Team Canteen On-site Catering Assistant 2025

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Organisation: Team Love (with placement being delivered in partnership with Team Canteen)

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Job Title/Role: On Site Catering Assistant

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Place of work:  On site at Team Love events during May, August and September (Bristol and London)

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Hours: Approx. 8-10 hour days between hours of 8am-8pm, please note that shifts may be longer on live show days (see Other Information section for more details).  Drafted rota will be discussed with the successful candidate at least 4 weeks prior to start date.

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On Site Dates:

Bristol:
19th - 26th May (7 working days and 1 day off in this period)
18th - 25th Aug (7 working days and 1 day off in this period)

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London:
12th - 15th September (4 working days)

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(Plus potential extra onsite work offered for w/c 23rd June 2025 - these dates are yet to be confirmed and this extra work will be subject to the successful candidate’s availability.)

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Optional additional dates:
Team Canteen may need assistance in busy periods to pack recipe kits for local community food clubs. Dates are yet to be confirmed and this extra work will be subject to the successful candidate’s availability.

Rate of Pay: £12.60 per hour

Start Date: Week commencing 19th May 2025

Employment Type: Freelance (see ‘Role Specific Information’ for more detail on this employment type)  
Employment Term: Last working date 15th September 2025

Application closes: 5pm, Thursday 20th February 2025

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Interview Date(s): Thursday 6th March 2025
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About Team Love

We are one of the South-West’s leading event production companies, specialising in music festivals and events. We co-programme and produce a number of innovative, large-scale events (Love Saves The Day, Love International, Simple Things, Waterworks, FORWARDS and the Silver Hayes area of Glastonbury). We also run our own venue, an established cornerstone of Bristol nightlife, The Love Inn.

 

Social responsibility and sustainability is central to our work, we aim to produce events which contribute to wider change in the local community and beyond, and run a number of additional dedicated projects and initiatives centring around social and environmental impact and change.

Find out more about Team Love 
 

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About Team Canteen

Team Canteen CIC channels support and resources from the local hospitality industry to contribute towards the reduction of food insecurity in Bristol.

 

We work to provide healthy and nutritious meals, employment opportunities and fundraising events across the City.

Please follow the link to find out more: Team Canteen Website

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About the Role

Team Love is recruiting, an exciting opportunity to join our Crew Catering team primarily working on site at 3 of our live events. Reporting to the Catering Manager the role is Assistant level, and while training will be provided, it requires transferable experience and some essential skills to be held from the start. Whilst on site, the Catering Team work in fully equipped kitchen and dining areas that are set up in temporary tented structures.

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Outside of the live events work, Team Canteen runs an ongoing project to provide 2 local food clubs in Bristol with a number of pre-prepared ‘Recipe kits’. Each month Team Canteen provides a recipe sheet, with the required ingredients prepared & weighed out, these are then packed into bags to make up the kits. An extra job responsibility may include helping to prepare these.

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Key Responsibilities 

Team Love are looking for someone to join our On Site Crew Catering team at our live events in Bristol and London.

 

Key responsibilities include:

• Assisting with setting up the crew catering tent ready for service, EG unloading stock from the van, setting up chairs, tables and other equipment

• Assisting with meal preparation and cooking

• Serving the crew and artist meals

• Kitchen porter duties such as washing up

• Front of house duties such as clearing tables and keeping surfaces and communal areas clean

• Taking payments and stocking up snacks in the Tuck shop 

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Other responsibilities of the job may include:

• Serving customers hot drinks and cakes from the public facing Team Canteen festival stall.

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Assisting Team Canteen with their ‘Recipe kit’ project:

• Weighing out and preparing ingredients

• Packing all items from the recipe into the kits methodically

 

We are looking for someone who enjoys a varied workload, is hard working, proactive and has a keen interest in social food equality and circular food practices.

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Personal Characteristics 

• Comfortable in busy environments

• Reliable and able to be flexible with changes 

• Appreciates the value in learning new things

• Passion for social justice

• Strong interest in food & drink

 

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Skills and Experience:

Essential -

• Confident, constructive communicator

• Good time management skills, ability to prioritise workload and multi-task when required

• Good attention to detail

• Able to work under pressure

• Works well in a team environment and also comfortable to work alone 

• Flexible thinking and the ability to respond to changes as they arise

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Desirable - 

• Basic Food Hygiene

• Barista training 

• Customer service experience

• Food preparation experience

• Hospitality experience

 

Role Specific Information:

Travel to and from Site - Transport and logistics will be discussed prior to the commencement of the placement and planning support will be provided if required.  The Bristol sites are accessible by public transport and on event days, we run a free crew bus service.

A travel allowance will be provided to cover the costs of getting to and from the London site.  

 

Accommodation - n/a for Bristol shows - you will not be required to stay on site overnight.  For the London show you will be given the option of a shared room in accommodation close to the event site or to camp in a tent on site in the crew area with access to backstage toilets and showers. Camping Kit can be loaned for use if required.

 

Meals Onsite - catering provided when on site and on shift at events.

 

Physical Description of Role - This role is predominantly kitchen & hospitality based taking place at greenfield sites. The role will require walking around the festival site plus basic food prep / kitchen work and some light manual activity such as lifting, bending and carrying. 

Employment Type Info - This role is offered on a Freelance / Self Employed basis so you will need to invoice for payment and be responsible for your own tax and national insurance payments to HMRC.

 

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Other Information

Team Canteen & Team Love are committed to increasing diversity within our workforces, promoting equality and openly challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds - please click here to read our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy

 

We are also committed to promoting equality of opportunity for disabled staff. We aim to support disabled staff by making reasonable adjustments wherever possible to prevent any disadvantage. If you would like to discuss this informally and confidentially prior to making an application, please contact our Accessibility Manager - accessibility@teamlove.org.

 

Please click here to see our Recruitment Privacy Notice

 

We work on a day rate basis whilst on site. There is a rota for guidance, and we aim for shifts of between 8 and 10 hours, however this may be longer on live event days and due to the nature of live events, this is always subject to change.  There may be occasions when crew need to stay on a bit longer to get a job done or on the other hand, get to leave a bit earlier if everything is finished for the day, please get in touch if you would like to talk to us about this ahead of making an application.

 

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Next Steps 

If you think this sounds like the role for you, please apply using this application form.

If you have any questions about the role, or need the application form in an alternative format please contact jobs@teamlove.org.

 

Application deadline - 5pm Thursday 20th Feb 2025

 

Interviews will be held on Thursday 6th March 2025  at our offices in St Werburghs, Bristol.  Applicants must be available for interview on this date.

 

Team Love / Team Canteen operates under UK Employment Law and we will require evidence of your right to work in the UK at interview stage.