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Join our Lodge team as a Cook and bring your talent

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The experience

Join us at our Lodge as a Cook, working primarily on breakfast and lunch services with some dinner shifts, five days a week. This live-on-site position includes staff accommodation and offers potential roles for partners.

Enjoy the opportunity to live in a beautiful setting, surrounded by treks and wilderness, and get to explore your love of cooking.

What you offer

30 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.

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

Discounts on Restaurants: Get discounts at nearby restaurants.

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

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

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

Fluent English

Over 19 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Are you a culinary enthusiast with a love for nature? Join our team at a breathtaking wilderness lodge, where your cooking skills can shine amidst stunning natural beauty.

We're looking for enthusiastic people who take pride in their work and able to work independently.

A 3 week minimum is requested due to the training we put in, and staff need to be fluent English speakers for ease of communication.

Accommodation is a private room for couples, and may be a shared room for singles, but typically through the winter you get a private room. You'll have free high speed wifi, access to our kayaks, bicycles, fishing rods and the hot tub!

You organise and cook your own groceries in the fully-equipped kitchen. If you don't have a car groceries can be delivered to Glenorchy or we can help with pickups.

Activities & Shift

Primarily breakfast and lunch shifts with a couple dinner services across 5 days per week. 15 hours goes towards accommodation. Additional hours are paid.

Rules

Some experience cooking in a commercial kitchen required.