Interesting about this job
Through this vacancy, you will join Place the World as a Directing Kitchen volunteer. We are an educational activity centre around living close to nature and the multicoloured world.
You will find us in the heart of Vries (North Drenthe). You are welcome to find inspiration in one of the activities or workshops, meet others or enjoy the beautiful and tasty things made on our world farm. We are also the place to be if you are looking for a sheltered place to pick up the pieces. We believe that only together can we make the world fairer and more beautiful. Together we can go a long way!
Village Lunch and Village Dinner
Place the World organises two meals every month: the Village Lunch and Village Dinner. With vegetables from the village garden and the conviviality of 'together' at the table. Everyone is welcome! At the Village Lunch, the emphasis is on cooking and eating together. At the Dorpsdiners, people from Vries and surroundings cook to enjoy meeting each other and eating delicious (international) food.
For the preparation and cooking of the lunch, everyone is welcome.
To prepare and cook these meals, we are looking for a managing kitchen assistant. The tasks and skills involved in this volunteer vacancy are described below.
Job tasks and duties
Organise the village lunch and village dinner (on fixed dates)
- Menu planning (Completing the menu format)
- Preparation: making shopping list, shopping (or organising ingredients from the garden), communicating with other volunteers
- Coordinating cooking: preparing cooking utensils, welcoming participants, giving instructions with the recipes (at Village Lunch)
This task requires commitment of one half-day twice a month, one from 14-19.30h (Village Dinner) and one from 9-13h (Village Lunch). In addition, several hours of preparation time for meal planning and design.
Job skills and qualities
- Clear communication skills
- Clear ability to manage a team of cooks
- Stress-resistant
- Enjoy enthusing people in the kitchen
- Intercultural skills (the Village Dinners are cooked in collaboration with New Dutch people from a diverse group of countries)
Extra information
What we offer
- Internal training and guidance, both in menu design and cooking planning and coordination
- Opportunity to grow in skills
- Opportunity to participate in in-house cooking workshops
Job information
| Job type | Volunteer Work | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Services | accident insurance, expense allowance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | indefinite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hours per week | at least 4 hours, max 6 hours | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Work hours of your own choosing? | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Location De Wereld, Westerstraat 26a in Vries |
Organisation address and information
Plaats de Wereld
Westerstraat 26a
9481 CB Vries
Website: http://www.plaatsdewereld.nl