Seasonal Associate

Experience Alaska Tours is seeking energetic kitchen/food preparation staff for a fun-loving, hard-working restaurant and tour company in Ketchikan, Alaska for the 2025 Summer Season. At Experience Alaska Tours (EAT), we serve a 3-course standardized meal of a Dungeness Crab Feast to large parties of guests that travel here from all over the world.

Experience dorm-style living with your co-workers while taking advantage of all the amenities our lodge has available. Housing is included in all contracts at no additional cost. After hours or on your day off, you will have access to fishing gear, kayaks, a personal-sized boat, and a campfire area! Our employees get to work and play while being surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery in Alaska!

Your Role:

As a member of our kitchen staff, you’ll be preparing our famous crab feast standardized meal, making sure that all of the food that comes out of our kitchen meets a high standard of quality, and ensuring that the kitchen remains a safe, clean place to work.

Flexibility is an important part of our kitchen, so everyone will be trained on basic work stations to make sure you have all the skills you need to be successful.

Restaurant experience is *not* required! We provide in-depth training on cooking crab, running an industrial dishwasher, and prep cooking. Come ready to work and learn and we’ll take care of the rest.

Duties Include:

• Assist in all functions of the kitchen or cooking area including washing dishes and equipment, cleaning kitchen areas, and preparing hot food according to health and safety guidelines.
• Prepare ingredients and pre-made foods, stock inventory, and manage kitchen inventory according to FIFO methods and health and safety guidelines.
• Properly disposing of trash and cleaning to a high standard.
• Maintain a friendly and bright atmosphere for co-workers.
• Ensure the safety and maintenance of the kitchen areas.
• Assist with food deliveries, ordering, and general inventory.
• Having excellent time management skills as our tour is very structured
• Assist dining room team members with turning dining rooms and on other tasks as requested by dining room manager.

Requirements:

• Alaska Food Handlers Certification
• TAPS Certification (We provide access to a TAPS class and testing on site.)
• Legally able to serve alcohol
• Background check
• Must pass a drug test
• Must be able to stand/walk for long periods without breaks. The lodge is a very active workplace and you will get your steps in
• Must be able to regularly lift and move up to 50lbs.
• Must have great time management skills
• Must be a team player, able to work and live with your coworkers

Experience Alaska Tours is an equal opportunity employer and does not make employment decisions based on race, religion, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, or sexual orientation.

What we offer:

• Training for this position with opportunities for cross training
• Free employee housing
• Fully equipped employee kitchen
• Access to employee skiff and fishing supplies
• Weekly ride into town for grocery shopping
• Opportunities for advancement

About Us:

Experience Alaska Tours, founded in 2003, operates the historic George Inlet Lodge, located 15 miles south of Ketchikan. Our picturesque, semi-isolated lodge is situated right on the water, with stunning views of the Tongass National Forest, the Pacific Ocean, and all the fantastic creatures that live in both. Except the minks. Those guys are jerks.

We pride ourselves on being a well-known and highly recommended destination here in Alaska’s first city, and we believe that we provide an excellent opportunity to anyone looking to explore, learn some new skills, and make some money over the Summer. We invite you to learn more about employment opportunities here at EAT and apply today! Our summer season starts in mid April and ends in October.

Come work with a tight-knit group of explorers and experience life here in Ketchikan Alaska!

Job Types: Full-time, Seasonal, Temporary, Contract

Pay: From $16.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule

Shift:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Morning shift

Work Location: In person

Salary : $16