Chef Instructor

Chef Instructor

St. Mary's Food Bank is currently seeking an experienced Chef Instructor for our Community Kitchen Program. The Chef Instructor is responsible for teaching culinary skills to a diverse group of individuals as part of a food bank training program aimed at increasing individual self sufficiency. Instructor will create menus and training instruction based on food availability. Instructor will also teach a high level of food handling standards. Directs and works alongside the students to give them the tools they need to be successful in the culinary industry.

Job Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Manages a clean, well maintained and organized kitchen by instructing students in basic sanitation and culinary arts skills, ensuring safe food handling procedures, and maintaining on-going temperature logs in cooler and freezer.
• Maintains current inventory for all food items, pro-actively utilizing food bank inventory in order to reduce food purchases and placing all food and non-food kitchen orders in a timely fashion.
• Maintains a professional, helpful and non-threatening learning environment, actively teaching scheduled curriculum topics to students in the kitchen.
• Coordinates with other instructors, ensuring materials being taught in the classroom and the kitchen are concurrent with employer expectations.
• Provides knife skill and cooking demonstrations for basic culinary techniques.
• Assists in developing curriculum and class calendar.
• Utilizes donated and or purchased food to create given menu
• Works one on one with struggling students
• Share best practices learned from real world experience with students to prepare them for the industry
• Provides written feedback to Manager regarding student progress and recommendations on a weekly basis for student evaluations.
• Any other duties as assigned by Management.
• Ability to formulate long term planning and execution
• Strong ability to meet given deadlines

Qualifications:

Minimum of 5 years work related experience or equivalent combination of education and job-related experience in a Food Service Management Role.

Preferred: Bilingual English/Spanish

Preferred: AA in Culinary Studies

What We Offer:

• Competitive Compensation Package:
  • Base Salary: $50,000 Annually
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a generous employer match
  • Employee Referral Bonus Program
  • Tuition Assistance
• Comprehensive Benefits:
  • Medical and Insurance Coverage
    • An employee-only medical plan at no cost to you
    • 4 low-cost employee-only, spouse and/or family member medical plans
    • Vision and Dental coverage
    • Health Savings Account generously funded by the employer and Flexible Spending Account options
    • Short- and Long-Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death & Accident Insurance at no cost to you.
    • Employee Assistance and Wellness Programs
    • Optional Pet Insurance and Legal Shield Identity Theft offering
  • Time Off
    • 15 PTO days, accrued bi-weekly, that increases with length of service
    • 40 hours of Personal/Sick time
    • 9 Company Paid Holidays

This is your chance to join a cohesive and welcoming team and make a difference in our Arizona communities. Join our Mission to alleviate hunger.