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Catering Event Chef


Job Location:

Charlottesville, VA - USA

Hourly Salary: USD 22 - 30
Posted: 31 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 28 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS JOB PLEASE FILL OUT THE ENTIRE APPLICATION DO NOT EMAIL HMC STAFFING COORDINATOR.

Harvest Moon Catering is hiring Event Chefs

Hospitality is about creating a sense of place where everyone has a seat at the table. At Harvest Moon Catering we give consistent and thoughtful attention to details. We provide exceptional foodANDexceptional service and we believe the best way to serve our current and future clients is to add talented and high-performing employees to our team to help create and execute our clients visions for their events.

Harvest Moon Catering is looking for motivated enthusiastic hospitality driven individuals to add to our front of house team. Previous experience is certainly a plus but not required as we have extensive on the job training available.

Discover the Harvest Moon Catering difference.

We respect hospitality as a calling. Serving others is a vital and yet challenging vocation and we are committed to helping our team find daily and lasting fulfillment in their work.

We recruit the best of the best. Our rigorous recruitment process means that we have a team composed of employees of the highest caliber.

We offer a flexible work environment. Though Harvest Moon Catering does require our team members to work on select dates our Front of House staff have the flexibility to choose most of their events and create a schedule that works for them. And our online tools keep them connected without costly trips to the office.

We nurture teams of excellence. Our team members develop a genuine bond with their coworkers trusting that each member is as qualified and dedicated as they are.

We empower employees and foster a spirit of continuous improvement. We work with team members to say yes to creative suggestions to make life better for our clients and our employees.

So What (Exactly) is an Event Chef

At Harvest Moon we work with best-in-class teammates from a variety of backgrounds who share a passion for hospitality quality of food and delighting customers. If you have never felt professionally challenged before think long and hard before applying for this position. You will be surrounded by A professionals who expect you to perform at their level every day and you will have the very best administrators to support you. Hospitality is a fast-paced dynamic industry and life at HMC is no exception. Here youll need to be able to shift between tasks frequently while still having a high attention to detail and quality while preparing a broad variety of food for private dinners and huge galas.

The Minimum Youll Do:

Have your own transportation but also have a clean driving record in order to drive HMC vans

Are reliable and show up on time

Own asmartphone that has wi-fi and can download apps

This is a part-time role that will require between 6-10 shifts a month with flexible hours

Able to work mornings weekends and holidayslike Memorial & Labor Day

Answer work requests within 48 hours of receiving them

Able to work on specific high-volume dates

Follow required policies procedures and guidelines

Shift back and forth between tasks

Lift up to 25 lbs

Be on your feet forlong periods of time

Foster a climate of cooperation and respect between co-workers

Be enthusiastic (Over the Moon!) about exceptional client experiences and a positive motivational team member.

What Others Say About You:

Youre warm friendly approachable and have an innate desire to help others

Youre resourceful

You genuinely care about people

You have a deep passion for food and hospitality

Youve got high attention to detail

You love problem solving

Youre organized and energetic

What Youll Get:

HMC strives to provide a living wage to help you stay healthy feel secure and maintain a great work/life walk that talk we offer great pay real raise potential andtips &discretionary bonuses. On top of all that youll be surrounded by awesome people who care deeply about what they do and will do whatever it takes to help YOU succeed.


Required Experience:

IC


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