Summer 2026 - Food Services Intern

SAS • Cary, NC

1d • $15 • Onsite

About The Position

Looking for that internship? The game-changing one that’ll help you learn, grow, and chart your path forward? You’ll find it at SAS. Our interns aren’t coffee runners – they do real, meaningful work. Our award-winning internship program is focused on development, culture, and community. We’ll help you grow professionally, find (or further) your passion, and make memorable connections that last beyond the summer.
The mission of the SAS Food Service Department is to support SAS and its employees by offering safe, high-quality food and service, while providing great hospitality. We are responsible for providing lunch in two on-campus cafes, maintaining break rooms, and providing business catering needs throughout SAS campus. Check out what we've served up here!
As an intern, you might:
Assist in the preparation of food for the on-campus cafes. This may include hot entrees, soups, sandwiches, pizza, baked goods, and salad bar items
Assist in the preparation of food for catering functions
Serve food in a customer-facing environment in the cafes or in catering functions
Assist in maintaining and restocking break rooms
Plan and execute a themed meal in one of the cafes

Requirements

• Have strong communication skills – both written and verbal.
• Be a leader. You’re the one sitting in the front row of the class.
• Embrace technology. You geek out over the latest and greatest!
• You’re a student enrolled in an accredited program, not graduating prior to December 2025
• Targeted majors: Culinary Arts, Nutrition, Dietetics, Hospitality, Food Service Management or related field
• Follows all health and safety regulations in the preparation and storage of food and in cleanup of all areas of the café.
• Ability to perform basic food preparation skills, basic knife skills, cooking at correct temperature, and presenting finished dish in an attractive manner.
• Ability to work in hot kitchen or with hot water; ability to stand at worktable or serving line up to seven hours per day.
• Ability to lift and move heavy objects up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to operate quantity food service equipment such as mixer, dish machine, oven, slicer, food processor and cooking principles.
• Any experience working in Campus cafeteria, Catering, or a Kitchen? We'd love to hear about it!
• You've got customer service experience
• ServSafe Certified.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation of food for the on-campus cafes. This may include hot entrees, soups, sandwiches, pizza, baked goods, and salad bar items
• Assist in the preparation of food for catering functions
• Serve food in a customer-facing environment in the cafes or in catering functions
• Assist in maintaining and restocking break rooms
• Plan and execute a themed meal in one of the cafes

Benefits

• Work with (and learn from) the best. As a SAS intern, you’ll get face time with our top executives!
• Free SAS programming training and certification.
• At SAS, flexible work is the norm. Want to work remotely? That’s cool. Prefer a hybrid mix of sweatpants and in-person collaboration? That’s great, too.
• We work hard, but we like to play hard, too. Enjoy hackathons, social events and other opportunities to connect + engage.
• Your well-being matters, and that’s why we support all dimensions of your well-being by offering programs that reduce stress and distractions to help you stay healthy and productive. This includes an on-site and remote Work/Life Center staffed by master’s level social workers and an Employee Assistance Program.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed