Cooking Assistant

Role

• Set up the area (erect gazebo, set up tables, help unload kit from cars)
• Display banners & promotional material
• Plan & organise the session
• Welcome, introduction & any housekeeping
• Encourage participation
• Prep or supervise preparation of ingredients
• Cook or supervise cooking
• Engage & oversee participants
• Aid communication of CGF’s educational messages (nutrition, sustainability, bilk cooking & any top tips)
• Gaining bespoke feedback
• Wash up
• Tidy up and put away
• Dismantle area & reload cars

We work across Greater Manchester and Stockport in various places

Organisation type:
Community Interest Company (CIC)

Company location: 422 Community Hub Stockport Road Manchester M12 4EX

Closing date for applications: 27 November 2026

Who to contact:
Tracey

Cracking Good Food launched in 2010, with the aim of encouraging and supporting more people to cook affordable, seasonal and nutritious homemade food from scratch. Driven by our belief that EVERYONE deserves good food, our mission is simple: to work collaboratively with others to alleviate food and fuel poverty and increase food sustainability across Greater Manchester. We enthuse, encourage, and teach individuals and groups how to source and cook affordable, healthy, and tasty food from scratch, whilst minimising both food waste and our environmental impact.

We do this by delivering accessible and empowering cooking courses and training, as part of a wider campaign for affordable, sustainable & healthier food for all. During Covid we have harnessed over 8980 of volunteer hours to cook & distribute over 65,000 meals for people in need of support across Greater Manchester. Throughout all of our work, we strive to show by example that eating sustainably and seasonally is both possible and affordable.