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Assistant Culinary Producer - Video, Television and Photography
America's Test Kitchen is seeking an Assistant Culinary Producer to join our Culinary Production Team. The team manages recipe/content planning, food preparation, and visual presentation for video, television and photography projects. In addition to providing food support for shoots, this team will be involved in pre-production as well as content review during the post-production process.
This position is site-based and may require early start times as well as the ability to participate in videos, behind-the-scenes action, and/or food styling during the filming of our two television programs.
Responsibilities:
Coordinate food support needs, order and receive ingredients, select and manage equipment
Work on set for video production as a liaison between programming executives, producers, talent, and Culinary Producers
Plan or assist in planning shot lists
Execute assigned photo and video shoots from preproduction to post production
Maintain accuracy of recipe prep and execute food support for shoots
Ensure excellence and brand integrity is met for editorial and visual standards
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
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 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, restaurant cooking, or food media
Minimum of 1-year professional cooking experience and demonstrated ability to precisely follow directions and work in a professional kitchen environment
Prior culinary support in association with video production strongly preferred
This position is located in our Boston, MA office in the Seaport district. It is the expectation that the person in this role will work a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) in the office and 2 days per week remotely.
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 All-Access subscription 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. Fifty full-time (admittedly very meticulous) test cooks, editors, and product testers spend their days tweaking every variable to find the very best recipes, equipment, ingredients, and 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.
