After School Children's Cooking Instructor

Sticky Fingers Cooking; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid hands-on training

Individualized support

Job summary

Sticky Fingers Cooking in Austin is seeking a part-time Chef Instructor to lead on-site cooking enrichment for kids in the West Lake/Eanes ISD area. Classes run afternoons, 2–5 pm, 2 days per week, teaching basic kitchen skills and healthy eating.

You’ll create kid-friendly recipes, prep ingredients, review curricula, and guide diverse groups with encouragement. Training is provided and teamwork is supportive.

Qualifications

• Availability at least 2 days a week (Mon-Fri, 2-5 pm)
• Commitment to teaching full sessions (4–12 weeks)
• ServSafe Food Handler Certification (can obtain before teaching)
• Ability to manage and engage a group of 8-14 children with diverse backgrounds and academic levels
• Upon hire, must pass a fingerprint background check
• Access to reliable transportation
• Ability to communicate with our team in a timely manner
• Punctual and reliable
• No professional cooking experience required
• Experience working with kids is a plus
• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination may be required by districts and schools

Responsibilities

• As a part-time chef Instructor, you interact with children 3-18, parents, and school staff each week on-site at various locations, leading hour-long healthy cooking classes.
• You create creative recipes and teach about new ingredients and healthy foods from around the world in an engaging, hands-on way.
• You review weekly curricula and shop for fresh ingredients to prepare instruction, including basic kitchen skills like washing, cutting, grating, stirring, measuring, and nutrition.
• You guide kids in understanding history, geography, and language behind each recipe, fostering healthy eating habits.
• You provide direction and encouragement to help each class create a new recipe, promoting lifelong healthy habits.

Skills

Availability 2 days a week

Commitment to full sessions

ServSafe Certification

People management

Background check

Reliable transportation

Timely communication

Punctual

No professional cooking experience

Experience with kids

COVID vaccination may be required

Job description

Sticky Fingers Cooking® of Austin is looking to hire part-time Chef Instructors willing to work in the West Lake/Eanes ISD area!

• Are you ready to TURNIP the BEET on what KIDS EAT®?
• Are you looking for a fun, part-time job?
• Do you love the magical combination of children and cooking?
• Are you passionate about introducing kids to new ingredients and exploring new tastes in the kitchen?
• Do you have a love for food and want to lead cooking classes for children using our kid-tested and approved recipes?

If so, please read on and consider joining us in the kitchen!

Our instructors bring the kitchen to the kids with our cooking kit that contains all the necessary equipment and tools. Sticky Fingers Cooking® provides paid hands-on training and individualized support.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Availability at least 2 days a week (Monday - Friday, between 2-5 pm)
• Commitment to teaching full sessions (ranging from 4-12 weeks)
• ServSafe Food Handler Certification (can obtain before teaching)
• Ability to manage and engage a group of 8-14 children with diverse backgrounds and academic levels
• Upon hire, employees will be required to pass a fingerprint background check
• Access to reliable transportation
• Ability to communicate with our team in a timely manner
• Punctual and reliable
• No professional cooking experience required
• Experience working with kids of varying ages is a plus!
• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination may be required by districts and schools

Let's TACO-bout "a day in the life" of a chef instructor

As a part-time chef Instructor, you are the face of our company, getting to interact with children between the ages of 3-18, parents, and school staff each week. You work on-site at different locations in your area, leading hour-long healthy and engaging cooking enrichment classes for students.

Each week, you create creative recipes and teach children about new ingredients and healthy foods from all over the world in an engaging and hands-on way. Your organizational skills come into play as you review weekly class curricula and prepare for instruction which includes shopping independently for fresh ingredients. You teach basic kitchen skills including washing, cutting, grating, stirring, measuring, nutrition, and more as well as the history, geography, and language behind each recipe.

Kids learn in a dynamic hands-on environment while you provide the direction and encouragement to create a new recipe each class. Teach kids healthy food habits that will nourish their bodies and minds for a lifetime.

Our chefs are ONE in a MELON! Meet some of them in this video: https://vimeo.com/492139079

ABOUT STICKY FINGERS COOKING®

Our dedicated, talented and creative team has been busy cultivating 'cool'inary curiosity for thousands of children in online classes, schools, camps, and special events since 2008.

We offer quality enrichment cooking classes before, during, and after school, as well as birthday parties, private cooking classes, and camps for children 3-18 years of age. Sticky Fingers Cooking® also operates in select cities across the country!

Our philosophy is that kids are only impacted if we have great instructors who are passionate about what they do. We attract and retain such amazing instructors by offering a friendly schedule, all the needed equipment, and tools, paid training, individualized support, and FUN!

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN US IN THE KITCHEN?

SFC ATX, LLC d.b.a. Sticky Fingers Cooking is independently owned and operated.