Zero Waste Chef

Job Summary

This position is responsible for leading our staff meal program and turning surplus, trim, and seasonal shrink into thoughtful, delicious food for our team’s daily meals and for value-added products by performing the following duties.

Essential Job Duties

• Plans and prepares diverse, high-quality daily meals for Stoller staff using ingredients already in-house.
• Builds rotating, seasonal staff menus that stay varied, balanced, and genuinely enjoyable.
• Executes consistent, high-quality food for employees every service, on schedule.
• Produces value-added preserved goods, including jams, pickles, and basic charcuterie, from surplus and shrink ingredients.
• Minimizes food waste through creative sourcing and full use of available ingredients across the estate.
• Maintains a clean, organized, and safe kitchen station in line with health and safety standards.
• Collaborates with the broader culinary team on ingredient planning and cross-program sourcing.
• Opportunity to plant and help maintain a produce and herb garden on the property.
• Takes on team leadership as the program grows, with the opportunity to manage a small kitchen team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to the safety or health of employees or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

Pay: $22.00 - $26.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person