Assistant Culinary Producer

America's Test Kitchen; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 56,000 - 57,680; Full time

Job summary

A leading cooking resource in Boston seeks an Assistant Culinary Producer to manage recipe planning and execution for photography. Responsibilities include ensuring excellence in culinary production, coordinating food support, and collaborating with team members to create inspiring imagery. The ideal candidate has a culinary degree or equivalent experience, at least one year of professional cooking, and strong organizational skills. This hybrid role offers a salary range of $56,000 to $57,680, reflecting the candidate's experience and other factors.

Qualifications

• Degree from accredited culinary arts program or equivalent experience preferred.
• Minimum of 1-year professional cooking experience required.
• Prior culinary production experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage recipe planning and execution for photography projects.
• Ensure brand integrity in culinary production.
• Cooperate with food editors and stylists to create imagery.

Skills

Self-starter

Strong communication skills

Fast-paced cooking abilities

Attention to detail

Food styling

Team collaboration

Education

Degree from accredited culinary arts program

1+ year professional cooking experience

Culinary production experience

Job description

Overview

America's Test Kitchen is seeking a talented Assistant Culinary Producer to manage recipe planning and execution for photography projects. In addition to providing food support for shoots, this enthusiastic food media professional will be involved in pre-production as well as content review during the post-production process to help ATK create best-in-class imagery that inspires home cooks.

Responsibilities

• Ensure excellence and brand integrity is met for editorial and visual standards across all recipe and culinary-focused production.
• Maintain accuracy of recipe representation
• Plan shot lists & prep lists
• Coordinate food support needs, order and receive ingredients, and select and manage equipment
• Work collaboratively with food editors, food stylists, photographers, art directors and other staff to create best-in-class, inspiring imagery.
• Occasionally support TV, video, and event projects with culinary production support

Skills And Abilities You Need To Succeed

• Self-starter with independence, initiative, and a drive to succeed, as well as strong organizational skills and can-do approach to problem solving
• Strong communication skills and the ability to delegate tasks and work collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to juggle cooking tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-driven team environment where priorities can shift quickly
• Comfort with both savory and sweet cooking methods and understanding of technique
• Fastidious attention to detail in following and executing recipes
• Ability to style food for the camera
• Ability to build relationships and work across multiple departments
• Ability to work cooperatively and comfortably in an environment in which decisions are more often made by the group than by the individual

Education And Experience You Should Have

• Degree from an accredited culinary arts program or equivalent experience in recipe development or food media preferred
• Minimum of 1-year professional cooking experience and demonstrated ability to precisely follow directions
• Prior culinary production experience preferred

This position is located in our Boston, MA office in the Seaport district. While it is generally expected that this role will follow a hybrid schedule of three days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) in the office and two days per week remotely, the filming schedule may necessitate additional on-site work during certain weeks. This position may also require early start times and the ability to participate in videos, behind-the-scenes action, and food styling.

Salary

Salary Range: $56,000 - 57,680.

The range provided is based on what we reasonably expect to pay for this job as of the time of posting. The actual salary offered will be determined based on multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, job-related knowledge, skills, geographical location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

About America’s Test Kitchen

The mission of America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) is to empower and inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen. Founded in 1992, the company is the leading multimedia cooking resource serving millions of fans with TV shows (America’s Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, and America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation), magazines (Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country), cookbooks, a podcast (Proof), FAST channels, short-form video series, and the ATK Essential Membership for digital content. Based in a state-of-the-art 15,000-square-foot test kitchen in Boston’s Seaport District, ATK has earned the trust of home cooks and culinary experts alike thanks to its one-of-a-kind processes and best-in-class techniques. Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.

Why America’s Test Kitchen

We’re passionate about cooking, and about creating the best place to work. We’re small enough for your ideas to make a big impact, and large enough to offer you opportunities to grow professionally at any stage of your career. We want you to take risks and make mistakes — that's how innovation happens in our test kitchen, in our offices, and in life. We at America’s Test Kitchen believe food media can be a powerful force for social change. We are passionate about building an inclusive workforce that represents many different cultures, backgrounds, abilities, identities, and perspectives. We welcome your application.