Cooks

Breakfast/Lunch Cook

Breakfast consists of a buffet line, with items stocked in a steam table. Short orders are taken for other items.

Shift hours: 5:30 AM till 1:30 or 2 PM

Skills needed: Baking biscuits, muffins, coffee cakes, and cookies. Cooking standard breakfast fare: eggs, omelets, hash browns, breakfast meats, pancakes. Making soups cooking burgers, slicing lunchmeats and cheese and other details for setting up lunch bar.
This position will clean up after themselves, which will include dishes. During the busy season a helper is assigned to do breakfast dishes.
This position requires good public relations skills as the person takes the orders as well as cooks and delivers them. This is a great position for a self motivated person who enjoys early mornings, people, and afternoons off.

Dinner Cook

The ranch serves all three meals to our guests. Dinner is primarily served on a buffet line, off of a menu that is set with a different special every night. Our kitchen is in open view of the public and all employees must enjoy interaction with guests and other employees.

Shift hours: 1:00 PM — 8:30 PM

Skills: This position is responsible for preparing and serving dinner to approximately 75 people and must be skilled in all phases of cooking including prepping main meat course, vegetable, starch, bread baking, and some dessert preparation. The menu is set and the recipes supplied but there is plenty of room for variation and creativity, for the person with adequate skills. This person oversees one prep cook who does the salad bar preparation. Keeping track of food inventory will also be a part of this position.

Prep Cook

Shift hours: 1:00 PM till 8:00 or 8:30 PM

Skills needed: Salad making and broiler cooking.

Duties: Make salads from recipes provided, helps set up buffet line for dinner, helps with serving and cleanup after dinner. Cleanup duties may include putting away food, helping with dishes, cleaning kitchen and floors. Works under main dinner cook.

Like all positions at the ranch, this position requires public relations skill and a genuine desire to help make peoples stay enjoyable. You will be working with ranch guests to answer questions, serving food on the buffet line and taking grill orders.

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What We Expect From You

We expect our staff to work hard with enthusiasm and a desire to get the job done right the first time. We delight in a member of the team who “owns” his or her job, and with the proper attitude you will have a lot of fun. During your free time you are welcome to participate in ranch activities such as riding, kayaking, hiking, fishing, etc. Remember, though, this is not your summer vacation – it can be strenuous work.

Availability

First consideration is given to employees who can stay from June 10th thru September 30th. We are willing to work with your scheduling needs however, so let us know if you are not available for the whole season – we may be able to accommodate.

Internet

Internet availability: We do have wireless internet available for our staff, but it is VERY limited. You will not be able to use it to stream videos, make phone calls, or upload/download all your pictures. It will work just fine for email, texting, and some basic website browsing. We do not guarantee that you will be able to pick up the signal in your room/cabin, but you won’t have to go far to connect.

Employee Housing

We are able to provide housing and meals for some employees at the ranch. After we interview and before we make an official job offer we will discuss housing needs and costs. Rest assured that whatever your situation we will help you find housing. Housing varies from single rooms, tent cabins, cabins or RV hookups for either your trailer or ours. All units are not fancy but you will have a room of your own. If you are a couple or family we will work with you to find adequate housing.
Dining and laundry facilities are the same as those used by our guests. Remember to consider the guests, and instruction will be given on how to schedule your laundry and meals appropriately.

Pay and Hours

Crewmembers work 30-40 hours per week. More hours are available depending on which position you hold and your experience and attitude. Minimum wage in this state has been raised to $13.50/hour in 2020. After considering your application and your skills, strengths and availability and if we decide to employ you we will make you an offer depending on these factors. Our pay structure enables staff desiring to save money to do so. Our goal is to reward valuable employees well and to have you come back year after year. If you are the type of person who thinks life is one big party, then Stehekin is probably not for you. Drug use or alcohol use is not permitted or tolerated. Smokers do not generally fit in well with our goals or clientele.

Is this job for you?

Though a seasonal job with Stehekin Valley Ranch offers many rewards, it may not be for a person whose only priority is financial compensation. We have discovered that the most successful summer employees are the ones who enjoy people and who enjoy the great surroundings of our area. We pride ourselves in hosting a fun and unique summer experience where each employee is treated with dignity and respect. We are an “employee friendly” business that believes motivated and satisfied employees will do the best job of caring for our ranch guests.

Our season runs Mid-June – September, and we give priority to those who can stay for the whole term. We start making hiring decisions for the upcoming season in January.