What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kitchen Assistant - Zwilling Cooking Studio position at ZWILLING Cooking Studio LLC?
Job Description
Job Description
As a Cooking Studio Kitchen Assistant , you will be working with the culinary team, ensuring a great experience for our guests. You will work with the resident chef and culinary program manager, chef instructors, kitchen porters and cooking studio guests.
You will support the Chef Instructor and guests during cooking classes and culinary events, prep the event / cooking class and work alongside the Chef Instructor for the entire duration of the event. You will be expected to monitor hygiene and maintain a clean work environment. You will work in coordination with the Studio Porter to ensure cleanliness of the entire Cooking Studio throughout and upon the conclusion of the event. You will be expected to provide oversight and guidance to guests providing hospitality including drinks as necessary. Upon event conclusion, you will clean and prepare for the next event.
By acting as an extension of the Chef Instructor, reinforcing, and supporting the techniques being presented in class, the cooking studio assistant places a key role in providing an exceptional experience to guests including hospitality and customer engagement to address issues while focusing on Zwilling products to boost retail sales while creating additional business opportunities for the Zwilling Cooking Studio
In this role, you can be expected to do the following :
- Planning / Preparation
- Daily class preparation and execution as directed by Chef Instructor and / or Resident Chef.
- Setting up patron workstations after classes and events.
- Cleaning workstations during and after classes and events.
- Assisting and instructing porters / dishwashers.
- Preparing for the next day’s classes and events.
- Assisting with shopping for class ingredients.
- Culinary Expertise
- Supporting guests in building and correcting cooking skills.
- Being able to cook recipes and menus developed by ZWILLING.
- Recognizing and distinguishing ingredients.
- Ability to distinguish, with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors or recognizing particular flavors or odors using tongue or nose.
- Basic wine / beer / spirits knowledge or willingness to learn.
- Knowledge of basic cooking techniques (chopping, whisking, slicing, stirring, juicing, etc.).
- Sales
- Utilizing strong salesmanship to promote retail sales after, during and after classes.
- Together with the Resident Chef and Culinary Program Manager, serve as an ambassador of the studio to build class participation and return business.
Qualifications and Skills :
Hourly Rate : $18.00
Salary : $18