Kids Cooking Instructor/Event Host

Company Overview: Taste Buds Kitchen has taken the country by storm with a refreshingly simple concept. We provide culinary entertainment to kids, families, and adults in a fun, beautiful, and state-of-the-art Kitchen Studio. Kids ages 2 to teen love our hands-on cooking classes, camps, birthday parties, and field trips. Adults love our BYOB date night cooking classes, birthday parties, bachelorettes, showers, and corporate events. Our innovative programs are as entertaining as they are educational! We always strive to engage and delight our guests. Benefits/Perks:

• Competitive pay plus earned gratuity
• Flexible scheduling

Job Description:We are hiring an upbeat, go-get 'em Culinary Instructor to teach cooking classes and host private parties for children, ages 2 to teen. In this position, your primary responsibility will be leading kids workshops, family classes, birthday parties, field trips, camps, after-school classes and more at our recreational cooking school. Looking for high-energy individuals who are passionate about food and inspiring those around them to have fun in the kitchen. You are as comfortable engaging kids as you are with adults; as passionate about chiffonading basil as you are about rolling fresh pasta and decorating cupcakes. Responsibilities:

• Deliver an engaging cooking class experience with excellent and consistent client service following provided recipes and event guides
• Teach clients about food and various culinary skills, tips and tricks as related to event recipes and ingredients in an informative yet approachable manner
• Manage and supervise Event Assistants
• Create a controlled safe, clean, friendly environment for all students
• Ensure the highest standards of sanitation and cleanliness
• Manage event needs from start-to-finish (from room set-up and ingredient prep to seamless event execution and thorough clean-up)

Experience:
The ideal candidate has a minimum of 2-3 years experience entertaining people young and old. Formal teaching experience and training in education, childhood development or related field a plus. Must be comfortable with a range of cooking and baking techniques. Formal culinary education or equivalent experience a plus but not required. Must be able to command a room of 25+ students with energy, excitement and personality, to create an engaging event for periods of 1-3 hours. Able to take initiative and accomplish tasks without direct supervision. Must possess strong time-management skills, be detail- oriented and able to prioritize tasks.

Schedule/Availability: We are currently seeking part-time instructors with at least 10 hours/week of availability in one or more of the following timeframes: 

• Weekend events such as family workshops and kids birthday parties (Fri-Sun) 
• Seasonal (Sept-May) weekday "after-school" (3-5pm) for off-site cooking classes in area partner locations like schools and park districts 
• Seasonal (June-Aug) weekday daytime for summer cooking camps (Mon-Fri)