Who we are:

The Cafe at Northmoor Community Associations (NCA) is open to the community every Wednesday and Friday from 12pm to 2pm.On Wednesdays we serve delicious, hot, nutritious food including meat (halal) dishes and vegetarian and vegan options. On Fridays we serve ‘Light Bites’ including sandwiches and salads. All meals have a suggested donation of £1 per meal.

What are we looking for?

Skills, Experience and Qualities needed:

• A passion for cooking or baking
• To be able to take direction but also be self motivated and work from your own initiative
• To work well as part of a busy, diverse team
• Good communication and English Language skills for interacting with staff, volunteers and customers
• To be polite, friendly, helpful and patient
• To be able to work flexibly and adapt to the varying needs of the customers
• A commitment to Equal Opportunities, treating all individuals equally and with respect
• An understanding and commitment to Confidentiality, Safeguarding and GDPR standards

What would you be doing as a volunteer?

As a volunteer cook you would work with our chef to cook tasty, nutritious meals or ‘Light Bites’, or bake cakes and cookies. We would welcome your menu and recipe ideas - we value your experience as a cook or baker so if you have your own recipes you would like to cook then this is encouraged. It is a great chance for volunteers to gain valuable work experience, get creative in the kitchen and give back to the community. Before starting as a volunteer cook you will be expected to complete a level 2 food hygiene course on the computer which we will provide free of charge at the centre.

Main Tasks

• Helping with the kitchen opening checks, such as cleaning surfaces and taking the fridge temperatures
• Adhering strictly to the Food Hygiene process as covered in the online training, including clearing up as you go, washing hands regularly, using the correct chopping boards etc
• Assisting the staff to prepare the ingredients for the meals and taking direction from the manager
• Using the various ingredients provided to prepare a meal/bake a cake using the instructions on the recipe
• Minimising food waste and recycling food and other items where possible
• Keeping a log of all the ingredients used in the dish and which ones that need to be stated as allergens
• Plating up the food in controlled portion sizes and serving it to customers
• Being friendly and communicating with customers, such as telling them food service updates
• Taking part in the ‘working group’ with the other staff and volunteers; this is a discussion after each session where we discuss how things went, talk about menus and have Food Hygiene reminders.

Commitment:

Either:

Wednesday 09:45 - 14:30 (breaks and free lunch included)

OR Friday 09:45 - 14:30 (breaks and free lunch included)