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Will AI replace line cooks?
Based on live job postings — updated November 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting line cooks. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 71 live line cooks openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, almost no current line cooks openings ask for AI skills yet. The work is changing, not going away.
71live openings
0%ask for AI skills
0%remote
16companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
Employers still ask most for: Compliance, Microwaves, Cooking, Sanitation, Communication, Professionalism — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| TooJay’s Deli • Bakery • Restaurant | 38 |
| SpaceX | 7 |
| Kimpton Seafire Resort & Spa | Hotel Indigo Grand Cayman | 5 |
| DoorDash USA | 4 |
| Major League Baseball | 2 |
| xAI | 2 |
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