Children's Cooking Instructor Part Time (Bellevue)

Sticky Fingers Cooking, LLC; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid training

Flexible schedule

On-site classes

Job summary

Sticky Fingers Cooking is seeking part-time Chef Instructors in Bellevue to bring hands-on, kid-focused cooking classes to our students. Instructors lead hour-long sessions after school hours, teaching basic kitchen skills, nutrition, and recipe history to 3–18 year-olds using our kid-tested recipes.

You will work on-site at different locations, collaborate with a fun team, review curricula weekly, and shop for fresh ingredients.

Qualifications

• Availability at least 2 days a week (Mon-Fri, 2–5pm)
• Commitment to teaching full sessions (4–12 weeks)
• Washington Food Worker Card (can obtain before teaching)
• Ability to manage a group of 8–14 children
• Fingerprint background check required on hire
• Access to reliable transportation
• Timely communication with the team
• Punctual and reliable
• No professional cooking experience required
• Experience with kids is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead hour-long healthy, engaging cooking enrichment classes on-site at various locations in your area
• Review weekly class curricula and prepare for instruction
• Shop independently for fresh ingredients
• Teach basic kitchen skills (washing, cutting, measuring, safety) and discuss history, geography, and language behind recipes
• Foster a dynamic, hands-on learning environment and encourage healthy food habits

Skills

Punctual

Reliable

Communication

Transportation

Kids-friendly

Education

Washington Food Worker Card

Job description

SFC SEATTLE EASTSIDE LLC dba Sticky Fingers Cooking® is looking to hire part-time Chef Instructors in Bellevue to help us Cultivate COOLinary Curiosity in Kids®!

• 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. SFC SEATTLE EASTSIDE LLC dba Sticky Fingers Cooking® provides paid hands-on training and individualized support.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Availability at least 2 days a week (Monday - Friday, between 2-5pm)
• Commitment to teaching full sessions (ranging from 4-12 weeks)
• Washington Food Worker Card (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!

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 will use our 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 your commitment is to 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, safety, 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 prepare 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 for almost 15 years.

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 great pay, 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 Seattle Eastside LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, religion, sex, age, disability, and all other characteristics protected by federal and Washington law, including intersectionality and reproductive health decision-making.

• Upon hire, employees will be required to pass a fingerprint background check