Hosmer Point Summer Camp Hiring for Kitchen Manager/Chef at Craftsbury Common, Vermont Full Time

At Hosmer Point Summer Camp, kids write home about how much they love the food – and parents write to ask for recipes! As the leader of the kitchen team, the Kitchen Manager is the lynchpin of this important food culture.  They handle scheduling, purchasing, and menu planning with an emphasis on fresh ingredients from our on-site gardens and local farms.  We cook from scratch, feeding around 150 campers and staff. Perks include free on-site housing, a fun and supportive work environment, and boundless opportunities for on-site mountain biking, boating, fishing, and outdoor recreation. We’re looking for a long-term relationship – our last Kitchen Manager had the job for nine years, then left to ride his bike cross-country. Provide input as we remodel our kitchen to build your dream food service set-up – and make yourself at home!

Dates, Compensation, and Housing:

Salary of $800 – $1000 week, based on experience.  This is a full-time seasonal position with flexible start and end dates (either May-September or June-August) with potential for year-round employment with benefits if desired.  Three-season room and board for employees, family members, and pets is available.

About the Job:

The Head Cook directs the overall food-service operation of the camp including purchasing, preparation, nutrition, service, sanitation, and personnel management for a staff of 6-7 full and part-time employees.  During the 8-week camp season, the kitchen serves approximately 150 campers and staff for breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner, 7 days per week.  In the spring and fall, the kitchen serves meals for rental groups of 20 – 100 people,  The Head Cook keeps everything running smoothly, and maintains a functional and friendly work environment.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in institutional or large food service settings.
• Experience with ordering, inventory, budgeting, food preparation, family-style serving, buffet serving, cleaning, and institutional kitchen equipment.
• Ability to work within a budget and purchase supplies efficiently.
• Experience in food service supervision, including scheduling.
• Experience preparing meals for those with dietary restrictions (vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, dairy free).
• Experience with cooking fresh, seasonal meals and sourcing local ingredients. 
• Good communicator
• Able to work standing for 8 hours and lift heavy pots
• Enjoys working as part of a community; including working with, teaching, and supervising teens and young adults and being a positive role model.

About Hosmer Point:

Hosmer Point is a co-ed, overnight summer camp and outdoor education facility with an emphasis on building community and self confidence.  We have expanded quickly since our founding in 2010, and now offer 8 weeks of summer camp programming for 120 campers at a time. During spring and fall seasons, we offer team building and environmental education programs for school groups of 20 – 80 students, and provide event space and meals for groups of up to 150.

Hosmer Point is part of a larger non-profit foundation with the Craftsbury Outdoor Center.  Together, we share a mission to use sustainable practices and teach environmental stewardship. Our campers represent an increasingly broad spectrum of economic backgrounds, family structures, racial, ethnic, and gender identities, with about 60% coming from within Vermont. We seek to hire staff who will reinforce this continued diversification and support equal access to our programs and continued elimination of prejudices.