Central Market is seeking a Cooking School Assistant with availability to include days, evenings, and weekends to handle the freshest quality ingredients.

The Cooking School Assistant works under immediate supervision and from detailed verbal and written instructions. They will apply basic skills in procedures, techniques, tools, materials and/or equipment appropriate to area of specialization. Use of specialized subject matter knowledge required.

Duties of the position include:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to speak effectively, clearly, and concisely with customers or employees of organizations.
• Apply accepted guidelines, rules, and procedures to decisions.
• Willingly adapt to shifting or competing priorities.
• Complete shopping for cooking school classes.
• Assist in food and equipment preparation for cooking school classes.
• Set up for cooking school classes.
• Assist guest chefs during cooking school classes.
• Ensure all kitchen equipment is in clean and proper working order.
• Assist in maintaining sanitation for entire kitchen area.
• Demonstrate an interest in food and its preparation.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as weights, discounts, percentages, and volume.
• Assist in recipe testing, as assigned.

Education and experience:

• 1-2 years experience.
• Knowledge of department product, food preparation, and equipment used is preferred.
• An extensive knowledge of food and culinary trends is preferred.
• Previous food preparation experience is required.

Physical and other requirements:

• Must be able to function in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Must be able to lift and carry to 75 pounds on a regular basis up to 500 feet in distance.
• Must be able to stand, walk, bend, reach, kneel, squat, and reach overhead and side to side throughout shift.
• Must possess hand/finger dexterity.
• Must be able to safely maneuver around moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; and extreme temperatures.
• Must be able to work in a cooler environment on a regular basis and in an extreme cold environment on an occasional basis.
• Must be able to work in extreme heat from ovens and fryers.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• The noise level is usually moderate; rarely exposed to extreme noise.

• Flexible availability including days, evenings, and weekends.
• Opportunity to work with the freshest quality ingredients.

• 1-2 years of experience in food preparation.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules and operating instructions.
• Strong communication skills to speak effectively with customers and employees.
• Ability to adapt to shifting or competing priorities.
• Experience in maintaining kitchen sanitation and equipment.
• Knowledge of food and culinary trends is preferred.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 75 pounds.
• Hand/finger dexterity and ability to maneuver around mechanical parts.