We are seeking someone passionate about both the culinary arts and hospitality to join our team at our glamping base camp on the Kern River in Southern California. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about hosting our guests and creating lasting memories through food and quality time spent in a comfortable outdoor setting. The perfect candidate is very detail oriented, hard working, and loves food and the outdoors.
In this role the camp host will be working at our glamping basecamp on the Kern River. There is river access from the camp, and we have canvas tents that stay set up all summer nestled throughout the natural rocks and trees in a stunningly beautiful high desert setting. We operate 2 day/1 night rafting trips where our guests and river guides spend the night at this camp. The guests arrive by boat in the late afternoon/early evening. The camp host would prepare each tent for the guest’s arrival, which includes things like setting up and making up the beds, sweeping the tents, placing flowers on the bedside tables, and placing the guest’s bags in their tents. After preparing the guest’s tents the camp host will tidy up the camp, and have some cold drinks and snacks ready for the guests to enjoy when they arrive at camp. Later in the evening the camp host and river guides will prepare horderves, and a gourmet dinner prepared with fresh, local, and organic produce.
After spending the night at camp, the camp host and guides will prepare breakfast and coffee in the morning. After breakfast, the guests will pack up their things and get back onto the boats and continue their rafting adventure, the camp host will continue breaking down camp or prepare for next group of guests and guides to arrive.
Responsibilities:
- Opening and closing camp
- Setting up guest beds and tents prior to their arrival
- Bringing the guest’s bag to their tent
- Having cold drinks and snacks ready when guests show up
- Have camp look generally tidy, beautiful, and inviting before guests arrive
- Cooking/serving dinner in our outdoor riverside kitchen (along with the guides) and helping with dishes
- Cooking/serving breakfast (along with the guides) and helping with dishes
- Cleaning out guest tents and stripping sheets
- Closing down camp
Qualifications:
- 18+
- Excellent customer service skills and a passion for hosting
- A love for the outdoors and camping
- Passion for food and attention to detail
- Previous experience working in a professional kitchen preferred but not required
- Previous experience in hospitality (housekeeping, catering, event staff) preferred but not required
- Ability to work well both alone and with a team
- Comfortable spending all day working outside and camping at night for potentially multiple days/nights in a row
- Ability to lift at least 30lbs repeatedly throughout the day
- Moderate physical fitness required for walking from tent to tent and bringing guest bags to and from guest tents.