Pay: $29.31 - $35.29 per hour
Job description:
The Sustainable Food Institute of America is a leading consulting firm specializing in guiding institutional kitchens in more sustainable ways of operating within budget. We focus on incremental, cost-effective strategies that increase quality and operational efficiencies.
SFIA is hiring a Chef Trainer to assist in consulting onsite at schools across the state of Illinois and beyond and guide them on operational best practices toward a zero waste, locally sourced, scratch cooked kitchen operation. This is a part-time, contract position for starting at $35/hour (depending on experience).
This position supports the overall sustainability goals and initiatives of SFIA and its clients. We strongly encourage a cover letter that describes why you are the right fit for this part-time position. This would be a great opportunity for a retired chef looking for additional income opportunities.
Responsibilities:
- Teaching culinary skills to school cafeteria staff of varying experience and abilities.
- Ensuring school kitchens have the equipment and supplies needed for training
- Responsible for training on cooking and baking, reading recipes, scaling recipes, production planning
- Leadership training
- Responsible for gathering supplies required for upcoming trainings
Requirements:
- Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
- Understand how to use and how to train kitchen equipment—large and small
- Understand how to manage inventory and ordering
- Experience in scaling recipes in an institutional setting
- Possess a current sanitation certificate(s) pertaining to site requirements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to help prioritize tasks on a high level
- Excellent leadership skills
- Solid kitchen organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Basecamp project management and costing software.
- Associate’s Degree or higher in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
The Sustainable Food Institute of America is committed to equal opportunities for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate based on sex, gender identity, gender expression, age, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.'
Job Types: Contract, Part-time
Experience:
- Culinary experience: 10 years (Preferred)/ideal person is a newly retired chef looking to be a little active
Work Location: On the road
Job Types: Part-time, Contract
Work Location: In person
Job Types: Part-time, Contract
Work Location: In person
Pay: $29.00 - $35.00 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
