Dishwasher

Responsibilities

• Operate commercial dishwasher in Oaxacan restaurant or hotel kitchen
• Hand-wash traditional Oaxacan clay cookware — black clay (barro negro) cooking pots and serving pieces are Oaxaca's UNESCO-recognized artisan heritage; they require careful hand washing
• Maintain kitchen cleanliness
• Manage washing of the comals (large flat griddles) used for tlayuda and tortilla production
• Assist with post-mole-production pot washing — mole negro creates significant cleaning requirements
• Follow HACCP food safety protocols

Requirements

• No experience required
• Specific care with Oaxacan black clay — barro negro is fragile and culturally significant
• Physical stamina

Benefits

• IMSS, Aguinaldo, vacation + premium
• Staff meals, uniform

Work environment

Oaxacan restaurant or boutique hotel kitchen. Even the dishwashing station in Oaxaca involves materials — barro negro clay pots, hand-painted serving pieces — that are part of Oaxaca's cultural identity.

About the role

Every mole negro that leaves the kitchen was cooked in a pot that someone washed. Oaxacan mole takes 3 days to prepare. The clay pot it simmers in requires careful cleaning between batches. The lavaplatos who handles that clay pot correctly is protecting both a cultural object and a culinary tradition.