After School Enrichment Children's Cooking Instructor

Job Title: Children's Cooking Instructor/After School Enrichment Teacher

SFC Phoenix Inc. dba Sticky Fingers Cooking® of Phoenix, AZ. is looking to hire part-time Chef Instructors to help us Cultivate COOLinary Curiosity in Kids®!

• Are you looking for a fun, part-time teaching job?
• Do you love the magical combination of children and cooking?
• Are you passionate about teaching kids and introducing new ingredients and exploring new tastes in the kitchen?
• Do you have a love for food and want to lead/teach cooking classes for children using our kid-tested and approved recipes?
• Are you ready to TURNIP the BEET on what KIDS EAT®?
• $60 for a one hour class + food reimbursement
• Must be available for classes 3 days a week between 2:30-4:30 during school days (M-F)

If so, please read on and consider joining us in the "kitchen" at school!

Our instructors bring the kitchen to the kids with our cooking kit that contains all the necessary equipment and tools. SFC Phoenix Inc. dba Sticky Fingers Cooking® provides paid hands-on training and individualized support.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Commitment to teaching full sessions (ranging from 6-10 weeks)
• ServSafe Food Handler Certification (can obtain before teaching)
• Ability to manage and engage a group of up to 12 kids (or 20 children with an aid) with diverse backgrounds and academic levels
• Upon hire, employees will be required to pass an IVP fingerprint clearance card
• Access to reliable transportation
• Ability to communicate with our team in a timely manner
• Punctual and reliable
• No professional cooking experience required
• Experience working with groups of kids of varying ages
• Strong classroom management and teaching experience are highly valued

Let's TACO-bout "a day in the life" of a chef instructor

As a part-time chef Instructor, you are the face of our company, getting to teach children between the ages of 4-18, parents, and school staff each week. You work on-site at different locations in your area, leading hour-long healthy and engaging cooking enrichment classes for students.

Each week, you create creative recipes and teach children about new ingredients and healthy foods from all over the world in an engaging and hands-on way. Your organizational skills come into play as you review weekly class curricula and prepare for instruction which includes shopping independently for fresh ingredients. You teach basic kitchen skills including washing, cutting, grating, stirring, measuring, nutrition, and more as well as the history, geography, and language behind each recipe.

Kids learn in a dynamic hands-on environment while you provide the direction and encouragement to create a new recipe each class. Teach kids healthy food habits that will nourish their bodies and minds for a lifetime.

Our chefs are ONE in a MELON! Meet some of them in this video:

ABOUT STICKY FINGERS COOKING®

Our dedicated, talented and creative team has been busy cultivating 'cool'inary curiosity for thousands of children in online classes, schools, camps, and special events since 2011. In Arizona since the spring of 2025

We offer quality enrichment cooking classes before, during, and after school, as well as birthday parties, private cooking classes, and camps for children 3-18 years of age. Sticky Fingers Cooking® 10 state across the country!

Our philosophy is that kids are only impacted if we have great instructors who are passionate about what they do. We attract and retain such amazing instructors by offering great pay, a friendly schedule, all the needed equipment and tools, paid training, individualized support, and FUN!

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN US?

If you feel that you would be a GRATE fit, please fill out our application. We look forward to meeting you!

*Training to begin as soon as possible*

*Must live within 15 min of posted zip code*