Job Description: Chef for the ADAR Festival 2025

Location: Asturias, Spain (Grado, Leiguarda and surrounding areas)
Duration: August 4-17, 2025
Schedule: Full day during the festival days

General Description:
The ADAR 2025 Festival , a cultural event that fuses chamber music, visual arts, and technology in a rural setting, is seeking a creative chef who wants to experiment and connect culinary art with the festival's offerings. This role doesn't have the pressure of a restaurant, but offers a unique space to innovate and explore new ideas in a relaxed and creative environment.

The cook will be responsible for preparing meals for:

1. Artists: 6-8 people on a regular basis.

2. Open tables for festival guests: 2 tables per day (maximum 5 tables of 4 people per day).

3. Closing event: Prepare an experimental aperitif together with the artists.

The workspace will be a non-professional kitchen in a rural residence with a rehearsal room where tables will be set up for meals.

Responsibilities:

• Design of creative menus: Elaborate experimental meals inspired by the works of art and the theme of the festival.

• Daily preparation: Cooking for artists and guest tables, adapting meals to dietary restrictions or preferences.

• Closing event: Collaborate with the artists in the preparation of a creative appetizer.

• Local collaboration: Use fresh and seasonal products, prioritizing collaboration with local producers.

• Team management: Coordinate with an assistant who will be in charge of purchasing and cleaning.

Requirements:

• Passion for experimental cuisine and the connections between gastronomy and art.

• Previous experience as a cook, although creativity and desire to innovate will be valued more than formal experience.

• Ability to design balanced menus and adapt to a non-professional environment.

• Open, curious and collaborative attitude.

• Availability to reside on site during the days of the festival.

Offered:

• Compensation: Accommodation during the festival, meals included and financial compensation to be agreed upon.

• Creative space: Freedom to experiment without the pressure of a restaurant.

• Support: An assistant to manage purchasing and cleaning.

• Unique environment: Participation in a cultural project that combines art, community and nature.

How to Apply:
Please send your resume, a brief cover letter, and an initial proposal of culinary ideas related to the arts to leiguardamusic@gmail.com , indicating "ADAR Festival Chef 2024" in the subject line. Application deadline: June 15, 2025 .

Dare to explore the fusion between gastronomy and art in a unique environment in Asturias!