Part-time Chef (3 days/week)

Work Environment

As our chef, you will work independently, with minimal instructions (and lots of appreciation!) We are a group of busy people, looking for someone to help us in our goals of eating delicious food, staying healthy, and saving money. We are from many places, including Rwanda, Ireland, and the USA.

Job Overview

The chef will be responsible for feeding us! More specifically, we would love if you could:

Cook food for us, enough to eat as lunch and dinner 5 days/week; put the food in storage containers (provided) for us to take as lunch, or to eat when we are home at night

From your own cooking knowledge, you will cook the food you like to prepare

From our requests, you will also cook recipes we send to you

Host group lunches for 8-15 people once a week, including meat and vegetarian entrees, salad, and a dessert / sweet treat

Buy groceries from the best suppliers on a good price, and organize the finances of the house food

For the meals, you will cook

To keep the pantry stocked (i.e., oil, spices)

For individual grocery orders (i.e., each resident can give you a grocery list)

Prepare ingredients (i.e., washing salad lettuce, chopping garlic and vegetables), simple foods (i.e., rice, beans, baked chicken), and some sauces/dressings (i.e., salad dressings) for the residents to make their own meals

Keep the fridge waste-free. Means you find the product which will soon expire and cook it for us, and remind us to eat the meals which will soon expire

Occasionally cook weekend brunch for a group, approximately once/month

Leave the kitchen clean when you’re finished with your work

Communicate freely with us, about what you are missing to complete your job, and what are your challenges

Take feedback from us humbly, about what is working and what is not working

Work Hours
You will work 3 days/week, usually, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 9:30 am until 5 pm. When we ask you to cook on the weekend (Saturday or Sunday), you should be available to serve brunch at 10 or 11 am, and this will take the place of one weekday of cooking for that week.

 Requirements and Qualifications

>> Strict Requirements: Please do not apply if you do not meet ALL of these requirements.

You have 20+ dishes which you enjoy cooking, from 3+ cuisines or countries of origin (example: Rwandan, Italian, Chinese)

You can cook delicious food which meets different dietary restrictions (example: vegetarian, non-vegetarian, low-fat)

You can follow a recipe which is written in English

You can manage your own time, including planning when you will do grocery shopping, when you will restock the simple foods, and when you will cook your own entrees and requested entrees

You have a phone, and you can read online recipes sent to you through WhatsApp

You are organized and you can do simple math

You understand food safety

You must speak at least ONE of the following languages: Kinyarwanda, French, English

You can bring us the following documents or certificates upon request. Note, we will reimburse you for the cost of getting them, if you don’t have them already!

Police clearance certificate

Communicable disease certificate

Letter of recommendation from a former teacher or employer

>> Bonus Points: We will give special consideration to candidates who meet the following criteria.

You speak English

You have worked in a restaurant with a “tourism certificate” OR you have worked in a factory which makes products which have the “S” mark on the label

Please complete an application form online, due by March 6th:

Online: Please fill the application form at the external link

Submit your CV and Application on Company Website : Click Here

We will then invite some candidates for interviews at our house, where you will cook for us a few dishes for lunch.

Payment: 5000 RWF for your time, plus reimbursement for groceries you purchase

When? Probably the weeks of March 9th and March 16th

Start Date

March 23rd – but flexible