 open Food Service jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$16.5–17/hr
- New York median$18–21/hr258 hourly ranges
- US median$17–19/hr2,052 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $16.75/hr, is 12% below the New York median midpoint ($19/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Food Service hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 312 open Food Service jobs in New York and 4,113 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Chipotle Mexican Grill20 open
- Trinity Health17 open
- University of Rochester14 open
- Experience
- Food Service postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (519 postings).
- Education
- 20 of the 4,113 open Food Service jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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