Culinary Production Coordinator

Americas Test Kitchen is seeking a Culinary Production Coordinator who will join our Culinary Production team and provide culinary, planning and administrative support for our television productions, as well as video and photo shoots. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of professional culinary experience. This individual must be committed, meticulously organized and detail-oriented, a self-starter who is comfortable juggling tasks in a deadline-driven team environment where priorities shift quickly.

Responsibilities:

TV Pre-Production:

• Support in creating prep lists

• Ingredient Management: create shopping lists, place orders through shopping team

• Support talent rehearsals

• Support back kitchen recipe practice

• Manage Kitchen Set-up

TV Production:

• Ingredient Management: receiving, QC, re-orders, manage protein defrost

TV Post-Production:

• Kitchen break-down and re-set

• Photo Shoots: place orders for TV-related photo shoots

Video/Photo:

• Serve as liaison between Culinary Producers and Kitchen Operations for ingredient/equipment needs: support w/ researching and sourcing specialty items, QC, in-house product management

• Culinary Support: work independently or provide support to the assigned Culinary Producer on some/all the following tasks: attend pre-meetings, create prep lists, create shopping list, and prep and execution of shoot

Events:

• Planning, food support and execution of occasional television and video related events

Administrative:

• Culinary Production Team Scheduling

• Assist with managing internal team schedule

• Hire temporary kitchen support as needed and handle any related communication needed with HR, Payroll and IT teams.

What You Bring to the Team:

• 2 years of professional culinary experience.

• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.

• Possess strong organizational skills and can-do approach to problem-solving.

• Possess strong communication skills.

• Possess strong attention to detail in following and executing recipes.

• Comfort with both savory and sweet cooking methods.

• Ability to build rapport and work cooperatively across multiple departments.

• Proficiency in Google Drive.

This position is located in our Boston, MA office in the Seaport district. It is the expectation that the person in this role will work a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) in the office and 2 days per week remotely.

About Americas Test Kitchen

The mission of Americas Test Kitchen (ATK) is to empower and inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen. Founded in 1992, the company is the leading multimedia cooking resource serving millions of fans with TV shows (Americas Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, and Americas Test Kitchen: The Next Generation), magazines (Cooks Illustrated and Cooks Country), cookbooks, a podcast (Proof), FAST channels, short-form video series, and the ATK All-Access subscription for digital content. Based in a state-of-the-art 15,000-square-foot test kitchen in Bostons Seaport District, ATK has earned the trust of home cooks and culinary experts alike thanks to its one-of-a-kind processes and best-in-class techniques. Fifty full-time (admittedly very meticulous) test cooks, editors, and product testers spend their days tweaking every variable to find the very best recipes, equipment, ingredients, and techniques. Learn more at