INSTRUCTOR

We’re always in a need of more instructors across the Bay Area. 

If you’re enthusiastic about healthy eating and want to help shape the future generation, we want to hear from you. 

A background in cooking, nutrition or education is a plus but not essential. We want positive, knowledgeable, kind and fun individuals.

You will join a passionate and supportive team, who will support you every step along the way.

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KCL Culinary Instructor Job Description

Join Our Team

The culinary instructor will serve as a teacher and role model, teaching key skills and inspiring participants to learn and to cook healthy, inexpensive recipes at home.

• Responsibilities:

  Teach students the basics of food and kitchen safety, food preparation, and making healthy choices and substitutions when cooking.

  Choose recipes that demonstrate key nutrition, food budgeting, and food preparation lessons each week.

  Assign participants kitchen tasks that allow each individual to gain hands-on practice and improve their cooking skills.

  Supervise participants, demonstrating and encouraging proper technique

  Facilitate class discussions on each recipe or food safety message, allowing students to brainstorm how they might put new behaviors into action and share these ideas and recipes with their peers and family.

  Purchase all necessary food and supplies for each class.

  Submit all recipes, receipts and classroom reports to KCL administration weekly.

  A first aid kit should be carried to every class which contains hand sanitizers, bandaids, antibacterial, plastic gloves.

  Improve student’s social and cultural awareness by exposing them to local & seasonal foods and recipes from other parts of the world.

  Please remember that we are guests and all classrooms should be returned neat and clean. Teachers should sanitize any tables and sink used, before and after the class.

• Instructors will develop curriculum & recipes addressing the following topics:

  Negative aspects of sugar

  Understanding whole grains

  Importance of eating fruits & vegetables

  Eating healthy and exercise promotes heart health

  Reading & understanding labels

  Fresh cooked vs processed foods

  Superfoods & nutrient-dense foods

• What is the time commitment?

  You can take on as many classes as you like, one a week or multiple. Most of our classes are on weekdays during after school hours.

  Not available during after school hours? We have remote and flexible projects too.

• Where are the classes?

  We are in five counties across the Bay Area (San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda, Marin, Sonoma) and expanding.

  Not in the area? Inquire about our virtual classes or our Together We Cook program where you are guiding on-site teachers remotely.

  Love Kids Cooking For Life but not so crazy about cooking? We need help in marketing, grant writing and with general help. Let’s talk.

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