Find your place in the field of good food

Our goal is to connect good people with good food. We advertise sustainable food jobs and training opportunities to help jobseekers and employers find each other.

Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.

Job description

Bath Community Kitchen uses food to positively impact people's physical and mental wellbeing. We currently run community meals and workshops for a range of disadvantaged and diverse groups. Our events catering arm helps to raise funds for our project work and also provides employment and skills to some of our service users. We are on the lookout for a talented and ambitious individual to take the lead in running our events catering business and provide support with some of our programme delivery. To apply you must:

• Be passionate about high quality, vegetarian-led food.
• Have an interest in the therapeutic benefits of cooking and eating together.
• Have events catering experience, including cooking for large numbers, making canapes, and working with clients to develop these events.
• Have excellent people and communication skills, including working with people with mental health issues.
• Be organised and dynamic.
• Be excited by the opportunity to help grow a new organisation.
• Be willing to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.
• Have a car and UK driving licence.

Benefits include:

• Training and support as required
• Great team ethos and friendly working environment 
• A chance to shape the role and have a significant impact on the organisation 
• A chance to make a real difference in the community through using your passion for food to impact people's lives.

This would initially be on a part-time, freelance basis but could develop into a full-time permanent role.

Application information

To apply please send a CV and covering letter to rob@bathcommunitykitchen.org.uk. Thank you.

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