Interpret Hamilton history through cooking, baking, and visitor engagement at Dundurn National Historic Site. This temporary part-time posting requires days, nights, and weekends.

Reporting to the Site Supervisor, you will orient visitors and interpret Dundurn Castle, Park, and related outbuildings. You will create educational programs, conduct nineteenth-century research, and demonstrate historical cooking techniques. The work includes period costume, historic recipes, and public events.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide visitor orientation and meaningful historical interpretation
- Cook and bake using traditional and modern equipment
- Research nineteenth-century recipes, traditions, and equipment
- Coordinate period kitchen programs and special events
- Maintain kitchen tools, work areas, and artifacts

Requirements:

- Recent historical cooking and interpretation experience
- Ability to research facts and support programs
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Microsoft Office experience in a computerized setting
- Availability for days, nights, and weekends

Apply historical cooking, interpretation, research, and communication skills while creating meaningful Dundurn visitor experiences.

📌 Historical Interpreter Cook Dundurn Site (Canada)
🏢 City of Hamilton
📍 Canada