The ideal candidate is passionate about our mission: Building healthier, more connected communities by engaging teens and providing nourishing food to individuals living with serious illnesses.
Seeking cooks who are ready to jump on the line to make nutritious meals for our community and teach teens cooking and leadership skills while doing so.
Please email your resume and availability to the linked email on this post.
More Details:
Exempt classification: Part-time
Pay rate: $23/hr
Benefits: Paid holidays, PTO and sick leave
Start date: Immediately
Location: Soquel
Shift times:
Sunday from 10am- 5:00pm
Monday from 3:00pm-8:00 pm
Tuesday from 3:00pm-8:00 pm
Wednesday from 3:00pm-8:00 pm
Overtime rates apply
Responsibilities
-Work with a team of professionals and teens to make and package delicious, nutritious and beautiful meals
-Assist with kitchen operations including: kitchen set-up, cleaning throughout shift, assisting hired teens and volunteers with basic cooking skills, and kitchen clean up at the end of the shift
-Strict adherence to food safety and sanitation guidelines
-Support a culture of youth ownership and leadership
-Potential to assist with cooking classes
Qualifications
-ServeSafe Food Handlers
-Line Cook, large-scale catering, and/or commissary kitchen experience preferred
-Close attention to timing
-Capacity for mentoring and teaching
-Ability to stay calm and keep your sense of humor in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
-Good awareness of self
-Ability and desire to be in a work environment that values working as a team, relationships and giving and receiving honest feedback.
-Ability to communicate warmly and clearly
-Preference given to applicants who are bilingual
-Preference given to applicants with culinary arts degree
Physical requirements:
-Ability to stand, bend, stoop, sit, walk, twist and turn.
-Ability to lift 25 pounds.
-Work environment is primarily indoors with the majority of time spent in a busy production kitchen or sitting at a desk.
Reports to Executive Chef
Teen Kitchen Project (TKP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourages members of minority groups to apply.
All employment decisions at TKP are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital & veteran status or any other status protected by laws or regulations.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $23.
00 per hour
Expected hours: 20 – 25 per week
Benefits:
* 401(k)
* Paid time off
Shift:
* Day shift
* Evening shift
Ability to Relocate:
* Soquel, CA 95073: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person