Company description
Art Farm at West Dry Creek is a retreat and residency program on the west side of Healdsburg, California’s Dry Creek Valley, offering artists, regenerative farmers, and community members a respite from daily life and a space to create, connect, and innovate around ecosystem health and climate solutions.
The culture of Art Farm is rooted in curiosity, creativity, diversity, and a shared connection to cultural and agricultural health. As a small, intentionally designed nonprofit, we bring together artists and farmers who are pushing creative and agricultural boundaries, believing that a mix of perspectives, experience, and approach is essential for innovation. Every resident is invited to engage with the local community and the soil in some way, reinforcing our values of reciprocity and regeneration. With support from experts, studio visits, and lasting alumni connections, Art Farm is built to be a living, evolving ecosystem where ideas, relationships, and creativity continue to grow long after a residency, workshop, or visit ends.
Job description
Our Healdsburg-based artist residency program is looking for an on call event chef’s assistant for their upcoming month-long residencies. The chef will be working with the culinary director to prepare meals for residents and staff, as well as prepping and helping execute a few larger dinners and open studio events. We mostly serve between 4 and 16 people at a time, and the menus change daily, and heavily feature produce from our onsite farm. Some shifts will be more morning/mid-day, and a few evening events are also possible as well, with different schedule needs each week of the session depending on the program calendar.
Our three sessions are 1 month long, running Feb 18-March 22, April 19-May 16, and September 27- October 25. Other possible projects in between sessions could also include canning/preservation, harvesting and foraging on the property, and assisting at occasional culinary workshops alongside the culinary director.
The schedule is flexible depending on the needs of the chef and the residency.
Compensation
this position is: hourly, $20/hr +
Application instructions
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Deadline
March 18, 2026