Housekeeper / Cook Position

Location: Stamford, CT
Schedule: Thursday–Monday, 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Guaranteed Hours: 45
Compensation: $30-32 per hour

Position Overview
A private household in Stamford, CT is seeking an experienced, hands-on Housekeeper/Cook whose primary focus is the kitchen and daily meal service. This is a homestyle cooking role — shopping for, preparing, and serving fresh lunches and dinners each day, rather than preparing meals in advance to be left. The candidate owns the full kitchen domain: menu planning, cooking, cleaning, stock control, and upkeep of the kitchen, breakfast room, dining room, and dining porches. The household has a full-time housekeeper; this position provides limited weekend coverage of general household tidying when the other housekeeper is off. Household size increases during the summer months, when additional family members and children are present (children have their own nanny), so shopping and meal volume increase accordingly. Schedule flexibility is expected during periods when the principal travels, when duties are lighter (silver polishing and general household resets).

Benefits: TBD

Responsibilities

General

• Shop, cook, and clean up for lunch and dinner
• Menu planning for lunch and dinner
• Stock control and inventory of daily foods (yogurt, milk, fruit, OJ) and pantry staples (peanut butter, butter, flour, sugar)
• Regularly clean out the refrigerator and freezer, discarding out-of-date and spoiled products
• Upkeep of the kitchen, breakfast room, dining room, and dining porches
• Support dinner parties and larger gatherings (catering is used as needed for large groups)
• Help polish silverware

Daily

• Ensure coffee beans are stocked and the coffee machine has clean water (do not run the machine's clean cycle — this is handled separately by the household)
• Ensure water bottles are stocked and the water pitcher is full
• Ensure daily breakfast essentials are on hand (OJ, yogurt, milk, fruit)
• Wipe any spills from the drawer refrigerator and freezer
• After dinner, sweep and mop the floor
• After dinner, wipe all kitchen surfaces
• After dinner, wipe down the stove and venting
• Run the dishwasher each night; hand-wash if there isn't a full load
• Empty all kitchen garbage cans before leaving

Weekly

• On Saturdays/Sundays or when the other housekeeper is out: make the principal's bed, tidy the dressing room, light cleaning of the bathroom, and empty garbage from these rooms
• On Saturdays/Sundays or when the other housekeeper is out: light cleaning of the downstairs bathroom (and, in summer, the pool house bathroom)
• On Saturdays/Sundays or when the other housekeeper is out: walk through the house to ensure everything is straightened and tidied
• Polish the sliding door leading to the dining porch
• Clean the dishwasher filter
• Check the refrigerator and freezer for expired and moldy food
• Wipe all refrigerator and freezer shelves
• Clean the stove backsplash and the surface of the stove hood and controls
• Check that kitchen soap dispensers and paper towels are stocked
• Check that all salt and pepper shakers are full
• Submit receipts to the family assistant to keep petty cash available for groceries and household needs
• Coordinate the weekly farm order (in season) with the principal
• Coordinate with the other housekeeper on flowers and plant care

Quarterly

• Wipe the outside of kitchen/pantry cabinets
• Clean the inside and outside of cabinets
• Deep clean the stoves, hoods, vents, and controls

Requirements

• Proven experience as a housekeeper/cook in a private home
• Skilled in homestyle cooking, with the ability to shop for, prepare, and serve fresh lunches and dinners daily
• Comfortable owning the full kitchen domain, including menu planning, inventory, and cleaning
• Available to work weekends (Thursday–Monday schedule)
• Flexible and adaptable to seasonal changes in household size and to schedule adjustments when the principal travels
• Reliable, discreet, and detail-oriented
• Must be able to provide 3–5 professional references

Upon submitting this form, you will be considered for any suitable positions, so there is no need to complete multiple applications.