On-Call Food Enthusiast Instructor

The hiring rate for this position is $50/hour.

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POSITION SUMMARY

The Food Enthusiast Instructor has the overall responsibilities of planning, preparing and delivering cooking demonstrations to a high degree of professionalism presenting to both public and private parties in all venues on the college campus.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plans, prepares and delivers public and private demonstrations at the CIA, San Antonio campus.
• Wears the face of hospitality to demonstrate and exemplify the CIA Standards of Excellence.
• Orders food and supplies for demonstrations as needed with a focus on preventing waste.
• Procures and "practices" as possible, recipes in advance of presenting to the public to ascertain the recipes integrity and timeliness of delivery.
• Works to follow the method as set out in the distributed recipes, to eliminate the possibility of confusing attendees.
• Demonstrates culinary techniques that are adopted as professional in standard and most importantly in accordance with CIA professional faculty culinary demonstrations.
• Provides written copies of culinary demonstrations and recipes to attendees.
• Accountable for food cost relating to demonstrations and stays within guidelines set forth by supervisor.
• Maintains a clean and professional appearance in the demo space for self, the station and the demonstration.
• Actively engages in professional development to further culinary knowledge and demonstration techniques.
• Returns all internal and external phone calls, emails and communications within a timely manner.
• Any and all other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Associate Degree or equivalent experience.

Experience:

• Minimum five (5) years professional culinary experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Familiar with global cuisines and the associated foods and preparation.
• Familiar with volume foodservice, fine dining, multi-unit and menu research and development.
• Familiar with the wine and beverage industry.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Strong customer service skills with the ability to engage and entertain CIA customers.
• Outstanding culinary skills.
• Excellent public speaking and presentation skills required.
• Must display a high level of energy and self-motivation.
• Detail oriented and thorough.
• Exceptional organizational skills.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Must be available to work nights and weekends based upon business needs.
• Regular work requires a great deal of sitting, standing, lifting, bending and stretching.
• Must be able to stand for eight (8) hours.
• Ability to work in extreme temperatures hot and cold for extended periods.
• Ability to lift and carry up to fifty (50) pounds.