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Culinary Intern

THE CULINARY EDGE LLC
San Francisco, CA Intern
POSTED ON 11/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/18/2026

Have you ever wondered how to develop delicious menu items that guests love? Do you enjoy and have experience cooking professionally? Are you in a point in your cooking career where you’d like to try something different? Then look no further! Our Culinary Internship might be the right thing for you!

Working beside professional chefs and strategists, the culinary intern is an integral member of the kitchen team and will gain hands-on experience in menu development, recipe formulation, facilities management, and the day-to-day operations of an active test kitchen. The intern’s time is split between hands-on kitchen work, procurement, and culinary-related administrative tasks. They assist the kitchen team by prepping ingredients, maintaining the kitchen space, equipment and supplies, and documenting recipes. They also contribute to the creation of kitchen/restaurant training materials, creative culinary development, and conduct research on ingredients, packaging, plateware, vendors, and concepts.

Who are you?

  • Passionate about food, cooking, trends, and dining

  • You are a team player, flexible, easy-going and you have a sense of humor

  • Resourceful, flexible and able to creatively solve problems

  • Proactive and reliable to fellow team members and managers

  • Able to manage heavy workload, prioritize well and meet deadlines

  • Strong written and verbal communication, professional demeanor

  • Ability to make excellent food, even with less-than-ideal or limited ingredients

  • You understand and can manage recipe documentation

  • Impeccable attention to detail and minimal errors

What will you be doing?

  • Support chefs and strategy team on client projects

  • Develop recipes and menu items independently for client projects. Includes food, ingredient and menu preparation

  • Accurately formulate, test and document recipes and formulations using standard forms and procedures

  • Responsible for managing your schedule, and knowing the kitchen production and client deliverable schedule

  • Shop and run errands for ingredients, supplies, and materials

  • Shipping and receiving ingredients

  • Assist in the creation of kitchen operations materials for client projects

  • Research ingredients, vendors, equipment, packaging, and restaurant and culinary concepts

  • Maintain cleanliness of workstation, storage area and kitchen

Table Stakes and Pluses!

  • University degree or culinary school degree not required but a plus

  • Minimum of 1-2 years experience in a professional restaurant kitchen is a must: Everyone on the kitchen team must possess a culinary foundation and “kitchen sense”

  • Good working knowledge of both Microsoft and Mac office suites

  • Ability to work on-site at our San Francisco test kitchen, located in the SOMA neighborhood

Mentor: Research & Development Chefs


Hours

Hours may be different every week and are flexible, but an average week may be five days a week, Monday through Friday from 8am to 6pm for a total of approximately 35 hours per week.

Internship Term

Six (6) months

Earliest Start Date

August 09, 2021

Compensation

Hourly

About Us

The Culinary Edge is a culinary consulting firm serving the entire spectrum of the food-service industry, from start-up entrepreneurs to multi-unit national chains. To learn more about The Culinary Edge, please visit www.theculinaryedge.com/

Job Type

Temporary, Part-time

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