Culinary Lead - Online (Sur La Table)

Job Description

Job Description

With over 57 stores and the largest avocational cooking program in the US, Sur La Table offers an unsurpassed selection of exclusive and premium-quality goods for the kitchen and table – and the culinary expertise and inspiration to go along with it. Whether the job entails interacting with our customers, driving digital growth, or providing vital behind-the-scenes support, we’re all here for the same reason – to roll up our sleeves and create happiness through cooking and sharing good food.

The Online Culinary Lead contributes to the success of a Sur La Table store by inspiring customers on all points of their culinary journey. The Online Culinary Lead blends culinary talent and teaching skills to support the Online Resident Chef in driving business results. The Online Culinary Lead reports to the Online Resident Chef and Director of Stores.

Essential Functions

• Ability to communicate verbally and work cooperatively with employees and customers.
• Ability to remain in a stationary position for up to 3 hours at a time.
• Ability to move about the work place coaching and directing class participants or while selling to customers.
• Ability to distinguish, with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors or odors, or recognizing particular flavors or odors using tongue or nose.
• Ability to grab, reach, push, pull, bend, stoop, kneel and crouch in order to demonstrate, retrieve and / or replenish merchandise and / or cooking equipment.
• Ability to use hands to seize, hold, grasp, turn, or otherwise in order to chop, whisk, slice, stir, juice and / or demonstrate other techniques.
• Ability to work a varied schedule in order to teach classes at different times of the day, week and year.
• Ability to operate a computer, keyboards, merchandise scanners and mouse in order to accomplish work.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Ability to lift and / or move merchandise and / or kitchen equipment weighing up to 35 lbs.
• Environmental conditions :  working with an open flame and / or other heating units, and exposure to variation in kitchen temperature.

Experience and Required Qualifications

Sur La Table Core Competencies for Everyone

Pay Range & Benefits

This job description represents a summary of the job, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, and duties. Responsibilities, tasks, and duties of the jobholder might differ from those outlined in the job description and other duties, as assigned, may be part of the job. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Sur La Table has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice.

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