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Part-Time Culinary Instructor (Chef Instructor)
Travel Villa Kitchen · Posted 3 days ago
PAY$25 - $35 an hour
JOB TYPEPart-time, Contract
LOCATIONHouston, TX 77020 · In person
SCHEDULEFlexible, choose-your-sessions scheduling across classes, demos, and community programs
About the role
Villa Kitchen HTX is a Houston-based culinary education, private dining, and community programming venture. We run hands-on cooking classes, youth and workforce-readiness culinary programs, supper clubs, and specialty coffee education, and we are building a bench of part-time chef instructors to lead classes, demos, and community cooking sessions. As a Chef Instructor you will craft engaging, hands-on culinary experiences that build skills and a love for cooking in learners of all ages — adults, youth, and community groups. This paid role suits passionate chefs, food educators, and culinary professionals who want to share their craft.
Responsibilities
- Lead hands-on cooking classes and demonstrations for adults, youth, and community groups
- Develop and adapt lesson plans, recipes, and skill-building curriculum aligned with class themes
- Teach knife skills, food safety, sanitation, and core culinary techniques
- Prepare ingredients, equipment, and workstations before each session
- Create an engaging, encouraging classroom environment for students of varying skill levels
- Support workforce-readiness and youth programming with age-appropriate instruction
- Collaborate with the Villa Kitchen team on menu and curriculum planning
- Maintain food safety and sanitation standards throughout instruction
Qualifications
- Culinary training and/or professional kitchen experience — line cook through executive chef backgrounds welcome
- Prior teaching, mentoring, or demo experience preferred, not required
- Comfortable speaking to and engaging a group
- Food Handler or ServSafe certification, or willingness to obtain before start
- Reliable transportation to class locations across Houston
- Passion for food education, mentorship, and community-focused cooking
- Nice to have: culinary degree, a specialty focus such as pastry, international cuisine, farm-to-table, or coffee, youth program experience, or bilingual English/Spanish
Benefits & Perks
- Flexible, choose-your-sessions scheduling
- Professional development assistance
- A portfolio of community and private-event teaching experience
- Path to additional hours across private dinners, demos, and corporate programming
- Supportive, mission-driven team environment
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