Head Cook/Kitchen Manager

The primary responsibility of the Head Cook is to coordinate all aspects of the camp kitchen as an integrated part of life at camp. The Head Cook ensures professional standards for health and cleanliness standards are upheld. They motivate staff to work professionally and creatively in the kitchen. The Head Cook is an instrumental part of a successful summer by creating a cheerful and engaging kitchen environment while producing healthy and enjoyable food.

Essential Functions:

• Create a menu with the goal of providing health and familiar food to campers, and that supports the different dietary restrictions for vegans, gluten-free and dairy-free and nut allergies.
• Ensure the kitchen and dining room meet and potentially exceeds American Camping Association and Vermont State standards for health and safety.
• Work with Director to ensure kitchen staff are well-managed and integrated in camp life. Create and maintain records of shifts worked. Schedule time in regular camp program & coverage for all cooks.
• Supervise the daily removal of trash, recycling, and compost from the kitchen.
• Order from vendors, such as Black River Produce, to assure timely delivery of necessary food to camp while respecting the food supply budget

Desirable skills:

• Cooking
• Knife Skills
• Food Preparation
• Staff Management
• Baked Goods
• Kitchen Equipment Maintenance
• Menu Planning
• Food Handling
• Pantry/Walk-In Cleaning
• Bread Baking as a plus!

Camps Overview

We hire Kitchen staff at the following camps: Timberlake, Tamarack Farm, Firefly Song, Saltash Mountain Camp. To learn more about each camp visit our website. If you are not sure of which camp is right for you, you can still apply, and we’ll help you decide.

Work Conditions

• Work shifts consist of 6 days on, 1 day off
• Due to the meal schedule, some early mornings are required
• Live in a three-sided open-air cabin/tent that is RUSTIC and does not have electricity.
• Toilets are composting outhouses
• Food and beverages are provided through our camp kitchens
• Alcohol and drugs (including tobacco) are prohibited on camp property

Qualifications & Experience

• Experienced cook and food service specialist; knowledge of the ordering, coordination, and management (safety, etc) for foods/meals in a summer camp setting
• Possess strength and endurance required throughout the summer
• Professional character that is consistent, capable, self-directed, well organized, flexible, personable, and is able to maintain composure in a changing environment
• Openness to work with people (both staff and campers) from diverse backgrounds (e.g. economic, racial, religious, political, geographical, sexual orientation, cultural)
• Respectful, clear, and patient interpersonal communication skill set that allows for collaborative work as part of a community or team. A sense of humor and appreciation of fun and spontaneity

Compensation and Benefits:

• Summer Salary paid biweekly
• Housing and Meals

Organization Summary:
F&W is a non-profit, educational organization operating eight summer camps and programs for children and teens, a family camp, retreat rentals, and a conservation organization. Encompassing over 1,500-acres in the Green Mountains of Vermont, our camps and programs are known to be joyful, creative places full of adventure where staff and campers embody the idea that “work is love made visible”. In 2018, F&W joined forces with the Nineveh Foundation to manage the conservation of more than 3,300 acres of land and water in the Lake Ninevah valley. People of any race, background, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or economic status are encouraged to apply to join our community as campers or staff.

Equal Opportunity Policy

Farm & Wilderness is an equal opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment shall be unlawfully denied an employment opportunity for which the employee or applicant is qualified because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or other protected category. F&W is committed to non-discrimination in its employment.

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary

Pay: $900.00 - $1,000.00 per week

Experience level:

• 3 years

Experience:

• Food Preparation Occupations: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Multiple locations