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Be a cook for a team of 5 in an incredible setting

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The experience

The food prepared will be exclusively local and healthy. We are not vegetarian as the meat we eat is sourced locally from the Valley, but we don't consume a lot of meat neither.

2 meals to be prepared daily: lunch and dinner.

You will have a support role so that everybody is well fed and that the central kitchen is well organised
This is an interesting position as you organise your time as you wish and you have your own responsibilities.

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

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.

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 Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

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

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

Permaculture Course: Take part in our Permaculture course for free.

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

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate Italian or Intermediate English

Between 24 and 45 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

You have a real passion for cooking.
As said, you have 2 meals to prepare daily: lunch (12:30) and dinner (18:30).

You are responsible for the groceries, the inventory and the meal preparations. Obviously, we will give you a hand, and if needed during the process of meal preparation too.
The menus are standardised Mediterranean meals, so you don't have to be too creative (you can if you wish).

Please note that we offer 2 meals per day during workdays (Mo-Fr/lunch & dinner). On weekends it's up on you :-) You will have some shelf space and some space in the fridge obviously.

Activities & Shift

You are rather free in the organisation of your day. The only mandatory timeframes to respect are the fact that food is served:
lunch at 12:30
dinner 18:30

If you do batch-cooking, this can free more time for you as you prepare several meals at the same time.

During your stay we would like you to work on putting together a cookbook with our recipes. A manual with the various dishes, the quantities, prices, ... So that the next person taking over the position, will have to simply choose within the recipes and automatically have the quantities and ingredients needed.
Standardising the process to say it simply.

Cooking the 2 daily meals will take 60-70% of your time. The remaining can be used for creative cooking tasks: making jams, harvesting herbs, make fermented products....

Rules

We have a daily "tour de table". A moment where each one shares positive, neutral or negative things, directed or not at somebody specific.
During this moment we expect everybody to be open to compliments, to remarks, and to listening in general.
The aim is to openly share our thoughts, feelings, wills,... so no unnecessary pressure within the group builds up. Its a very insightful moment for everyone. :)