Job opportunity - Catering Crew
We’re on the look out for excellent catering crew to join our team to produce tasty meat and fish free meals to our participants and event team.
About Ourea Events
We’re a small (12) person team organising the UK’s finest and most challenging off-road running events including the Montane Dragon’s Back Race®, Cape Wrath Ultra®, Northern Traverse™, Salomon Skyline Scotland®, and the SILVA Great Lakeland 3Day™. We work year-round, primarily from a rural office near Kendal, and our passion is the outdoors, running and adventure.
Looking after our hungry participants while on event ©No Limits Photography
JOB DETAILS
Location: Kendal, Cumbria plus onsite at events across the UK
Position type: Freelance, contract basis
Anticipated dates:
Late April & May 2022
Late August & September 2022
Salary: Dependent on job role, ranging from £100 - £150 per day
JOB DESCRIPTION
The catering crew will be responsible for feeding participants and crew three times a day from a mobile commercial kitchen.
There are various roles available such as Catering Team Leader, Kitchen Section Leaders and Kitchen Porters. These roles are split into two shifts over the period of the day; breakfast and lunch / dinner shift.
The event delivery periods are in Spring and Autumn 2022.
The positions will be mobile and based at a variety of event site locations and always start/end at the warehouse in Kendal, Cumbria.
Specific dates are listed below:
SILVA Great Lakeland 3Day™; Friday 29th April – Monday 2nd May
Cape Wrath Ultra®; Friday 20th May – Monday 30th May
Montane Dragon’s Back Race®; Friday 2nd September – Sunday 11th September
Skyline Scotland®; Thursday 15th September – Monday 19th September
Responsibilities
• Preparing and serving hot breakfast, lunch and dinner for participants and event team (shift dependent)
• Pot wash, runner, cleaning tasks and stock check/inventory
• Assisting with building and dismantling of the kitchen (some heavy lifting)
• Driving V3 vans or refrigeration / freezer vans
• Assisting with catering tasks, as required
MANDATORY EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS
• UK driving license (no more than 3 pts)
• Food Hygiene Level 2 +
• Previous catering experience (Catering Team Leader and Kitchen Section Leader roles)
DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS
• Food Hygiene Level 3
OTHER
Accommodation while on event is tented and you need to bring all your own camping equipment.
Applications
Online interviews will take place on a rolling basis until all roles are full.
Applications accepted by email with covering letter and CV to [email protected]
Informal questions are also welcome via the same address.