2025 Culinary Intern - Spring

Description

Position Title : 2025 Culinary Intern Spring

Position Type : Intern

Division : Hospitality

Department : Culinary

Reports to : Executive Chef

Position Summary :

The Culinary Intern position at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is designed to provide the intern with an understanding of all aspect’s culinary management.

The intern will gain an understanding of how to manage a restaurant and assist in the creation of various protocols and procedures.

The intern selected for this position will assist in the following :

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Learn the layouts for Eleven restaurants, Tower Bar and all additional internal and external event spaces at Crystal Bridges and the Momentary
• Assist with building a menu and assessing cost
• Learn how to manage a budget
• Learn and analyze employee workflow and kitchen systems
• Learn and assist in the management of inventory
• Learn, analyze overproduction and food wasteProvide options of sustainability initiatives Crystal Bridges can adopt
• Assist with creation and development of
• Participate in all meetings with clients, vendors and associates
• Interns will be assigned a project by the Executive Chef during their time at Crystal Bridges

Qualifications :

• Applicants must show basic knife control and / or have a willingness to learn
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to work in high energy environments
• Creative Mind preferred
• Ability and willingness to work a flexible schedule
• Weeknights and weekend availability
• A background check is required
• Must maintain confidentiality of all information
• Current enrollment in Brightwater culinary program highly preferred

Timeline :

Intern selected by : December 2nd

Anticipated Start Date : February 3rd

Anticipated End Date : April 25th

Schedule : Dates : See above

Dates : See above

Hours : High School Students : Up to 15 hours a week; Undergraduate students (bachelor’s Level) : Up to 20 hours a week;

Weekly schedule to be arranged with direct supervisor

To qualify for bachelor’s compensation, you must be enrolled in an accredited program or have graduated from an accredited program within the last three years.

Students will be required to submit a current schedule or official transcript.

Compensation :

High School Interns : $12.00 an hour

Undergraduate Interns : $13.00 an hour

To qualify for bachelor’s or master’s compensation, you must be enrolled in an accredited program or have graduated from an accredited program within the last three years.

Students will be required to submit a current schedule or official transcript.

Required Documents : Cover Letter

Cover Letter

Resume

Physical Demands and Work Environment :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an intern to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands : In the work environment described below, position requires work at a desk, utilizing a computer and a telephone for prolonged periods of time, good eye / hand coordination, bending and stretching for filing, and physical stamina to lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a height of at least three feet for file and materials storage as appropriate for the demands of the office.

Visual acuity to review written materials is required for this job.

Work environment : Work will be performed in an office environment and museum spaces. The noise level in the museum work environment is usually low to moderate.

If the intern’s personal equipment is used, the museum accepts no liability for any damage caused to said equipment while being used for museum purposes, nor loss or corruption of electronic files on devices.