Come join the Coffee Point Team for a 5-6 week season in remote Alaska.

Posted: Jun 08, 2026

Head Cook

Coffee Point Seafoods

Egegik, Alaska

Wages/Pay
$21.00 / hour
Experience Level
Previous experience required
Job Start Date
Jun 12, 2026

Seasonal Head Cook – Coffee Point – Egegik, Alaska

E&E Foods is launching a search for a Seasonal Head Cook at our Production plant in Egegik, AK.  This job requires an experienced cook that has experience managing a small kitchen staff and running a seasonal kitchen operation which provides 3 daily meals to approx. 250 people each meal. Finally, the successful candidate will be a team player with the ability to handle deadline driven environments.
 

The successful candidate:

The seasonal head cook must have 3 years’ recent kitchen manager/head cook experience with camp/dorm style serving preferred. They must be self-directed, well organized and comfortable in a diverse living and working environment. They must be able to work a 7-day a week, 12 hour a day schedule. In addition, they must be willing to work in a remote location under, at times, challenging conditions. Finally, they will need to possess good verbal communication skills.


 

Key Responsibilities:

1.    Plan and prepare all meals with assistance of galley crew.

2.    Insure to-go meals are prepped and delivered to employees at off-site locations

3.    Train and supervise galley crew.

4.    Maintain safe and sanitary conditions at all times.

5.    Work with Galley Manager to track inventory

6.    Work with Galley Manager to prepare and submit bi-weekly fly in produce orders.

7.    Work with Galley Manager to provide detailed post season inventory of all consumable and non-consumable products. 

8.    Clean and winterize galley at end of season.

9.    Work with Galley Manager to complete end of season inventory and 2024 order list.
 

Required Skills/Abilities:

·         3 years’ recent kitchen manager or head cook experience.

·         Must have Food Protection Manager certification

·         Must be at least 18 years of age

·         Must show availability to work in the USA

·         Able to work with minimal supervision

·         Able to take direction and respond to feedback

·         Able to work in fast paced, deadline driven environment

·         Must be able to stand, walk and work for 12+ hours, 7 days a week.


 

Salary & Benefits: 

·         The starting wage is $21.00 per hour $31.50 per hour OT (OT after 8 regular hours in a day, and 40 regular hours in a week).

·         Airfare to and from Coffee Point from nearest major airport.

·         Free Room and Board, private room with private bathroom.
  

THE WORK ENVIRONMENT is within a kitchen environment. . 

NATURE & HOURS OF WORK: The season runs from May to August. This position works 12 hours per day, seven days a week. 
 

LIVING CONDITIONS: Our seafood processing facilities are a very remote part in Alaska. Housing – will have own room with private bathroom facility. There are no health care options readily accessible. There is no cellphone signal and limited internet available. Communication is very limited. 

ADA: EE Foods is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.

EEOC: EE Foods is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, age, ancestry, or disability. Previously incarcerated, BIPOC, women and LGBTQ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply!
 

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Contact Info

Coffee Point Seafoods

If your goal is to make and save as much money as possible over the summer, E&E Foods is the place for you. We operate two land based seafood processing plants in Kenai, Alaska and in the remote Bristol Bay region close to Egegik – home of the largest and best managed sockeye salmon run in the world.

Location
Alaska
Season
Summer
Staff size
50
Housing
Whether included in the compensation package or provided at a cost, housing is provided for staff.
Housing details
Dorm style single and double rooms, shared bathroom facilities down the hall/boardwalk
Family housing available
No
Single occupancy housing available
Yes
Pet friendly
No
Meals
Provided
Cell phone service
Some, ask for details
Internet access
Intermittent
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