Butcher's Apprentice at Hudson & Charles Grass-Fed Meats

Empregara; New York (NY); On-site; USD 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Hudson & Charles in New York City is seeking a butcher's apprentice to learn whole-animal butchery and utilization. This paid apprenticeship offers a full-time schedule and the chance to grow with the business, with a focus on sustainable practices and local sourcing.

Train under experienced butchers, perform duties from unloading deliveries to customer service, and contribute to the shop's active involvement in the local food economy.

Qualifications

• 40 hours/week
• basic knife skills
• 1 year commitment (you don't learn this craft in 3 months)
• Ability to lift 100+ pounds

Responsibilities

• Unloading deliveries
• Assisting the butcher with trim work, grinding, counter
• Organizing the walk-ins
• Assisting in kitchen prep
• Assisting in sausage prep
• Help filling customer orders for pick up and delivery
• Customer service

Skills

Knife skills

Lift heavy objects

Job description

Company description
Hudson & Charles is a nose to tail sustainable butcher shop located in NYC's West Village and Upper West Side. We are committed to a sustainable philosophy and whole animal utilization. Our animals arrive to our shops whole (lamb& goat), split (pig) or quartered (beef and is 100% grass-fed). All animals are sourced from small local family owned and run farms in New York State and Pennsylvania. Our farmers raise their animals antibiotic free, hormone free and steroid free on farms using regenerative agricultural techniques.

Job description

We are looking for a butcher's apprentice who will learn the craft of whole animal butchering from the ground up. We will teach you the art of whole animal utilization and everything that surrounds it. This is a great opportunity for someone to grow with us and get involved in helping to support the local food economy. We are ideally looking for a candidate who is seeking long term company growth.

We are seeking an apprentice for a FT schedule of 40 hours a week. This is a PAID apprenticeship.

It doesn't hurt to have a sense of humor, a good attitude, comfy shoes and be to be highly motivated and curious. Also a love of 90's music doesn't hurt.

Daily responsibilities include:

• Unloading deliveries
• Assisting the butcher with trim work, grinding, counter
• Organizing the walk-ins
• Assisting in kitchen prep
• Assisting in sausage prep
• Help filling customer orders for pick up and delivery
• Customer service

Requirements:

• 40 hours/week
• basic knife skills
• 1 year commitment (you don't learn this craft in 3 months)
• Ability to lift 100+ pounds

We are a gay and queer owned business. We encourage those in the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities to apply. Hudson & Charles does not discriminate in its hiring, compensation or promotion practices.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $16.50 - 20/hr