Culinary Instructor The Dynamite Shop
- Date Posted September 23, 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 have an immediate opening for a teacher to help in our after school program with opportunities to work birthday parties and weekend classes.
The key responsibilities are assisting in the instruction of our after school program where between 14 and 25 children (depending on the day) ages 8-14 come to our space and cook through a meal from start to finish. The meal goes home as dinner.
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 kitchens: either test kitchens, restaurants, catering, school setting, or other commercial kitchen settings. You must have knowledge of food and cooking.
• 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 children is not a requirement, our staff must have a real passion for engaging youth around food and good judgment around children and safety.
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.
Our immediate need is for a teacher on Monday 2:30pm - 6:30pm, but this position could expand immediately into other days, plus opportunities for more hours during weekend and evening events.