Look what we found during our habitual craigslist crawling – an actual, honest-to-god, pretty cool food-related job.
José Andrés, of Jaleo, Mini Bar, Cafe Atlantico, and now Iron Chef America fame, wants someone to oversee his in-house recipe database.
From craigslist:
José Andrés and THINKfoodGROUP have an immediate opening for a full time Culinary Scribe
The Culinary Scribe (working title only, the job is much more interesting than it sounds) is responsible for building and maintaining our “cookbook”, the recipe database for all THINKfoodGROUP restaurants (Jaleo, Zaytinya, Cafe Atlantico, Oyamel) and other projects. This person will input all data and work closely with the chefs to ensure the accuracy and completeness of recipes. Other office responsibilities.
The ideal candidate is detail oriented, organized and can work independently. In addition, they must possess very strong computer and kitchen skills. Requires familiarity with databases and some Spanish skills. This job requires a lot of data entry so good typing skills are a must. Knowledge of Spanish, Middle Eastern and/or Mexican cuisine a plus.
Interested? Email jobs@thinkfoodgroup.com. The salary range is listed at $25-$30k a year.
And tell us about the interview. We want to know what a culinary scribe gets to do on a daily basis.
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Hmmm, I did this for Martin Yan when I was out in California, and well, yes, it is as boring as it sounds. I’d rather be cooking. 🙂