Culinary Instructor

Job Description

Company Overview:

Taste Buds Kitchen has taken the country by storm with a refreshingly simple concept. We provide culinary entertainment to kids, families, and adults in a fun, beautiful, and state-of-the-art Kitchen Studio. Kids ages 2 to teen love our hands-on cooking classes, camps, birthday parties, and field trips. Adults love our BYOB date night cooking classes, birthday parties, bachelorettes, showers, and corporate events. Our innovative programs are as entertaining as they are educational! We always strive to engage and delight our guests.

Benefits/Perks:

Competitive pay plus earned gratuity

Flexible scheduling

Job Description:

We are seeking a professional, charismatic Chef Instructor with dynamic presentation skills to teach cooking classes and host private events at our recreational cooking school. You must be a service-oriented leader that's outgoing and fun, high-energy, and passionate about food and inspiring those around you to have fun in the kitchen.

Responsibilities:

Orchestrate and oversee an engaging cooking class experience with excellent and consistent client service following provided recipes and event guides

Deliver group cooking demonstrations and follow-up with table touches, teaching clients inspiring cooking tips and tricks in an informative yet approachable manner

Create a fun and inviting ambiance where guests learn in a non-threatening and social environment

Work quickly and efficiently while managing a struct event timeline

Ensure the food taste, presentation and service of the highest quality

Supervise and contribute to the ongoing training and development of Event Assistants during shifts

Create a controlled, safe and clean environment

Manage event needs from start-to-finish (from room set-up and ingredient prep to seamless event

execution and thorough clean-up)

Market the company for future business and general good will by engaging and delighting guests

Experience:

The ideal candidate has a minimum of 2-3 years of professional food, nutrition, or culinary experience; or a teaching background with proven passion and knowledge about/ability to demonstrate a solid foundation of cooking and baking skills. Chef instruction experience preferred. Able to command a room of 25+ students, with energy, excitement and personality, to create an engaging event for periods of 2+ hours. Able to take initiative and accomplish tasks without direct supervision. Must possess strong time-management skills, be detail-oriented and able to prioritize tasks.

Schedule/Availability:

This is a flexible part-time position for a minimum of 3 events/week with additional hours available, if desired. Hours are scheduled based on event needs. Schedules are published two weeks in advance and will include evenings and weekends.