Searching for more kitchen superstars

We're growing fast so we need to get recruiting again.  This time we have two posts available, both of which will involve working in our 'SALSA' certified production kitchen where we hand make a huge range of organic products for retail and wholesale.  The positions are night kitchen assistant and night kitchen team leader.  If you're a whizz in the kitchen and have experience to prove it then please read on.  You could be who we are looking for.

Night kitchen assistant

Working hours: 40 hours a week/5 shifts

Responsibilities

• Produce breakfast foods and other bakery products, such as chilled and frozen pizzas, quiches and filo pastry wraps
• General kitchen duties, including washing up and cleaning of the kitchen and equipment (to include all work surfaces floors and walls)
• Follow “SALSA”, health & safety and food safety procedures

Requirements:

• Must have experience of working in a kitchen environment and have basic knowledge of food preparation and hygiene 
• Team participation and good working relations with staff are essential 
• Good spoken English

Night kitchen team leader

Working hours:  40 hours a week/5 shifts

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate production and packing process of breakfast foods and other bakery products, such as chilled and frozen pizzas, quiches and filo pastry wraps
• Ensure all food cooked is of high quality and that portion control is maintained
• Make sure 'SALSA', health & safety and food safety procedures are followed
• Check the stock levels of manufactured products and adjust them when necessary

Requirements:

• Experience in leading a small team would be an advantage
• Must have experience of working in the food manufacturing industry or have a catering background
• Team participation and good working relations with staff are essential
• Fluent in English

If you think you are perfect for the roles please send your CV and covering letter to our HR Administrator, Marta, on marta@whatonearth.co.uk.  

What on Earth Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone (as long as you hold the minimum experience/requirements).

Please note that due to the high volume of interest our jobs generate, we sadly cannot reply to every application.  It's not because we're rude and we don't like you, honestly.  It's just that our poor Marta is run off her feet!  Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks please consider your application as unsuccessful on this occasion.

Wanted: one kitchen assistant

What On Earth is recruiting and you could be the answer.  If you're handy in the kitchen, have a passion for food and are hungry to work in the organic food industry then look no further.

We are looking for a friendly, personable and hard working kitchen assistant to help us with our food production.  You will be based in the What On Earth kitchen five days a week and will help with the production of both our retail and food service products.  You will be expected to assist the kitchen staff and carry out a wide range of kitchen duties.  Examples of main tasks include:

• preparing fresh vegetables for roasting
• roasting and packing products
• preparing and packing muesli and granola
• preparing chilled or frozen pizzas 
• other kitchen duties

You can help us prepare our renowned organic pizzas

Training will be given but kitchen experience is an advantage.  Pay is £6.50 p/h.

Working hours may vary but the regular shifts will be:

Monday, Wednesday and Friday - 09.30 to 17.30
Saturday and Sunday - 06.30 to 14.30

If you think you're right for the role then please get in touch and let us know why.  Send your CV and covering letter to our lovely human resources administrator, Marta Oryl, at marta@whatonearth.co.uk.

The closing date for applications is 28 August 2011 so get in touch as soon as you can.  We look forward to hearing from you.

What On Earth forms new distribution partnership with GO*DO

We've been making friends (both business and social) here at What On Earth and we are pleased to announce that we are now officially good friends with GO*DO.  What's more, we have become such good friends that we are going to be supplying GO*DO's delicious organic Italian chocolate.  Bellissimo!

We will be supplying the full range of GO*DO's organic chocolate bars - that's six different flavours.  We can vouch for the fact that they are all tasty too.  We know, we've tried them!  The flavours are:

• Milk chocolate cocoa 34%
• Milk chocolate 34% and Hazelnuts
• Dark chocolate cocoa 60%
• Dark chocolate cocoa 60% espresso coffee
• Dark chocolate 69% & Sicilian almonds
• White chocolate vanilla

See, even the names sound tasty. 

The chocolate is produced by a family owned chocolatier in Italy who buys organic cocoa beans direct from the farmers.  That is why it tastes so darn good!  The chocolate is already popular in Italy and Japan and now it is making an appearance in the UK.

Here is the business low down for the retailers - the bars are 35g in size and will be otainable in cases of 30. 

The consumer low down?  Well, you guys can buy the bars individually from a selection of stores.  You can pick whatever flavour you want and buy as many as are on the shelves! 

GO*DO is a relatively new company - it launched in 2010.  Since then it has already won some excellent awards.  Check out the website - www.godochoc.com.  Also, get out there and try the chocolate for yourself. 

Peace, love and pizza (and chocolate!)

What On Earth

Action Man is alive and well!

We’re pleased to report that Action Man is ok, much to the happiness of George!

It seems he went back to his action packed roots and hopped on a boat to another part of England. He hasn’t revealed exactly where he is but we have received the following holiday snaps from him.

The first image worried us somewhat as Action Man appeared to be in a rather sticky situation. According to him though, it was nothing to worry about. He battled on through and came out smiling. Phew!

Eeeeek!

The following photo shows him in another ‘action’ shot.  He’s trying his best to hold up this ‘Action Van’...get it, Action Man under an Action Van?  His idea of a joke!  Sadly this isn’t his vehicle but he found it on his way down to the beach, where he proceeded to show off his pecs to onlookers and ride the waves on his surfboard.  That last bit was a clue.  He told us he was in England's surf capital when this photo was taken.

Can you spot him right at the bottom of the photo?

These final photos were taken in two different spots.  But where??  Action Man wants us to guess.  If you think you know where Action Man has been on his travels we’d love to hear your answers.  We are at a complete loss.  His photos don’t give much away sadly, although he did mention sailing as a clue for the first one and Martin Clunes as a clue for the second!  Can you help us?  There may well be a prize in it for you...especially if your answers are correct and they lead us to the whereabouts of our office hero.



Send us your ideas via this blog, our Facebook page, Twitter (@WhatOnEarthFood) or email them to laura@whatonearth.co.uk

Peace.  Love.  Pizza.

What On Earth (minus Action Man!)

Someone’s gone missing from What On Earth

Amid George’s sniffles and tears we have managed to work out that his favourite desk toy has gone AWOL. That’s right, Action Man has disappeared.

He was last seen on Friday 15 July sat tight on George’s desk. This is the most recent photo we have of him.

George's pride and joy

If anybody has seen George's Action Man please get in touch via this blog, our Facebook page, Twitter or by sending an email to laura@whatonearth.co.uk.

A snap shot of what's going on

Odd things are happening at What On Earth. Members of staff are putting on weight and going bald...within seconds!


Once a slim Jim!



Once a hairy beast!

(Apologies for the blur, our shakey handed cameraman is usually found digging down the allotment.  He doesn't do much else really!)

Do you have any funny photos of yourself?  Send them in to laura@whatonearth.co.uk.  We'd love to see them.  We can put them on the blog, on Facebook and on Twitter if you let us too.... you'll be famous!

All present and correct in the office

As you all know we hit the streets of Shoreditch last week and I’m pleased to say that, despite the sore heads, we made it back to the office in one piece.  All of us too; we didn’t lose any stragglers along the way – not even those who got off the bus at the wrong stop a few miles from home.  Not mentioning any names of course.  Actually there was one member of staff who didn't return to the office, but Friday was her last day and our night out was her leaving do so we can’t really blame her!

So how was our evening? Well, we had an absolute blast.  We started our antics in Storybox, a funky new pop up pizza joint that is based just seconds from Brick Lane. It offers a fantastic menu full of different organic pizzas – and you know how much we love organic pizzas! With wine, beer and lemonade waiting for us when we arrived, we knew we were in for a good time as well as a good feed. And that is exactly what we had. Marta even got to try flapjack for the first time and I’m pleased to report that she is now an avid fan of its oaty, syrupy goodness.

A few dozen pizzas, salads and desserts later we were all content and as full as can be.  Even Rolf had a full stomach – funny that considering he didn’t get a meal because he was on a “diet”.  He just ate everybody else’s food instead!  He did do the washing up afterwards though so I think that was fair, albeit unexpected. 

From Storybox we dashed out into the Friday night rain (thinking it was November, not June) and moved our party on to Brick Lane. There we squeezed into a tightly packed bar and tried our hardest to raise our arms high enough to enjoy our drinks.  We soon had to opt for straws to make it that bit easier!  Once the glasses were successfully drained we moved to somewhere a lot less busy, much to the disappointment of Rolf who seemed to have made friends with another group of people.  Charming!  We opted for somewhere in which we had space to move and could actually hear each other speak and that quiet somewhere was in Spitalfields Market.  In fact we were pretty much the only people in there so we had as much space and quietness as we wanted.

The night went on and the drinks kept flowing, as did Rolf's stories.  As the clock struck midnight we could see that the bar in question was eager to get rid of our ugly mugs so eventually we trundled off to seek homeward bound transport. We all piled into various night buses, sitting tight for the journey home, and although it seemed to take forever to get back we were kept amused by the sights that surrounded us. In that lot, perhaps our mugs weren’t so ugly after all! I’ll let you make up your mind on that one.

The only thing left to say in this story is that we all got to our homes in one piece, fell into a deep sleep and lived happily ever after :-)  ... or so we hope.

Peace, love and loads of pizza.

What On Earth