School Cook Job at The Learning Experience, Poughkeepsie, NY

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  • The Learning Experience
  • Poughkeepsie, NY

Job Description

Childcare Cook School Kitchen (Poughkeepsie, NY)

Pay: $16$18+/hr based on experience | Weekday Schedule | No Nights or Weekends

About the Role

We're hiring a Childcare Cook to prepare nutritious meals for children in a licensed early childhood center. This role is perfect for someone who loves cooking, values routine hours, and wants a stable weekday schedule.

What You'll Do

  • Prepare and serve breakfast, lunch, and snacks following center menus
  • Maintain kitchen cleanliness and food safety standards
  • Follow allergy, nutrition, and sanitation guidelines
  • Manage basic food inventory and storage
  • Work closely with center leadership to support daily operations

What We're Looking For

  • Food prep or kitchen experience (school, childcare, healthcare, or restaurant)
  • Knowledge of basic food safety (ServSafe a plus)
  • Reliable, organized, and comfortable working independently
  • Ability to pass background and health clearances

Why You'll Love It

  • Consistent weekday schedule (no nights or weekends)
  • PTO and benefits (where applicable)
  • Positive, community-focused environment
  • Work that actually matters to families

Keywords for Indeed SEO: childcare cook, school cook, daycare cook, food service associate, kitchen aide, preschool cook, early childhood center Compensation: $16.00 - $18.00 per hour

The Learning Experience

At The Learning Experience, we make early education joyful, engaging and fun so children are happy to learn, play and grow.

Our curriculum focuses on the six ages and stages of early childhood development and engages children in hands-on learning activities that encourage them to explore and solve problems at their own rate of development. This forms a foundation for kids to Learn, Play and Grow under the care of our nurturing teachers and staff.

At TLE, we've created a full cast of characters that become our little learners' educators, partners and friends through their preschool education journey. Each character has a unique personality and area of interest and brings learning to life by allowing children to explore the world through fun and imagination.

This franchise is independently owned and operated by a franchisee. Your application will go directly to the franchisee, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this franchisee. All inquiries about employment at this franchisee should be made directly to the franchise location, and not to The Learning Experience Corporate.

The Learning Experience

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Work at office, Weekend work, Weekday work

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