Chef de Partie — Pib / Traditional Mayan Cooking

Responsibilities

• Specialize in pib underground cooking — cochinita pibil, pib chicken, traditional Mayan preparations cooked in banana leaf
• Prepare recados (Yucatecan spice pastes) from scratch daily — rojo, negro, blanco
• Execute traditional preparations for restaurant and cooking class programs
• Teach visiting guests basic pib and recado techniques in workshop format
• Maintain authenticity of preparation methods

Requirements

• 2–4 years kitchen experience with Yucatecan cuisine specialization
• Mastery of pib cooking and recado preparation
• Comfort in educational kitchen environment (cooking classes)
• Passionate about Mayan culinary heritage

Benefits

• IMSS, Aguinaldo, vacation + premium
• Staff meals, uniform

Work environment

Cultural experience restaurant with teaching kitchen. Strong tourist and foodie clientele. Mérida's gastro-tourism market is booming — cooking experience restaurants are thriving.

About the role

Guardian of an ancient tradition. Pib cooking is thousands of years old. Teaching visitors to make cochinita pibil authentically while earning a living is a privilege unique to Mérida.