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Come cook at our veggie hostel 🥕✨

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The experience

Vegetarian hostel is looking for a cool volunteer cook to make yummy vegetarian (or vegan) meals and keep our bellies happy :)
We’ve got a fully equipped kitchen for you to get creative and do your thing. In exchange, we offer breakfast, dinner, and a bed in our volunteer dorm

We’re right in the heart of Tirana, so you’ll have the perfect base to explore awesome Albania and all its hidden gems

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

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.

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

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

Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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.

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

Requirements

Intermediate English

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Volunteers get a bed in a shared dorm with other awesome volunteers in exchange for around 25 hours of helping out per week (tasks are listed below). You’ll also get to enjoy breakfast and dinner provided by the hostel every day.
We’re Albania’s first hostel, open for over 20 years, and here you can be part of our little community, meet people from all over the world in our garden, give cuddles to our dog (aka queen) Riza, and explore Tirana :)

Activities & Shift

We’re looking for a responsible and independent volunteer cook who can manage a food budget, buy the groceries, and cook dinner for our volunteers and guests. In low season, you’ll cook for about 5–14 people, and in high season for up to 25. We’re very open minded, so you can try different recipes, ask for opinions, and get creative in the kitchen. After dinner, you finish your shift by cleaning the kitchen and joining us in one of the common areas so we can enjoy the evening with good chats and some board games ;)

Rules

- We are a big, chaotic family from all over the world, and absolutely no form of discrimination is tolerated
- As a vegetarian hostel, volunteers are not allowed to bring or consume meat on the premises
- We expect you to maintain a respectful and friendly coexistence with other volunteers, staff, and guests