Occcasional Paid Work - Cookery Courses UK
Email sarah [insert @ symbol] coursesforcooks.co.uk with some information about yourself [preferably a CV even if you are still in education] if you are interested in working for us.
IDEAL FOR STUDENTS - we occasionally need Indoor Cookery Course Assistants
We are occasionally looking for young people [aged 16 years+] to assist with our courses in Beeston, Nottingham. If you don't mind washing up and setting/clearing the dining table and are interested in cooking then this might be for you. We pay £5 per hour [for 16-19 year olds] and, if you are interested in doing more than wash up, then we will teach you some food preparation and you can assist with the more interesting jobs too. Mostly Saturdays and occasional weekday work [usually in school holidays] available. Please note that hours vary from week to week - some weeks there are no courses running, on others we have more than 1 course running. This is not a job where you will come to work every Saturday for weeks on end. It is a job where you may be offered work for 2 Saturdays in 1 month and then not come here for a few weeks. We can offer regular work but not at the same time every week. This seems to suit A Level students who want to earn some extra money occasionally.
From 2009 to 2011 we have employed Helena, Rachel, Rebecca, Katy and Verena. All of them have had knife skills and cookery lessons [for free] as part of their training here and learned a lot about food. They have worked hard for us in return.
To give you an idea of how they have benefitted [apart from being paid for occasional work here]............
- Helena joined me for a lot of recipe testing when I was working on the planning for various courses - so she learned many new skills in quite a short space of time.
- Verena undertook a Spanish Tapas course and some additional training and is now taking on some minor teaching roles such as assisting people to fry bhajis and finely chop garlic. She is learning a lot of new skills to a level where she can pass them on alongside me.
- Helena learned to make feta and soft goats cheese with me as well as a lot of quick dishes that I hope will be useful now she has left us for Medical School.
- Rachel looked after the office work for me while I was on holiday for 5 weeks and got paid at a higher rate that matched the level of responsibility that she took by looking after customers unsupervised. This will look good on her CV and I can also now offer her a comprehensive reference. Rachel left in April 2010 to go travelling before heading for University but will probably still work for us during holidays occasionally.
- Rebecca and Katy have both been given places on some courses for free. They also recently spent a Saturday learning to make Spanish Tapas recipes to test them out for a new course. Their parents popped along to collect them and help eat the results.
- Rebecca and Katy have also spent a morning being taught to make French Fougasse and Baguettes.
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If you want to join our small team in the future then drop me a line. We may not have room for you straight away but if you can be flexible we will try to fit you in when we can.
No time wasters please - if you are not willing to work hard and wash up properly as well as take the benefits that we offer then we won't ask you to work for us again
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