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V Smiley Preserves makes honey sweetened preserves in Vermont. We love fruit, farmers and big, juicy spoonfuls of flavor. V Smiley Preserves specializes in intricate textured flavors, making no-added pectin preserves and investing in our local foodshed, supporting organic growing practices and making the country’s only nationally available honey sweetened preserves. We have created a new category of preserving, discovering all that is possible with just fruit and honey. The company has taken home multiple Good Food Awards and been featured in New York Times, Boston Globe, Bon Appetit, Seattle Times, Saveur and more.

The kitchen of Minifactory homes both V Smiley Preserves production and Minifactory food operations.

The atmosphere is busy, warm, and full of delicious, beautiful food.

V Smiley Preserves and Minifactory are queer owned/run.

We are hiring the following positions:

HOST/SERVER for MINIFACTORY

On Saturdays & Sundays at Minifactory we serve a range of folks from regulars popping in for cardamom buns and coffee to large group celebrating milestones at the big community table. People take food to go, pick up picnic supplies, hold meetings, meet friends and more. The host directs all this foot traffic, welcoming guests, pointing them in the right direction and taking care of the dining room. This role requires confidence, warmth, leadership, quickness and a love for multi-tasking.

A strong interest in food and drink provides an enormous boost to your work where you’re excited to share new dishes, where ingredients are coming from and how the food is presented while being able to work with customers around food preferences, sensitives and allergies.

Hosts learn how to make coffee and take orders to cover weekday shifts when we run Minifactory without a host. Dishwashing is performed as a team. Staff tend to work a mix of opening and closing shifts to maintain equanimity.

This role requires consistent lifting of 20-30 pounds and constant movement in a 2000 sq foot area.

Daytime shifts. 18-24 hours/week. Saturday & Sunday availability required. 2-4 shifts per week depending on how many hours you seek.

$24-27/hr DOE, wage is comprised of a base wage and tips.

To apply for these positions:

☑︎scroll to the bottom of page ☑︎fill out the application form and submit ☑︎after submitting, email a note introducing yourself, plus your resume to honeyjam@vsmileypreserves.com ☑︎in the subject line of email, place the title of the position for which you are applying.

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JOB APPLICATION

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NEXT, send your note introducing yourself + resume to honeyjam@vsmileypreserves.com with position title(s) in the subject line.

We’ll follow up if we have questions. Thank you very much.