Consultant Chef Trainer

Geosam Capital; Port Coquitlam; On-site; CAD 3,600 - 3,900; Part time

Job summary

Kitchen Brigades seeks a Consultant Chef Trainer to deliver engaging culinary workshops to students across Canada, using materials provided by La Tablée des Chefs. The role focuses on teaching basic techniques, healthy eating, and hands-on recipe prep.

Work involves after-school sessions with teens, an average of 4–5 hours weekly, for a 24-week mandate. A criminal background check is required; DEP in cooking or nutrition training is preferred, with autonomy and organization essential.

Qualifications

• Must have DEP in cooking or nutrition training.
• Experience in facilitation or education is an asset.
• Comfortable working with teens (12–17 years).
• Able to be autonomous, organized and responsible.

Responsibilities

• Deliver one culinary workshop of 2–2.5 hours per week for 24 weeks.
• Teach basic cooking techniques using provided materials.
• Ensure workshop prep with content before sessions.
• Purchase ingredients within budget allocated.
• Collaborate with host establishments for culinary challenges.
• Complete administrative documentation (invoices, evaluations).

Skills

Passion for cooking

Teaching ability

Youth teaching

Empathy and flexibility

Autonomy and organization

CookingDEP

Facilitation experience

Education

DEP in cooking

Nutrition training

Education or facilitation experience

Job description

Consultant Chef Trainer

Kitchen Brigades is a culinary education program offered in more than 350 schools across Canada. The Consultant Chef Trainer delivers culinary workshops to students, teaching them various basic cooking techniques and healthy eating principles using the educational materials provided by La Tablée des Chefs.

As a Consultant Chef Trainer, you'll have the chance to inspire and make a lasting impact by sharing your culinary passion whether through collaborating with youth from diverse backgrounds or with students from schools across Canada. If you're an experienced chef or a passionate home cook, this collaboration opportunity is for you!

Profile Sought:

• Be passionate about food and cooking.
• Be skilled in animation and teaching.
• Comfortable with teenagers (12-17 years old).
• Be empathetic, flexible, and able to adapt to the diverse realities of vulnerable youth.
• Be autonomous, organized and responsible.
• Have completed a DEP in cooking, a training in nutrition or equivalent, an asset.
• Experience in facilitation or education, an asset.

Services to Be Provided

• Deliver one culinary workshop of 2-2.5 hours per week as part of the mandate.
• Teach participants basic cooking techniques and guide them through recipe preparation.
• Deliver each workshop using the educational materials provided by La Tablée des Chefs and ensure preparation with the workshop content beforehand.
• Purchase the ingredients required for workshop recipes (budget allocated).
• Collaborate with the participating establishment to coordinate culinary challenges (Kitchen Brigades)
• Provide the administrative documentation required for the mandate (e.g., invoices, evaluation questionnaires).

Important information to know

• The programs are turnkey; no recipe or educational content development is required.
• Professional fees are $155 per workshop.
• Tools and materials are made available to support and guide you throughout the mandate, to be consulted as needed.
• The mandate is estimated to require approximately 4-5 hours per week
• The Consultant Chef Trainer is expected to remain available for the duration of the agreed-upon mandate and deliver all scheduled services (workshops). For Kitchen Brigades, mandate duration is 24 weeks and workshops are generally delivered after school hours.
• The schedule is established jointly with the participating establishment and the consultant's availabilities.
• A criminal background check is required due to the consultant's regular contact with minors during the delivery of the mandate.

To learn more: visit our https://www.tableedeschefs.org/en/