Culinary Enrichment Instructor Opportunities
About The Position
Concorde Education is identifying culinary professionals, educators, and experienced cooking enthusiasts who may be interested in leading future Cooking and Culinary Arts programs as independent contractors. Instructors lead hands-on, age-appropriate enrichment activities for K–12 students at participating schools and community-based locations. Programs help students develop practical kitchen skills while exploring food, nutrition, creativity, and culinary traditions. Assignments vary by school in availability, schedule, student age group, facilities, and content. Most opportunities involve approximately one instructional session per week, generally lasting about one hour, and individual programs commonly run for approximately 8–10 weeks. Assignments are offered throughout the school year as programs become available. Depending on the assignment, instruction may cover cooking and baking fundamentals, kitchen organization and safety, recipe reading, measuring and ingredient preparation, safe use of kitchen tools, cooking methods, nutrition, culinary traditions, meal planning, food waste awareness, and shared kitchen responsibilities. Instructors use provided or approved materials, supervise hands-on food preparation, maintain a supportive instructional environment, and adapt activities to students’ ages and experience, as well as available facilities and equipment. They follow school procedures, allergy guidelines, and food-safety requirements, communicate professionally with program contacts, maintain attendance records, and complete required documentation.
Requirements
- At least 60 completed college credits, or an Associate degree completed or currently in progress.
- Relevant cooking, baking, culinary, food-service, or food-preparation experience.
- Previous experience working with children or teenagers in an educational, recreational, camp, coaching, tutoring, or enrichment environment.
- Strong communication and group-management skills.
- Ability to supervise hands-on activities safely and effectively.
- Dependable, organized, and professional approach to instructional assignments.
- Enjoy helping young people build confidence and practical skills through hands-on learning.
Nice To Haves
- Professional culinary or restaurant experience.
- Formal culinary training.
- Youth teaching experience.
- Food-safety credentials such as ServSafe.
Responsibilities
- Lead interactive culinary activities using provided or approved program materials.
- Supervise students during hands-on food preparation.
- Maintain an organized and supportive instructional environment.
- Adapt activities to student age and experience, facilities, and available equipment.
- Follow applicable school procedures, allergy guidelines, and food-safety requirements.
- Communicate professionally with program contacts.
- Maintain attendance records and complete required assignment documentation.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
