This job expired on November 27, 2016
Head Chef The Mountain School
- Date Posted September 28, 2016
- Location Vershire, VT
- Category Culinary / Education
- Job type Full-Time
Company description
Each semester 45 motivated high school juniors from all over the country come together to live and work on the school’s farm in rural Vermont. Students and faculty build together a semester based on trust and an appreciation of difference, creating an academic and work-based community in which every voice matters. While living with teachers in small houses, students help to make important decisions concerning how we live together. Courses provide a demanding, integrated learning experience that takes advantage of the school's small size and mountain campus. Balancing intellectual inquiry and experiential learning, the curriculum challenges students to think flexibly, speak their minds, and return to their schools equipped for continued academic success. Engagement with the farm and forest sparks an appreciation for their food, their fuel and their labor. Admission is selective.
Job description
Mission
The Mountain School cultivates a diverse and interdependent community of scholars who learn to know a place and take care of it. Through collaborative learning and shared work, students emerge from their semester prepared to reach beyond the self and focus on the common good.
The Mountain School cultivates a diverse and interdependent community of scholars who learn to know a place and take care of it. Through collaborative learning and shared work, students emerge from their semester prepared to reach beyond the self and focus on the common good.
Who We Are
Each semester 45 motivated high school juniors from all over the country come together to live and work on the school’s farm in rural Vermont. Students and faculty build together a semester based on trust and an appreciation of difference, creating an academic and work-based community in which every voice matters. While living with teachers in small houses, students help to make important decisions concerning how we live together. Courses provide a demanding, integrated learning experience that takes advantage of the school's small size and mountain campus. Balancing intellectual inquiry and experiential learning, the curriculum challenges students to think flexibly, speak their minds, and return to their schools equipped for continued academic success. Engagement with the farm and forest sparks an appreciation for their food, their fuel and their labor. Admission is selective.
We are seeking an outstanding chef and communicator to educate our students and lead our efforts to put quality food on the table.
The head chef manages the Mountain School kitchen and harvest kitchen, including the supervision of two other chefs. Other important responsibilities include the following:
- Lead the collaboration with other chefs and the farm manager on strategic questions related to setting the weekly menu and providing quality food consistent with the school’s mission and values.
- Coordinate the logistics of storing the foods we grow, ordering the foods we do not grow, and partnering with local food sources.
- Cook five to seven meals per week.
- Collaborate with the work program manager to organize student work periods in the kitchen and the harvest kitchen.
- Attend weekly faculty meetings, farm seminars, and school meetings.
The successful candidate will demonstrate…
- passion for educating adolescents through food.
- experience managing a kitchen team and cooking for larger groups.
- excellent interpersonal skills, including conflict resolution and collaboration with colleagues who are not chefs.
- experience cooking to a mission.
- flexibility and creativity with seasonal ingredients and diverse diets.
- experience sourcing ingredients directly from farms.
- knowledge of how to store and preserve food.
- a commitment to food safety regulations and code compliance.
- some higher education.
- an interest in professional development and ongoing education.
This job expired on November 27, 2016
DeadlineOctober 31, 2016