We are looking for chef training mentors to support our 12-week cookery class teacher training programme in Bristol
We will be taking 6 Bristol-based migrants on a journey from passionate home cooks to confident cookery class teachers. Every training session culminates in a practice cookery class. We focus on self-development through weekly workshops, improving well-being, confidence, leadership skills and spoken English.
As a mentor, you can expect to support your mentee 1:1 in developing and writing down their recipes, shopping & equipment lists, class plans, structuring bios for the Migrateful website, supporting completion of a Food Hygiene Level 2 qualification, facilitating practice classes, washing up and getting stuck in with other ad hoc tasks like shopping for ingredients, and of course eating delicious food from all over the world!
Our training programme will be 2 days per week, Mondays and Thursdays (with some additional days for some mentors, see below), running from Monday 3rd June / Thursday 6th June for 11 weeks, until Monday 12 August. (with end of training celebration on the 19th August). Ideal minimum commitment is 10 days, please get in touch to discuss your availability.
The training is held across two venues, Mondays at Coexist Community Kitchen, Mivart Street Studios, BS5 6JF and Thursdays at The Mazi Project, Dalby Avenue, BS3 4DJ.
To maintain consistency for the programme and build rapport between mentors and the training cohort, each mentor will be paired with a mentee for 1 on 1 support. While we don’t expect you to attend every training session, there are specific sessions we would need you to commit to in order to support your mentee in completing their class documents (recipes, class plans, biographies, etc.) and practicing their classes. Some of the recipe testing days will be on a Tuesday and Wednesday. On occasion, support outside the training times will be needed, usually in the form of writing up and sending ingredient lists to the group, or buying ingredients ahead of your mentee’s practice class.
Skills:
Essential
Excellent written English
Excellent eye for detail
Passion for and knowledge of food from around the world
Desirable
Experience working with refugees, asylum seekers or marginalised groups
Confident working in Google Docs
Recipe writing experience
For any questions please contact georgia@migrateful.org
To apply please send us a short video telling us a little about yourself, your availability and why you would like to be a mentor to georgia@migrateful.org with subject line ‘Bristol Chef Mentor’ or via whatsapp to +44 7843 145256.
The deadline for applying is 4pm Tuesday 7th May and a full mentor induction will be held online 10am - 12pm 16th May 2024. If you have any questions or would like more information, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.