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Vegetarian Chef - organic food, baking, farm to table.

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The experience

Our chef experience requires experience it is is only for people who have a love for cooking, have some professional, or advanced life experience + know vegetarian meals.

We have a kitchen in the cloud forest that is rustic but fully stocked. We love to cook great food and create great experiences with our staff and volunteers. We make healthy food from all over the world.

We make incredible ferments and always are experimenting.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Cooking: Choose the menu, pick ingredients and cook delicious dishes.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Requirements

Intermediate English or Beginner Spanish

Between 18 and 80 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Farm life in a rural cloud forest. Being Close to Nature is part of day-to-day life. The farm currently has cats, dogs, chickens, geese, turkeys, ducks, cuy, and rabbits. We are passionate about reforestation, biodiversity, community care, and soil health.

The chef position you have the option to help cook for the group as well as working on the farm or other tasks as well. Each day we offer different options for work. There is always a choice between working inside the farm house or working outside in the farm.

Activities & Shift

Volunteers meet in the kitchen at 8 am in the morning.
Around 9:30, have a large breakfast. We love to cook here. All volunteers help clean up after the meal. Then, generally will work until lunch break. If more hours are needed to complete the 5 hours then someone would work after lunch. We provide 3 meals a day. Dinner is often a simple soup.

Rules

There is no drinking or drug use allowed here.
We listen to music that makes plants grow.
New Volunteers need to arrive Monday through Thursday.