Company description
Our mission is to bring people together over shared meals by teaching children, teens and adults how to prepare delicious, nutritious, affordable meas made from seasonal and local ingredients.
We are based in Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez Valley, California. For 10 years, we have been teaching afterschool classes, summer camps, birthday parties, team-building classes, family classes and specialty cooking classes.
Job description
Position: Culinary Educator
Type: Part time, hourly, in-person position
Pay: $20.00 - $30.00 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications
Teaching Locations: Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Valley
Do you love working with kids? Are you passionate about food – cooking, eating, sharing?
The Culinary Educator will teach cooking classes for Apples to Zucchini Cooking School. In this position you will deliver cooking classes to various groups in school and non-profits. Our program offers hands-on cooking classes, teaching children, teens and adults how to prepare nutritious, delicious, and affordable meals made from seasonal and local ingredients. The goal of these cooking classes is to introduce kids to foods they may not be familiar with, teach them how to cook a new recipe, and have them try nutritious food that may become a new part of their diet.
The Culinary Educator responsibilities and duties may include but are not limited to the following:
- Teach cooking classes using prepared recipes and lesson plans.
- Provide instruction on menu planning, safety, and sanitation practices in the kitchen.
- Share culinary terminology, food cuisines, and general food knowledge.
- Maintain the equipment and supplies of AtoZ.
Track time in AtoZ communication tool Connecteam.
Apples to Zucchini Cooking School provides the following:
- Recipes and lesson plans for each class
- All equipment necessary to teach classes
Qualifications
- Prior experience teaching children and teens (ages 5 - 18)
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to connect with volunteers
- Exceptional time management, organizational and problem-solving skills
- Sharp attention to detail with an ability to multitask
- Reliable and diligent worker
- Able to deliver positive food messages
- Available in the afternoons, when classes will be conducted
Transportation
This position requires personal transportation from AtoZ kitchen to school site. Transportation time and mileage will be reimbursed.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk and hear, lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, stand, walk, climb or balance in conditions that include stairs, uneven ground, walking between buildings, etc. Normal vision is required for this job (with corrective lenses if necessary). Work environment may be noisy at times.
Compensation
this position is: hourly, $20/hr +
Application instructions
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Deadline
no deadline