The Volunteer Kitchen Assistant is part of the NHYC Youth Work Team. New Horizon Youth Centre runs a busy day centre from Monday to Friday. We serve a hot, delicious and nutritious lunch for young people and staff every day. As a Volunteer Kitchen Assistant, you’ll be helping our Chef with the day-to-day running of our kitchen including food preparation, cleaning and supporting the Chef to ensure high standards of safety and food hygiene.
Your volunteer responsibilities will include:
1. Working alongside the NHYC Chef on the daily preparation of up to 100 nutritionally balanced vegetarian and meat dishes.
2. Helping to keep the kitchen area clean, making sure equipment is in good working order and reporting any faults or repairs to the NHYC chef.
3. Following procedures relating to daily kitchen cleaning schedule and ensuring strict adherence to food hygiene regulations, cleanliness, kitchen safety and accurate record keeping (HACCP).
4. Supporting the Chef with serving lunches to up to 100 young people, staff and volunteers.
5. Engaging with young people at lunch and demonstrating patience and compassion with young people when needed.
6. Being creative! Supporting NHYC with meal ideas when required.
7. Assisting with kitchen closedown including washing up, loading/unloading the dishwasher, labelling food and cleaning and tidying kitchen ready for the next day.
8. Following New Horizon Youth Centre’s Health and Safety and Safeguarding policies, taking instructions from the daily duty manager when required.
9. Helping to keep the kitchen area safe and free from hazards.