The Shoals Marine Laboratory (SML) at the University of New Hampshire is seeking applications for Chefs.

SML is a residential, teaching facility located on Appledore Island, Isles of Shoals, Maine. The island field station is open seasonally from May-September, and supports students, faculty, visitors, and staff in a close-knit, sustainable community.

The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains.

UNH actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

Positions available are listed below.

Head Chef

• Supervise staff and operations of the Shoals Marine Laboratory kitchen on Appledore Island.
• Lead the planning and preparation of 20 meals per week for Appledore Island for up to 100 residents and additional groups of day visitors, primarily from scratch utilizing local producers, when feasible, to create hearty and well-balanced healthy meals.
• Maintain and coordinate relationships with food suppliers, with an emphasis on local ingredients, farms and fishers.
• Supervise all employees working in the SML kitchen, consisting of a small core team, student workers, and occasional volunteers.
• Develop and maintain a professional team that reflects courtesy, civility, and mutual respect.
• Maintain responsibility for menu planning, food purchasing, food transportation, kitchen cleaning, dishwashing, and food storage.
• Ensure compliance with Maine Department of Health regulations, utilizing FDA HACCP and Serve Safe guidelines to ensure safe food storage and preparation.
• Maintain cleanliness and safe operating environment of kitchen at all times.
• Provide exemplary customer service.
• Communicate with island community about food – ingredients, sharing sources as needed, telling the story of your work, and engaging in a dialogue towards continuous growth and improvement.
• Foster a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for undergraduate students, researchers, and visitors.
• Implement initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Expected to be available for consultation and emergency response at all times on days scheduled to be working, and while on SML property and vessels.
• Serve as a crew member on board a commercial vessel.
• Other duties as assigned.

Sous Chef

• This is a supervisory position involving all aspects of operating the Shoals Marine Laboratory kitchen on Appledore Island.
• Under the supervision of the Head Chef supervise all employees working in the SML kitchen, consisting of a small core team, student workers, and occasional volunteers.
• Assist and sometimes lead the planning and preparation of 20 meals per week for Appledore Island for up to 100 residents and additional groups of day visitors, primarily from scratch utilizing local producers when feasible, to produce hearty and well-balanced healthy meals.
• Regular duties include participation in regular meal planning, special event meal planning, food preparation, food transportation, kitchen cleaning, dishwashing, and food storage.
• Maintain a clean and safe operating environment in the SML kitchen at all times.
• Maintain responsibility for SML kitchen operations when SML’s Head Chef is off island.
• Responsibility for food procurement under supervision of the SML Head Chef.
• Provide exemplary customer service.
• Foster a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for undergraduate students, researchers, and visitors.
• Implement initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Expected to be available for consultation and emergency response at all times, on days scheduled to be working, and while on SML property and vessels.
• Serve as a crew member on board a commercial vessel.
• Other duties as assigned.

Assistant Chef

• Assist with the planning and preparation of 20 meals per week for Appledore Island for up to 100 residents and additional groups of day visitors, primarily from scratch utilizing local producers when feasible, to produce hearty and well-balanced healthy meals.
• Always maintain cleanliness and safe operating environment of SML kitchen.
• Foster a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for undergraduate students, researchers, and visitors.
• Train and supervise student staff and volunteers with assigned tasks within the purview of the SML Kitchen
• Serve as a crew member on board a commercial vessel.
• Other duties as assigned.

Chef

• Assist with the planning and preparation of 20 meals per week for Appledore Island for up to 100 residents and additional groups of day visitors, primarily from scratch utilizing local producers when feasible, to produce hearty and well-balanced healthy meals.
• Always maintain cleanliness and safe operating environment of SML kitchen.
• Foster a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for undergraduate students, researchers, and visitors.
• Implement initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Serve as a crew member on board a commercial vessel.
• Other duties as assigned.

To apply, please use the link provided below.