Assistant Chef

The Assistant Chef performs a variety of kitchen duties required to prepare and serve two to three meals each day of the week based on guidelines mutually agreed upon by Okoboji Summer Theatre and chef. Chefs provide buffet style meals from a state-of-the-art facility for Okoboji Summer Theatre company including professionals and students. Meals are provided during two weeks of Pre-Season and an eight-week production season.

This position is seasonal, full-time, from early June to mid-August 2024, and will be approximately 40 hours per week.

Meal schedule: OST strives to provide company members with three well-balanced, healthy meals per day.

Monday through Friday: breakfast: 8:30 am to 8:50am; lunch: 1:00pm to 1:20pm; dinner: 6:00pm to 6:20pm.

Saturday: breakfast: 8:30am to 8:50am; lunch: 2:30pm to 2:50pm; dinner: A sandwich meal is prepped & stored for a between show meal.

Sunday: no prepared breakfast; Server your-self brunch is prepped; dinner: 4:30pm to 4:50pm. A sandwich meal is prepped & stored for a post-strike meal.

Duties:

• Daily preparation of and serving food and beverages for 75 – 85 company members that will include vegetarians.
• Collaborate with head chef to maintain a clean, well-run kitchen and dining room, ensuring cleanliness and best practices are followed
• Assists student cleanup crews
• Responsible for the set up and organization of kitchen and dining room area prior to start of food service beginning
• Responsible for the cleaning and closing down of kitchen and dining room area after end of summer season
• Has understanding and knowledge to safely use and maintain kitchen equipment.
• Responsible for cleaning, sanitation and organization of kitchen, walk-in coolers, dining room, and all storage areas.
• Establishes a positive work environment.
• Keeps a very clean and organized kitchen at all times
• Obtain food handling license if required

• Minimum two years of food preparation experience
• Knowledge and experience in meal planning and food service built on fresh foods and home-baked products.
• A willingness to work weekends and holidays as required and to maintain a flexible schedule in order to meet the needs of the position.
• Must have good attendance and proven record of good work performance.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and in unexpected situations.
• Positive attitude
• Must be capable of working with student cleaning crews.
• Strong communications skills with both adults and students

ABOUT OKOBOJI SUMMER THEATRE: For 65 years, the Okoboji Summer Theatre (OST) has presented more than 550 plays to an audience of 1.5 million. Owned and operated by Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, the Okoboji Summer Theatre Company is a working professional summer stock theatre company. An essential component of Stephens’ Musical Theatre, Acting, Technical Theatre and Costume Design programs, OST is located in the "Iowa Great Lakes Region". The main attractions of the Okoboji area are the glacier-carved lakes, which are a major tourist destination each summer. For more details on OST, visit: www.okobojisummertheatre.org

***The Assistant Chef will receive two complimentary tickets to each of the seven shows and two children’s theatre shows.***