UACE Tucson Village Farm Culinary Educator

Tucson Village Farm¿s Culinary Education Center is a seed-to-table program that is designed to reconnect young people to a healthy food system, teach them how to grow and prepare fresh food and empower them to make healthy life choices. The Culinary Education Center fosters life and leadership skills in young people through many disciplines, including culinary education.

This position will have the member serving as a farm to table culinary educator, assisting with harvesting locally grown produce to turn into delicious and healthy food for community outreach programming at Tucson Village Farm. This position is ideal for someone who wants to serve in a fast-paced kitchen chopping, cleaning, creating and developing recipes that will be eaten and tasted by the nearly 16,000 people who come to the farm each year.

Serving at Tucson Village Farm and the 4-H Healthy Living Center, a member has the opportunity to engage in a variety of tasks. From teaching culinary classes, to turning harvested vegetables into value added products, to reducing food waste by the creation of innovative dishes. A member serving here needs to want to work hard, enjoy interacting with volunteers of all ages, be flexible and have a willingness to be a team player. Members will learn culinary skills, event planning and catering, canning and food preservation and harvesting techniques.