Summary/Responsibilities of this position:

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

The Cooking School Assistant/Porter 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 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