Kaatsbaan Ballet Intensive (KBI) offers an all-inclusive boutique summer ballet camp experience unlike any other.
The KBI Chef’s Assistant takes direction from the KBI Chef in order to support KBI’s food service operations. We are looking for two Chef’s Assistants for the 2026 summer program.
The Chef’s Assistant is responsible for preparing and serving meals for 30–45 dancers, staff, and faculty per two-week session, with four sessions running from June 21st through August 15th, 2026. A week of kitchen preparation is scheduled for June 15th–19th. The Chef’s Assistant has high standards for health and safety. They ensure that all areas of the kitchen, food service areas, and the Artist Farmhouse, including restrooms, are kept clean by following daily and periodic cleaning lists.
Kaatsbaan Ballet Intensive Chef’s Assistant duties will include, but are not limited to:
-Daily food prep for three meals as scheduled by the Chef
-General kitchen maintenance and cleanliness
-Set up and clearing around service
-Maintain stocks for ingredients and serve ware
-Ensure a high level of health and safety, cleanliness, and food hygiene
-Adhere to existing working practices, methods, and procedures
-Compliance with state health code
-Other duties assigned by the Chef
About Us
Located in the tranquility of the open countryside, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is a 153-acre artist sanctuary located on New York’s Hudson River in the charming village of Tivoli. As an incubator for creativity and presenter of world-class artists in dance, theater, music, film, spoken and written word, and culinary and visual arts, Kaatsbaan provides artists with extraordinary studios, an indoor black box theater with a performance floor the size of the Metropolitan Opera, an outdoor stage, housing at The Dancers’ Inn and Artist Gatehouse, and additional living space at the Artist Farmhouse. Our facilities make a breathtaking and idyllic country home for creative action and achievement.
