Apprentice Chocolate Maker - 16th Street

About Us
Dandelion Chocolate is a bean-to-bar chocolate factory in San Francisco’s Mission District. We make chocolate from only two ingredients, cocoa beans and cane sugar, and travel to origins as often as we can to build good, trusting relationships with the producers who grow and ferment the beans we buy. We’re always on the search for good cocoa beans, and now we’re looking for an Apprentice Chocolate Maker to help our production team scale up and craft our single origin chocolate. 

About You
You should love chocolate as much as we do, but you don’t have to know everything -- we’ll teach you everything we know. After adequate shadowing and hands-on training, you will join our production team in their daily routine—roasting, cracking, sorting and winnowing cocoa beans, then tempering and molding chocolate bars. This is a physical job, but it’s a labor of love. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the team working at our new factory on 16th Street where we are scaling up our processes and production, while striving to make some of the world’s best chocolate. 

 You must be comfortable working with machinery and willing to go with the flow as processes change and develop and to work independently as well as with our team of chocolate makers. We prefer that candidates have worked in the food and beverage/culinary industry, as it helps with the pace and demands of this position. This full-time role starts at $17/hour with an increase after training. We’re looking for someone who is eager to learn, has a positive outlook, and likes to get their hands dirty.


Responsibilities
  • Production: Learning and performing all steps of chocolate production: sorting  beans, roasting, winnowing, starting batches, refining and conching, tempering, and foiling bars.
  • R&D and Quality: Tasting and evaluating chocolate bars for flavor and quality.
  • Maintenance: Cleaning and maintaining our production facility, including machines.
  • Team: Work with the team to hit our daily production goals. 
  • Other tasks as necessary

Requirements
  • Availability: Available from 8:00 am-5:00 pm, Tuesday-Saturday.
  • Positive outlook: Even among shifting priorities or broken machines, you are able to keep a healthy perspective and remain positive. 
  • Kitchen know-how: Prior experience working in a commercial kitchen or production facility preferred, especially with a team. 
  • Physical aptitude: This position requires that you be moving on your feet for most of the day and to occasionally lift objects up to 50-pounds. 

Benefits
Dandelion Chocolate constantly invests in its people and culture. We offer excellent perks including subsidized medical, vision, and dental benefits as well as the option to enroll in our 401k program. Hourly employees receive paid vacation time and sick time. In addition, our team members enjoy commuter benefits, local gym discounts, and lots of chocolate tasting opportunities.

How to Apply
Dandelion is growing and we are invested in employees who take ownership over their role and are interested in contributing in a bigger way with us. If you are interested, we’d like to see your resume and a cover letter that includes a short description of your favorite food experience or influence. Keep in mind that we value passion, attitude, and hard work, so tell us what inspires you to want to join our production team. 

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