Growing Chefs is growing. Join our team!

UPDATE: At this time, we are no longer accepting applicants.

Do you want to support sustainable and just food practices and systems? Build connections between kids and youth and their food? Make local, sustainable food accessible? Connect communities through food? If yes, then this might be the place for you!

What we offer:

  • Flexible work hours. 

  • A supportive, fun work environment

  • A chance to make a difference in the food system

We are currently looking for three people to join our team:

  • Executive Director - Full-time permanent, 35 hours per week
    Salary: $78,000-$92,000 plus four weeks paid vacation & health and dental plan
    To Apply: Please visit and submit your application via Workable

  • Program Coordinator/Chef Educator - Full-time permanent, 28 hours per week
    Salary: $40,000-$45,000 plus three weeks paid vacation (pro-rated) & health and dental plan
    To Apply: Please submit your resume to hr@growingchefs.ca and include the job title for which you are applying in the email subject line. Review of applications and interviews will begin upon receipt, so please apply early.  
    (Closing date: April 30th, 2022)

  • Communications Assistant - Permanent, hourly position, 14 hours/week
    Salary: $21.00/hour plus vacation pay of 6%
    To Apply: Please submit your resume to hr@growingchefs.ca and include the job title for which you are applying in the email subject line. Review of applications and interviews will begin upon receipt, so please apply early.  
    (Closing date: April 30th, 2022)

Growing Chefs is committed to equity. We encourage people who face barriers to employment to apply, and if there is anything we can do to shape the recruitment process to best fit their needs, to let us know.

If applying for the Program Coordinator/Chef Educator or Communications Assistant positions, we ask that in lieu of a cover letter, please include in your email with your attached resume the answers to the following two questions in 350 words or less:

  1. Why are you personally interested in working for Growing Chefs and our mission?

  2. Why do you feel food literacy education is important for kids?