The Occasional Kitchen

14/07/2024

Just look at this wonderful project Food Forest Project 🙏🙏🙏

Such a brilliant idea, such a worthwhile project to be involved with!

It’s exactly what I’d love to set up over in Wales 🙏

12/07/2024

Anyone in/or near pilton looking for FOH work for a week Monday - Friday next week? Pm me

12/07/2024

🍴✨ "Eating is a necessity, but cooking is an art." - Unknown ✨🍳

What delicious dishes do you have planned for this weekend? Share your plates with us, and use the hashtag .

We'd love to see your culinary creations! Have a Happy weekend everyone! 🎉🍛

09/07/2024

We are looking for the following cover in Pilton asap:

2 x foh shifts either
6:30-15:30
From Wednesday/Thursday to Sunday
Or
12:00-21:09

1 x chef shift 6:00-15:00
Thursday to Sunday

Message me ASAP X

07/07/2024

It’s Sunday …. It’s roast dinner obvs💚💚

Comforts from home are really important.

I know that if you’re on site for a week, you might not miss a roast dinner, but if you are on site for six weeks, home comforts are everything.

We are close to winding up at Glastonbury, not there yet, but close. And once again, I just wanted to give a massive shout out to the incredible team who have worked, so very hard, this year.

Every single person deserves a shout out, and enormous appreciation and respect, but that would take forever. So today, I’m just going to shout at one person, and that’s Lacea Forde

Lacea started working months ago, helping out with recruitment, logistics and planning. Not only that but since we’ve been on site, and for the weeks preceding, she has grafted harder than any person I know 🙏

I can’t tell you how hard it is to manage almost 100 staff, in a field: the endless questions, support, training, nurturing, advice, guidance, kicks up the ass when needed etc etc .

ITS ALOT.

She is literally incredible! And we’re ridiculously grateful.

Lacea, I don’t want to say that you smashed it, because that is clearly obvious - but if there were four levels above that, that’s where you are!!

You are amazing 💚💚💚💚💚

05/07/2024

Need a chef today … in pilton, until next Friday.

Pm me asap 💚💚 £18 - £20 depending on experience

05/07/2024

Looking for a helper/lunch support worker to work on a kids project feeding children throughout Wiltshire. THIS IS A VITAL PROJECT FEEDING EPIC kids.

It's a super important project and you'll be making a massive difference to peoples lives.

Sadly we've had someone have to drop out due to illness.

28th July - 22nd August (Monday to Thursday only)

9am - 3pm. £12.50 an hour ( will pay your petrol for delivery - 45p a mile)

You will need to be a driver, with an available car and commercial Insurance Cat 1 (or we can pay to add that to your normal insurance no worries at all)

Must be friendly, kind and work well with a team Please drop us a line ASAP

05/07/2024

✨ Food has the incredible power to bring people together from all corners of the world 🌍✨ Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people get together to eat. - Guy Fieri ✨

What delicious dish do you plan to eat or cook this weekend? Share a picture of your plate with us and hashtag .

Wishing everyone a Happy weekend filled with good food and great company! 🍽️❤️



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04/07/2024

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The volunteer originally tried to get tickets and ended up with a job instead

04/07/2024

Life in a field can be hard! There are so many logistical challenges, and so many things thrown at you throughout a show that the job can feel like juggling chaos!

When you experience insane challenges, it really does focus the mind! For me certainly, it’s always been a catalyst to push forwards with new ways of doing things.

One thing that’s really clear, when you experience challenges over multiple locations/ jobs at the same time it’s almost impossible for 2 people to “fix” everything. Well that’s not exactly true, it is possible, but it means us working 127 hours over 7 days!! And that’s no fun.

Back when we first set up this business, we talked about how lucky we were to have so many wonderful chefs, without whom we simply couldn’t deliver. We believe, wholeheartedly, that those incredible lead chef managers should share in our success. Since that point we have been working on a profit share arrangement.

Our chefs have always been paid more than industry standard, they deserve it! It’s a BLOODY hard job. But over and above that, from now on with new contracts, any “Chef manager” will receive profit share on the contract. If a lead chef is responsible for running the kitchen, ordering, menu creation, staff management, juggling the chaos, then they deserve to share in the successes they help create.

And by this, I don’t mean solely an incentive, to hit targets on GP. I mean an actual cut of the job profits.

To us that just feels completely fair.

We are a team. All of us, together 💚

02/07/2024

Stef was ace 💙💚❤️ ….

6948 likes, 82 comments. “All my Glastonbury Shifts complete 🙌🕶️”

01/07/2024

💙💙❤️💚 exhausted this year too, the team are still there, with two kitchens open.

But the look on my small man’s face so so so welcome after the tired, and long, journey home!

Finally home and Utterly exhausted from our first year looking after Oxfam Festivals Oxfam Festivals Campaign festivals chat at Glastonbury Festival (official).

We’ve had an amazing time and I’m delighted to say the feedback has been incredible. We’ve wanted to work with Oxfam at Glastonbury for years so we were super chuffed to be asked.

Lots of new logistical challenges and as always lots to improve on for the next time but being told we had the best food on site including traders warms me bloody cockles no end.

As always it’s all down to the amazing team of people we work with (our family!!!) all summer and the beyond incredible volunteers! You all smashed it!!!!

Alf Wells white Gill Cockwell Spiers Tinka Amy Hallgath Derek Jones David J Penfold Faye Penfold

28/06/2024

🍴 "To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art." - François de La Rochefoucauld 🎨

What are your weekend food plans? We'd love to see your delicious plates of food! Share a picture of your meal with us and hashtag . Happy weekend! 🌟

25/06/2024

We have meticulously measured the metrics of every single dish we serve, weighing everything/quantifying the source of every single ingredient.

Through Klimato we’ve measured the food miles, the carbon life-cycle analysis, the water consumption and the land usage change.

Every single dish has given a rating, which we present on our menus, so you can make an informed choice.

No preaching - just information 💚

25/06/2024

My faves 💜💜💜

No shortage of volunteers for Wheel Of Four Tunes at Glastonbury Festival Sensation Seekers Stage

Credit: Charles Gervais, Both Hemispheres Photography

23/06/2024

Today the incredible team are banging out roast dinner for over 1600 people across 3 kitchens!

It’s a smasher of a roast dinner, the full works, and better than any Gastro pub I have ever eaten at. 3 options, desert table and all locally sourced, from the UK.

Each meal has been assessed for its carbon impact, water usage, landmass usage, and impact on communities.

We measure every metric available to give an overall environmental impact for the production/event. Teamwork really does make the dream work !

21/06/2024

🍽️ Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself." - Delia Smith 🍴

What do you plan to eat or cook this weekend? We'd love to see your delicious plates of food! Share a picture of your plate, tag and use the hashtag .

Happy weekend everyone! 🌟

🍳🥗🥘🍰

19/06/2024

The Sun is finally shining!

We’ve been on site at Glastonbury for weeks already, and last week we opened 2 more kitchens and sent these beauties out on the road 💚

Being flexible is everything in our industry, And we are good to go.

Mass catering in a field 🌮
Sustainable location catering for Film and TV 🥘☕️🍰

We’ve got range of different solutions ready to flex at any moment.

18/06/2024

Sometimes in life, and business, you get curveballs thrown at you every second. But one thing I’m always confident of, the quality of our food and the integrity of our team.

This amazing chickpea tagine is rated as super low, in terms of carbon/environmental impact. It was delicious! And topped with pickled vegetables. It was an absolute banger! Well done team

18/06/2024

🍴 Happy Sustainable Day! 🌱

emphasises local, seasonal ingredients, reducing , and supporting fair trade practices.

By making mindful choices about what we eat, we can protect the and promote social equity. 🥕🌎

Let's savour the flavours of a future!

Learn more: https://zurl.co/gmFs

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17/06/2024

Meatless Mondays just got more meaningful! 🌱

Are you looking to reduce your carbon footprint, starting with what's in your fridge? Take the quiz "How Green Is Your Fridge?" and discover how your meat-free choices can lead to a greener lifestyle. 🌍💚

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14/06/2024

🤔 Did you know that we carbon value every dish on our menus as standard? In order to calculate the carbon value of each dish we look at so many variables - food miles, water consumption to produce the food and many other environmental factors - all calculated in a user-friendly app. A great example of using tech for good 💚 🌎

Why do we do this?
We believe that we can reduce the environmental impact of large-scale catering and food in general, through education and empowerment to make choices that are less harmful to the planet.

Do you think that having this info at the point of ordering or buying food would make a difference to your choice? Let us know in the comments 👇

14/06/2024

🍽️✨ "One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." - Virginia Woolf ✨🍴

What are your plans for your weekend meals? We'd love to see your delicious plates of food! Share a picture of your plate, tag , and use the hashtag .

Wishing everyone a Happy Weekend! 🌟🍳🥗

12/06/2024

Meal prep got a green upgrade! 🌱 Say byeeeee to ready meals & hello to fresh whole foods with our 'Simple Sustainability Swaps CHEAT SHEET'.

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Discover how to cut your food carbon footprint, starring our fave: swapping ready meals for home made dishes. Let’s get our green on! 🌎 💚

09/06/2024

Looking for a few staff members ….

Bristol based - Monday to Friday ongoing

Logistics whizz/runner - must be: absolutely unflappable, problem solving guru, excellent communication skills, have superb attention to detail, client and team facing.

Over 25. Clean driving licence. £15 - £20 depending on experience

Festival based June 16th onwards

Experience of running teams/service, within a hospitality environment. HH level 2 minimum

Friendly, kind, hard-working.

Over 25. With experience

£16 plus

Apply here

https://forms.clickup.com/f/t5t7a-10348/MNMHVLO88IAC8K2017

07/06/2024

"Food is not just eating energy. It's an experience." - Guy Fieri 🍽✨

What are you planning to eat or cook this weekend? We'd love to see your delicious plates of food! Share a picture of your dish, tag and use the hashtag

Friday. Happy weekend everyone! 🌟

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06/06/2024

Time to ditch clingfilm for good! Check out our Simple Sustainability Swaps CHEAT SHEET. 🌟 It's all about making better choices, like reusable storage boxes to cut down that carbon footprint 💚

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04/06/2024

Be Part of the Solution, One Coffee at a Time 🌍

The choice of a travel coffee cup over a disposable one might seem small, but it's these little decisions that lead to significant change.

🌎 Small changes = big impact!

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03/06/2024

Did you know that we support several charities through our work?

Probably not, it’s not really something we shout about . it’s just something we do intrinsically, because it’s the right thing. It might be some hangover from being told years ago that charity/charitable donations should be done in private, not for praise.

That being said we read something really important about “climate shadow” earlier today. What that basically means, really simplistically, is that it’s not enough to just do good, you need to shout about why and it should inform your business practise.

Anyway, with that in mind, it’s time to share who we support. There are about 10 charities in total, almost exclusively wildlife, food poverty and human rights.

And this is a new one to add to the list - we went yesterday and it was bloody brilliant!

We joined as members on the spot, and throughout this next project, we are working on in Bristol, we are going to support them.

The biggest impact environmentally, when eating meat, is habitat loss due to deforestation. I told my little boy that when I was his age, I took part in a school debate about zoos/safari parks - and I was dead against them.

Over 30 years later, they are necessary.

It’s terrifying, the mass extinction, we face.

If you haven’t already visited, please make it a priority. it’s a beautifully curated space. Genuinely gave me all the feels. The work they are doing is vital, and the space they have created is extraordinary.