Job Description

Who We Are

Founded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational, historic, and cultural institution that owns and operates one of the largest and best-known museum complexes in the world. Our mission is “that the future may learn from the past” through preserving and restoring 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. We engage, inform, and inspire people to learn about this historic capital, the events that occurred here, and the diverse peoples who helped shape a new nation.

Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the U.S. The Historic Area is the 301-acre restored colonial capital with 88 original buildings and 525 buildings reconstructed to how they appeared in the 18th century through extensive archaeological, architectural, and documentary research. The Historic Area is staffed by highly trained, historically dressed interpreters and expert tradespeople who bring the 18th century to life. The Foundation also owns and operates two world-class museums, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, and a renowned research library, the John D Rockefeller Jr Library.

Additionally, Colonial Williamsburg is home to five world class accommodations at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Lodge Autograph Collection, the Griffin Hotel, the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotels and Suites and the unique Colonial Houses in the Historical Area. Visitors may also indulge in food and drink at our many on site restaurants and taverns that blend a historically inspired dining experience with today’s evolved tastes. Each year over 5 million people visit Williamsburg and another 20 million engage with us digitally.

Essential Duties:

• Prepares soups and sauces (cream, vegetable and clear soups and cream, brown and tomato sauces).
• Works broiler, sauté, banquet and pantry stations as necessary.
• Uses basic cooking methods including sautéing, braising, broiling, stewing and baking.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Completion of 2-year culinary apprenticeship or culinary associate degree
• Experience gained in a restaurant specializing in continental or classical cuisine may be substituted for a culinary apprenticeship or associate degree.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated knowledge of basic cooking techniques
• Ability to:
  • (1) prepare food from a recipe with minimum supervision
  • (2) maintain sanitation standards
  • (3) maintain standards listed below
• With supervision, ability to produce the required quality and quantity of foods
• Physical requirements include, but are not limited to
  • (1) transporting up to 50 pounds;
  • (2) standing for long periods of time
• Successful candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a current Williamsburg James City County food handler’s card; applicants with an active food handler’s card should be prepared to present it during the interview process.

This is a non-exempt position, eligible to receive overtime in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This position may be subject to overtime during high peak times, etc. as directed and approved by the supervisor. Upon being hired for this position, you will enter a Probationary status, working up to 40 hours per week. Upon completion of the probationary period, you could become benefit eligible.