Kitchen Assistant

8 weeks, June 25th - August 16th hrs/week - 17$/h As part of the Canada Summer Jobs program, we have the opportunity to welcome 6 young people as assistants in 5 Depot programs.

Visit our website to find the position that suits you

Are you passionate about good food, love cooking or would like to improve your skills?

Join the Resto-Depot Team

Our program allows us, among other things, to serve a meal 4 times a week to our community.

What we are offering: Work experience with our Chef to add to your CV

Participating in a team effort that is dynamic and warm, multigenerational, and multicultural.

Improve your culinary skills

Learn about health and safety, food prep, and knife skills.

Your responsibilities / Tasks: Assist our community Chef with meal planning and preparation in the Depot Kitchen; Make sure kitchen volunteers have assigned tasks, and help orient new volunteers to the kitchen.

Qualifications: Comfortable speaking and reading French and/or English (additional language an asset); In good physical shape, able to stand for several hours at a time, able to carry heavy loads (max: 50lbs); Ability to work efficiently as a member of a team; A sense of initiative and a desire to take part in the adventure of life at the Depot

About the Depot*: Founded in 1986, The Depot is a community-based non-profit organization (NPO) that works collaboratively with its community to address the root causes of hunger and poverty in NDG and the surrounding areas, in a manner that ensures dignity, community engagement, and the development of human potential.

Our activities are built around four main pillars: share, grow, cook, and mobilize.

To learn more, come visit our website

Eligibility and working conditions: This position is offered through the Canada Summer Jobs program.

Link to the Eligibility Criterias.

Supervisor: James Barrington (Food Skills Manager & Meal Program Coordinator) Workplace: our kitchen in NDG (Montreal) Schedule: 30 hours per week, including Tuesday evenings.

Exact schedule to be determined.

To apply: Please fill out this online form ( If you don't have access to the form, or have any questions, contact Marie-Lise Chicoine () or call x 0.

Interviews will start as soon as May 13th.

*The Depot is working towards creating a stakeholder-informed organizational culture, where anti-oppression and anti-racism are living and embodied practices.

To achieve this, we aim to recruit a team that is representative of NDG's diverse identities and lived experiences in order for our work to be by and for our communities.