Head of Kitchen

Description:

Leads a small team of kitchen staff in daily food-related duties — planning, preparing and serving meals for 100 campers and staff daily. Crafts opportunities for campers (ages 10-18) to participate in food prep and clean up in an enjoyable way. Our kitchen staff are fully integrated into the Traveling Players community and participate in the larger camp culture. Salary: $800- $1000/week plus room and board for 8 weeks.

Primary duties include:

• Manage a kitchen staff team – including an assistant head of kitchen and two cooks – in daily food-related duties.

• Plan, prepare, serve, and clean-up of all meals (the kitchen will have days off when the camp cooks for themselves over a fire/cookouts)

• Maintain the kitchen according to health, safety, and sanitary standards, including proper storage and serving.

• Accommodate special dietary requirements as reasonable.

• Maintain kitchen inventory, placing orders and overseeing the food budget

Ideal candidate will have the following skills and characteristics:

• Kitchen experience (3 years minimum)

• Experience in a supervisory role, running a kitchen, meal planning, maintaining budget, placing orders, restaurant math, reducing waste, maintaining fresh inventory, etc.

• Experience with food allergies and dietary restrictions (we have a significant number of vegetarian students & staff)

• Familiarity with young and developing palates

• Interest in creating healthy, simple, varied, and tasty dishes

• Interest in developing a portfolio of menus

• Strong interpersonal skills, especially with children age 10-18

• Ability to take initiative

• Desire to be fully integrated into all-camp community activities

• Current ServSafe certification preferred, as well as a clean license and reliable vehicle

For more information: https://www.travelingplayers.org/about/employment

To apply: Please email resume and cover letter to Jeanne Harrison (jeharrison@travelingplayers.org) and fill out this Google Form.