Seasonal Food Truck Line Cook

Position Title:  Farm Cart Line Cook        

Supervisor:  Executive Chef

Employee Status:  Seasonal, Full Time

Exemption: Non-Exempt, hourly

Location: On-site (99 Inn Road, Shelburne, VT 05482)

Salary Range:  $20 - $25/hour ($15 - $20/hour if living in free staff housing)

Start & End Date:  May 1st - October 31st (required onboarding & training beginning in late April)

Schedule: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm; Schedule is determined in advance and coordinated by manager

Farm Cart operates from 11am - 3pm however the schedule reflects food prep, set-up and break-down times. You will need to be available to work rotating weekends and holidays.

Occasional evening hours in July & August to support food at community events.

Housing: Free on-site housing available for this role however it may impact your base salary

Who We Are

Shelburne Farms is an education nonprofit on a mission to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future. We offer transformative learning experiences to help educators and students create a better world.  Our home campus is a 1,400-acre working farm located on the traditional, unceded and contemporary homelands of the Winooskik band of the Abenaki.  

What We Do

• Engage youth and people of all ages in learning experiences that inspire them to build just, diverse, resilient, caring communities.
• Steward our working lands and heritage buildings as we embody values of place and community through caring for and sharing our natural, agricultural, cultural, and human resources.
• Collaborate with educators and other local, national, and international partners to advance education for sustainability worldwide

Who We’re Looking for

As a Line Cook, working alongside a cashier at the Farm's Food Truck, you will share the food that we grow and raise at the Farm while helping to strengthen our local food systems by serving delicious lunch and snacks to visitors.

Our Farm Cart is centrally located at the Farm Barn, where visitors can engage in hands-on activities with our farm animals and gardeners at the Children’s Farmyard and observe our cheesemakers at the hub.

What You’ll Do

• Prepare and serve simple yet delicious, nutritious, and sustainably sourced lunches and snacks for visitors.
• Utilize ingredients grown and raised on the farm, showcasing the farm's produce and products.
• Support sustainable culinary practices, including reducing food waste, composting, and utilizing every part of an ingredient.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and efficient kitchen environment, adhering to all health and safety regulations.
• Engage with visitors, sharing information about the farm's mission and sustainable food practices.
• Support the Farm Food Functions Team in production of food at the inn.

Core Qualifications

• Passion for preparing and sharing food items such as burgers, sandwiches and salads.
• 3 years or more savory cooking experience.
• Self motivated, team player with flexibility to work evenings, weekends and holidays as needed.
• Excellent knife skills and extensive understanding of various cooking techniques
• Inspired by the Farm’s mission, vision, core values and strategic plan.
• Willingness to drive a farm vehicle to help transport food from the restaurant to the food truck (we will need to run a motor vehicle report if operating farm machinery or vehicles).

Work Environment & Physical Demands

• There are two steps leading up into the food truck and the walkway inside the cart approximately 3 feet wide. The space inside the food truck is usually shared by 2 - 3 employees.
• The cart has a continuous fan operating to help with air circulation but there is no heating/cooling element besides the fans.
• Carrying and moving inventory and trash, potentially moving items up/down stairs.
• Carrying items weighing approximately 40 pounds.
• Maintain a tidy shared workspace as defined by the cleaning checklist and training.
• Working in varied weather conditions.
• Working and moving over uneven terrain.

Benefits 

• Seasonal staff benefit summary here for 2025 benefits.
• Free employee housing may be available at Shelburne Farms for this role, however not required to live on site. This benefit will impact your base pay rate.

To Apply

If our vision and mission excite you, we hope you will share with us your experience and skill set that you feel would qualify you to make a contribution to the Farm.

Click here to submit an application and please include responses to the following questions. These are not meant to be a writing exercise but to introduce yourself in a meaningful way.

In your application, please include a response to the following:

• With what you know of our farm food, tell us about a Farm Fresh burger or sandwich idea you have that we could serve at the food truck this May - October that is adaptable based on the growing season and would be appealing to all types of visitors. This is just for fun but also to help you picture the type of food we serve based on the growing season and our visitors (folks from all over, of all ages and tastes who are looking for something quick, fresh and perhaps eat with one hand while pushing a wagon filled with kiddos around the farmyard).
• How did you hear about this role?

Shelburne Farms is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and we strongly stand against discrimination and harassment of any kind. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. 

If you need accommodations throughout the application process or have general questions, please contact us at jobs@shelburnefarms.org or 802-985-8686.