Culinary Experience Coordinator - Retail Hospitality and Tourism Mgmt - UTK

Job description

The Culinary Experience Coordinator ensures the daily execution of food recovery and meal production operations (600+ meals daily during academic semesters), supports culinary laboratory instruction for Hospitality & Tourism Management and Nutrition & Dietetics courses, and facilitates food and nutrition security outreach initiatives, including youth food security and food-as-medicine programming. This role integrates operational food systems management with experiential education, applied research support, and community-based extension programming. Food4VOLS Operations: Coordinates and oversees daily food recovery, production, and distribution operations for the Food4VOLS program during the academic year. Oversee morning and afternoon food recovery operations from campus dining locations and community partners. Coordinate menu planning and large-scale meal production (600+ meals distributed daily during academic semesters). Supervise food preparation, packaging, labeling, and distribution to campus and community food access points. Recruit, train, and supervise volunteers and Federal Work-Study students supporting Food4VOLS operations. Ensure compliance with all food safety, sanit...