Kitchen Prep & Program Assistant The Dynamite Shop
- Date Posted February 13, 2019
- Location Brooklyn, NY
- Category Culinary / Education
- Job type Part-Time
Our goal is to help the rising generation of cooks find their niche in food, to celebrate the diversity of our communities and the wider world, and to develop positive relationships around food. Consider us Home Ec 2.0: we champion an old fashioned reverence of the table and offer a cool, supportive place to unplug.
The Dynamite Shop empowers kids to express themselves through the lens of food, so we’re not just cooking lasagna and bibimbap to bring home for dinner--we’re learning about regional variations, Skyping with chefs, watching and creating videos, and exploring how food intersects with culture and community.
Our core curricula during the academic year is the MAKE & TAKE afterschool program where kids cook dinner to bring home to their families and learn real life cooking skills in the process. The larger picture is that we are a community that revolves around food; we offer cooking classes for the whole family, a wildly popular summer camp, food service projects, readings, events, and more. Job description
We're looking for a prep cook and program assistant to help with our afterschool program and summer camp, as well as one-off pop-up events, birthday parties, and weekend classes.
The key responsibilities are prepping out ingredients for our lessons and assisting instructors by working hands-on with students, ages 8-14. Each class has between 15 and 24 students.
Candidates should be self-starters, clean and tidy, able to work very quickly under pressure, and able to take direction.
We have two experience REQUIREMENTS:
• You must have experience working in test kitchens, restaurants, catering, or other commercial kitchen settings prepping out recipes with speed.
• You must have experience working with children and be able to juggle the responsibilities of looking out for their safety as well as moving the lesson along. While previous experience teaching is not a requirement, we are looking for new team members who have a real passion for engaging youth around food.
The Dynamite vibe is open, inclusive, spunky, supportive, out-of-the-box and creative. While it's lots of fun, we keep a tight ship and expect all our employees to adhere strictly to our safety and behavioral protocols.
Hours are roughly Monday - Thursday 11am - 6:30pm, plus opportunities for more hours during weekend and evening events.