Thinking Food Jobs, March 21, 2025
Would you like to be paid to taste pizza, or chocolate, or strawberries? Or maybe you have a discerning taste for cottage cheese and sour cream? If so, I have a collection of opportunities for you to work as a sensory panelist, describing and rating the aroma, appearance, taste, flavor and texture of various foods:
Chocolate: Sensory Panelist for Hershey, in Hershey PA
Pizza: Sensory Panelist for the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Dairy Research
Strawberries: Sensory Descriptive Panelist at Driscoll's in Watsonville, CA
Cottage Cheese and Sour Cream: Sensory Specialist for Daisy Brand in Garland, TX
The rest of the food groups: there are multiple opportunities for Product Evaluator/Sensory Panelists at MMR Research locations across the US, or consider a Sensory Taste Panelist role at System One in Princeton, NJ
Here’s the rest of this week’s list. All positions are fulltime unless noted otherwise.
Adjunct Instructor, Food Truck, Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, IA, salary: $25 - $30/hour
Adjunct Instructor, Sustainable Living, Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, IA, salary: $25 - $30/hour
Advocacy Manager, Food Bank of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, salary: $55,000 - $62,500
Assistant Dean of Students for Food Access Initiatives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, salary: $65,000 - $72,500
Associate Director, Policy Engagement, Good Food Institute, Washington, DC, hybrid, salary: $129,642 - $136,124
Associate Inventory Planner, Food, Williams Sonoma, San Francisco, CA, hybrid, salary: $68,640
Climate Smart Food Systems Grant Program Lead, State of Minnesota, various locations in Minnesota, salary: $66,648 - $98,240
Co-op Downtown Kitchen Assistant Manager, Community Food Co-op Bozeman, Bozeman, MT, salary: $24 - $26/hour
Community Food Educator, Randall Island Park Alliance, Randall's Island, NY, part-time, seasonal, salary: $31/hour
Community Outreach Professions, The Garden Kitchen, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 30 hours per week, benefits eligible, salary: $22.77 - $28.46/hour
Copywriter, Baked By Melissa, New York, NY, hybrid, salary: $75,000 - $85,000
Corporate Chef, Innovation - Away From Home, KraftHeinz, Glenview, IL, salary: $102,100 - $127,600
Creamery Manager, Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT, salary: $60,000 - $70,000
Culinary Administrative Assistant to Executive Chef, Four Seasons Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, FL, salary: (not stated)
Culinary Arts Faculty and Program Coordinator, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA, salary: $54,201 - $64,497
Culinary Educators, Fund fr Public Health NYC, Long Island City, NY, part-time, seasonal salary: $25/hour
Culinary Insights Analyst, Shake Shack, New York, NY, salary: $82,410 - $105,110
Culinary Instructor, Celebrity Cruises, remote, salary: (not stated)
Culinary Sensory Specialist, Lactalis American Group, Buffalo, NY, salary: $65,000 - $75,000
Director of Annual Giving and Events, Women's Lunch Place, Boston, MA, salary: $100,000
Director of Board, State and Member Relations, National Milk Producers Federation, Arlington, VA, hybrid, salary: (not stated)
Director of Convenience Food, FELFEL NYC, New York, NY, salary: $110,000-$130,000
Director of Healthy Eating and Active Living Law and Policy Program, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, MN, salary: $90,000 - $125,000
Director of Research and Development, King Arthur Baking Company, White River Junction, VT, salary: (not stated)
Director, Food Pantry and Community Meal, The Red Door Place, New York, NY, salary: $80,000 - $100,000
Education & Food Access Coordinator, Poughkeepsie Farm Project, Poughkeepsie, NY, salary: $22/hour
Evaluation Coordinator, Capital Area Food Bank, Washington, DC, hybrid, salary: $72,500 - $77,000
Executive Director, Feeding Georgia, Atlanta, GA, salary: $140,000
Executive Director, Willits Community Services and Fodo Bank, Willits, CA, part-time, salary: $33/hour
Farm Energy & Agriculture Engineering Specialist, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, salary: (not stated)
Farm to Fork Sales Director, The Common Market, Ann Arbor, MI, hybrid, salary: $68,000
Farm to Preschool Assistant Educator, Fund fr Public Health NYC, Long Island City, NY, part-time, seasonal, salary: $19 - $24/hour
Food Consumer Reporter, Bloomberg, New York, NY or Chicago, IL, salary: $115,000 - $140,000
Food is Medicine Program Manager, Wellstart, Douglasville, GA, salary: (not stated)
Food Pantry Manager, Marty's Market, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardener and Leominster, MA, salary: $54,386
Food Program Assistant, Friends of the High Line, New York, NY, part-time, salary: $25/hour
Food Reporter, Houston Chronicle, Hearst Newspapers, Houston, TX, salary: (not stated)
Food Safety Writing Fellowship, Food Safety News, remote, part-time, salary: $20 - $30/hour
Food Services Manager, Denver Rescue Mission, Denver, CO, salary: $57,900 - $77,100
Food Systems Area Advisor, UC Davis, Davis, CA, salary: $82,900 - $105,200
Fruit Sourcing and Development Manager, Chobani, Twin Falls, ID, salary: $104,000 - $156,000
Garden Teacher and Steward, Priory School, Portola Valley, CA, salary: $84,390 ‒ $167,730
Government Relations & Public Funding Manager, Food & Friends, Washington, DC, salary: $85,000 - $90,000
Greenmarket Assistant Regional Manager, GrowNYC, New York, NY, salary: $53,000 - $55,000
Guiding Stars Product and Recipe Manager, Ahold Delhaize USA, Scarborough, ME, hybrid, salary: (not stated)
Healthy Pantry Initiative Educator, Food Bank of South Jersey, Pennsauken, NJ, salary: $28/hour
Institute Coordinator, James Beard Foundation, New York, NY, hybrid, salary: $55,000 - $60,840
Instructional Designer, KFC, Plano, TX, salary: $90,000 -$108,110
Kitchen Specialist, Eataly Corporate, New York, NY, salary: $65,000 – $70,000
Manager of Marketing and Communications, New Roots Institute, remote, salary: $70,000
Manager of Research Operations, Food (writer/editor), Politico, Arlington, VA, salary: (not stated)
Manager, Government Relations, National Milk Producers Federation, Arlington, VA, hybrid, salary: (not stated)
Manager, Government Relations, Food and Agriculture, Invariant, Washington, DC, salary: $95,000 - $120,000
Manager, Research and Insights, James Beard Foundation, New York, NY, hybrid, salary: $64,000 - $71,000
Marketing Communications Manager, Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative, Lancaster, PA, salary: (not stated)
Marketing Specialist & Innovation Program Manager, Oklahoma State University, Food and Agricultural Products Center, Stillwater, OK, salary: $52,000 - $80,000
Mobile Market Coordinator, FareStart, Seattle, WA, salary: $23.77 - 25.95/hour
National Program Executive, Food Business Solutions, American Heart Association, remote, salary: $200,000 - $210,000
Nutrition Updates Editor, Eating Well, Dotdash Meredith, remote, part-time, contract, salary: $30/hour
Pantry Operations Coordinator, Uncommon Good, Claremont, CA, salary: $24 - $28/hour
Pop-Up Food Hub Operations Associate, Freshfarm, Hyattsville, MD, part-time, salary: $21/hour
Product Development - Jr. Corporate Development Chef, FreshRealm, San Clemente, CA, salary: (not stated)
Product Evaluator/Sensory Panelists, MMR Research, multiple US cities, part-time, salary: $16 - $20/hour, depending upon location
Production Designer, King Arthur Baking Company, White River Junction, VT, hybrid, salary: (not stated)
Program Coordinator - Food Access, Vermont Foodbank, Brattleboro, VT, salary: $26.87/hour
Program Manager, Farm Products and Commodity Handler Program, State of Colorado, Broomfield County, CO, salary: $89,520 - $107,424
Program Manager, Food as Medicine, Field & Fork Network, Buffalo, NY, salary: $60,500–$62,000
Project Manager, Recipe for Success, UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, salary: (not stated)
Restaurant Culinary Consultant, Sproutz, Miami, FL, contract, salary: (not stated)
Sales Director, Away from Home Tomatoes, KraftHeinz, remote, salary: $184,800 – $231,000
Senior Brand Manager, Simple Mills, Chicago, IL, hybrid, salary: $125,000 - $170,000
Senior Consultant Food Advisory & Training, NSF, remote, salary: $78,000 - $130,000
Senior Food Editor, Gulfshore Life Magazine, Bonita Springs, FL, salary: (not stated)
Senior Writer, Corporate Communications, Whole Foods Market, Austin, TX, salary: (not stated)
Sensory Descriptive Panelist, Driscoll's, Watsonville, CA, part-time, salary: $20/hour
Sensory Panelist, Hershey, Hershey PA, part-time, salary: (not stated)
Sensory Panelist, University of Wisconsin, Center for Dairy Research, Madison, WI, salary: $16.50/hour
Sensory Specialist, Daisy Brand, Garland, TX, salary: (not stated)
Sensory Taste Panelist, System One, Princeton, NJ, part-time, salary $20/hour.
Social & Digital Marketing Lead, New York Shuk Middle Eastern Pantry, Brooklyn, NY, salary: $66,000 - $75,000
Social Media Manager, Bon Appétit & Epicurious, Condé Nast, New York, NY, salary: $80,000-$103,000
Social Media Strategist, Little Spoon, remote, salary: (not stated)
Social Video Editor Specialist, World Central Kitchen, Washington, DC, salary: $65,000 - $75,000
Sourcing Manager, Farm to People, Brooklyn, NY, salary: $100,000
Sr Manager, Zero Waste, UNFI, remote, salary: $80,000 - $149,500
Sr. Account Manager - Customer Experience, Datassential, remote, salary: $115,000 - $155,000
Traditional Food Project Manager, Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, Odanah, WI, salary: $40,000 - $50,000.
Virtual Culinary Arts Educator, Fullmind, remote, part-time, contract, salary: $250/day
Writer and Research Specialist II, Ever.Ag, remote, salary: (not stated)
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-Barbara Rotger