Consultant Chef Trainer

Geosam Capital; Ville de Richmond; On-site; CAD 33,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

Kitchen Brigades, a culinary education program operating in more than 350 schools across Canada, seeks a Consultant Chef Trainer to deliver weekly workshops and mentor students in basic cooking techniques using La Tablée des Chefs materials.

You’ll collaborate with schools, adapt to diverse youths, and manage ingredients and workshop prep. A background check is required; the mandate runs 24 weeks after school hours, totaling roughly 4–5 hours weekly, with $125 per workshop.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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).

Skills

Passion for food and cooking

Animation and teaching skills

Comfort with teenagers (12–17)

Empathy, flexibility, adaptability

Autonomy, organization, responsibility

DEP in cooking or nutrition training

Experience in facilitation or教育

Education

DEP in cooking or nutrition training

Job description

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

The Consultant Chef Trainer will:

• 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 $125 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.