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Omakai Sushi

Sushi Chef - OMAKAI sushi Aventura

Miami, FL · On-site

$18 - $23/hr

Night shift Weekly day range: * Monday to Friday * Weekend availability Experience: * Restaurant experience: 2 years (Preferred) Shift availability: * Day Shift (Preferred) * Night Shift (Preferred ...

Omakai Sushi

Sushi Chef - OMAKAI sushi Aventura

Miami, FL · On-site

$18 - $23/hr

Night shift Weekly day range: * Monday to Friday * Weekend availability Experience: * Restaurant experience: 2 years (Preferred) Shift availability: * Day Shift (Preferred) * Night Shift (Preferred ...

Omakai Sushi

Sushi Chef - OMAKAI Sushi Doral

Miami, FL · On-site

Night shift Weekly day range: * Monday to Friday * Weekend availability Experience: * Restaurant experience: 2 years (Preferred) Shift availability: * Day Shift (Preferred) * Night Shift (Preferred ...

Omakai Sushi

Line Cook- OMAKAI sushi Aventura

Miami, FL · On-site

$15 - $19/hr

Successful Line Cooks at OMAKAI sushi are not only talented sushi chef assistants but are also ... Day shift * Night shift Weekly day range: * Monday to Friday * Weekend availability Experience:

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As of Aug 29, 2026, the average hourly pay for night shift sushi in the United States is $22.37, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $15.87 and $28.61 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a night shift sushi chef?

Night shift sushi chefs are culinary professionals who work during the evening and overnight hours, preparing sushi for customers. They are responsible for making various types of sushi, maintaining kitchen cleanliness, and ensuring food safety standards are met. Night shift sushi chefs often work in late-night restaurants, 24-hour establishments, or businesses catering to customers during non-traditional hours. Their role requires precision, creativity, and the ability to work efficiently during late hours.

What are some unique challenges of working as a sushi chef during the night shift, and how can they be managed?

Working as a night shift sushi chef often means dealing with lower customer volumes but higher expectations for quality and speed, especially during late-night rushes. You may also face challenges related to maintaining ingredient freshness and managing fatigue due to unconventional hours. Effective time management, close teamwork, and proactive communication with kitchen staff are key to ensuring smooth operations. Many employers provide training and support to help night shift chefs adapt and maintain high standards, which can also offer unique opportunities for skill development and advancement within the restaurant.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a night shift sushi chef, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Night Shift Sushi Chef, you need expertise in sushi preparation, knife skills, food safety, and often formal culinary training or relevant experience. Familiarity with commercial kitchen equipment, inventory management systems, and food handling certifications is typically required. Attention to detail, stamina for late hours, teamwork, and strong communication help chefs excel in this demanding environment. These skills ensure the delivery of high-quality sushi, efficient kitchen operations, and a safe, enjoyable dining experience for customers during late shifts.
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Infographic showing various Night Shift Sushi job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 72% Full Time, 21% Part Time, 4% Contract, and 2% Nights. Highlights an 99% Physical, and 1% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $46,528 per year, or $22.4 per hour.

Sushi Chef - OMAKAI Sushi Wynwood

Miami, FL • On-site

Omakai Sushi
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Full-time

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Job description


General Info
Come join an amazing team with great pay, benefits, positive vibes, and a great educational opportunity.
Job purpose
Sushi Chefs are essential members of a sushi restaurant's team. Sushi Chefs are the heart of the kitchen and ensure that the highest quality product is served to our customers. Successful Sushi Chefs at OMAKAI sushi are not only talented sushi makers but are also brand advocates willing to serve a consistent product by following specific recipes, and preparation instructions and ensuring that chefs and cooks are doing the same. Sushi Chefs must be capable of ordering products and maintaining inventory with the restaurant's best interest in mind. Last but not least, Sushi Chefs must be able to maintain a professional demeanor at all times, lead by example, and hold themselves to the highest of standards.
Duties and responsibilities
  • Ensure quality of food - this includes ensuring that all items are prepared accurately and to the highest of standards before being sent out of the kitchen
  • Know the menu - this position requires learning the entire food menu thoroughly and properly
  • Minimize waste of all food and kitchen items
  • Clean and filet fish - this includes skillfully cleaning and cutting a variety of fish and mollusks
  • Make and prepare nigiri, handrolls, sashimi, and other food items
  • Prepare rice - this includes properly washing, cooking, cutting, and preparing sushi rice according to a specific process and recipe
  • Oversee inventory - this includes ensuring inventory and supplier order accuracy, such as ordering the proper amount of fish as needed and ensuring that the order matches the items received
  • Contribute to kitchen personnel training
  • Perform side jobs - this position requires performing side job duties before, during, and after each shift, including cleaning work stations at the end of each meal period and food stored away in the appropriate manner
  • Abide by all federal, state, and local labor health and safety laws

Qualifications
  • High school diploma or equivalent preferred
  • Three years of sushi-making experience required
  • Japanese cuisine knowledge required
  • Display a positive and friendly attitude at all times
  • Maintain a professional demeanor at all times
  • Ability to:
  • Provide top-notch customer service
  • Educate customers and staff about our products and processes
  • Make recommendations
  • Adhere to the company's food allergy policies
  • Handle food in a safe and hygienic manner that adheres to all company and government policies and protocols.
  • Work in a team
  • Communicate well with staff, management, and customers, even under pressure
  • Learn and memorize an entire menu to detail
  • Solve basic math problems * Willingness to take instructions in a professional and understanding manner

Working conditions
Mostly indoor dining working environment in a restaurant that handles a variety of fish, seafood, vegetables, fruits, wheat products, rice, dry seaweed, sauces, and many other food and beverage products. Candidates with food allergies must inform management during the application process. Noise levels may vary depending on how busy the restaurant is. The kitchen is an enclosed environment with a single food dispatch window with a view of the entire dining floor.
Physical requirements
Employee must be able to stand for long periods of time. Job requires handling knives in order to filet and clean fish and constant contact with a variety of seafood and other food products. Job requires some bending and kneeling in order to reach certain items such as plates, spoons, knives, sauces, dry food items, desserts, etc... Job requires moderate lifting (maximum 65 lbs.). Job requires maneuvering between tabletops, kitchen equipment, and corners.
Direct reports
General Manager, Kitchen Manager, and Owners
Benefits:
  • Employee discount
  • Flexible schedule
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off

Experience level:
  • 1 year

Restaurant type:
  • Casual dining restaurant
  • Fine dining restaurant

Shift:
  • 10-hour shift
  • 12-hour shift
  • 8-hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Night shift

Weekly day range:
  • Monday to Friday
  • Weekend availability

Experience:
  • Restaurant experience: 2 years (Preferred)

Shift availability:
  • Day Shift (Preferred)
  • Night Shift (Preferred)

Work Location: In person
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