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Do you love cooking delicious vegetarian meals? Come & join us!

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The experience

We are a registered charity, housed in a beautiful English medieval manor with an ancient courtyard and a magnificent timbered Great Hall, dating from the 13th century. It is situated in extensive grounds where deer roam freely and where squirrels run up and down trees.
Over the past 40 years the charity has run a range of group activities including retreats and other spiritual events, lectures, concerts, yoga classes, creative workshops, etc.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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

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.

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 Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Between 25 and 55 years old

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

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Activities & Shift

We are currently looking for a competent and experienced volunteer who could cook for the volunteer resident team and also give a hand in the kitchen when we are hosting guests. The Abbey is a vegetarian place and we are trying as much as possible to grow our own vegetables in our beautiful walled garden. We would love to have someone also interested by what we are trying to achieve in the garden helped by a small team of local volunteers. As a volunteer cook, you will play a crucial role in creating a welcoming and comfortable environment for our guests, volunteers and visitors.

Rules

We expect volunteers to help 25 hours per week. But please note that we are expecting from our volunteers to help with whatever is needed rather than what they want to do.

The minimum residential volunteering period is 1 month and the maximum is 3 months (only for UK nationals or people with settled status).

Volunteers from outside the UK must have a valid visa, out of which they can volunteer for up to 30 days for a registered charity. They must have a good understanding of spoken English.