Operation Frontline
Volunteer Job Description
Chef Instructor
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Strength’s Operation Frontline is a nutrition education program that fights
hunger by teaching families how to make healthy and budget-wise choices. Operation Frontline’s cooking-based nutrition
education classes are taught by professional chefs and nutritionists who volunteer
to share their expertise with participants.
Each class is built around a participatory cooking lesson designed to
teach the basics of healthy eating, cooking, food safety and food budgeting.
Volunteer
Teach low-income individuals
at risk of hunger how to select, purchase and prepare healthy low-cost food.
Operation
Frontline’s volunteer chef instructors teach multi-session class series, using
the lesson plans and recipes for each class provided in the Operation Frontline
curricula. Chef volunteers work in
partnership with volunteer chefs or nutrition instructors to lead class
highlighting and supplementing nutrition information with their own culinary
knowledge and experience
Each class
series meet once a week for six weeks and are coordinated by Operation
Frontline staff. Classes are offered for
adults, teens, and children and are held at community agencies around the
state. Operation Frontline provides all
the materials needed for class including teaching guide, participant handouts,
cooking supplies and food.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Professional training or
experience in the culinary/food service industry
- Interest in working with
low-income individuals with diverse backgrounds
- Knowledge of basic nutrition
- Dedication to helping alleviate
hunger and poverty
- Comfort speaking in front of an
audience
- Ability to travel to class
locations
- Willingness to be trained in
Operation Frontline curricula
- Willingness to work as a team
and adhere to program policies and procedures
- Ability and willingness to
communicate with OFL coordinator during the weeks of active volunteering.
Time Commitment
- Assisting class: About 3 hrs/wk
for duration of class series, plus travel time to and from class locations
- Training: Orientation, class
observation, ongoing training an communication as needed
Benefits to Volunteering
Make a real difference in the lives
and health of people at risk of hunger and malnutrition
Gain teaching experience
Meet new and diverse groups of
people
Do something new, different and have
fun!