Found 29 Food Preparation & Service volunteering opportunities in Melbourne City

DO YOU LOVE A GOO DWORK OUT? If you love being active and doing physical activities, as well as enjoy helping others, here’s a great opportunity for you to volunteer with us at Foodbank Victoria. We always welcome some helping hands in our warehouse to help sort and pack food for distribution which goes to families in need.

Play a vital role in the maintenance of the ASWC's Food Pantry service. The primary task is to ensure that the ASWC foodbank is replenished weekly, via driving trips to Foodbank and Secondbite, in order to provide for vulnerable people in the community.

Uniting's Emergency Relief services have opportunities within their dedicated teams. The roles includes packing and distribution of food, initial eligibility interviews, entry of data, and maintaining the work environment. 1-2 shifts per week, 9am-1pm weekdays.

Play an essential role in the management and maintenance of the Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre Food Relief Program. Support the consumers and staff of the Centre by: picking up and organising food and material donations; assisting consumers to choose food and material items from the ASWC food bank, contacting clients to confirm food relief appointments.

Looking for something meaningful to do with your mother on Mother's Day? You and your mother can volunteer together for an meaningful event with the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (VACL)

Do you have a couple hours to spare on the 11th May? Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (VACL) is organising a big event on the 12th and they are looking for volunteers to help them set up and decorate the venue.

Wanting to try working in hospitality? Wanting to have some free training? Then come volunteer with Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (VACL) for their meaningful event.

Our Social Connections Program supports people aged over 65 to get back to the things they love.

The Whittlesea Food Collective Market Assistants will report to the Whittlesea Food Collective Enterprise Lead to assist with market operations, including sourcing produce, setting up, running and packing down the market, providing customer service and supporting community programs and activities surrounding the market.

Our beautiful cafe at our premises in Ascot Vale needs an extra set of hands cooking breakfast, lunch and dinner for our staff and parishioners. This is a fully commercial kitchen with support staff. If you have experience as a cook or chef, and would like to volunteer, please reach out!

We are looking for volunteers to join the team in our beautiful cafe! The cafe is located at our Church premises in Ascot Vale and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner throughout the week, as well as coffees & snacks for afternoon break to our staff & parishioners. Barista experience is a bonus!

We are looking for volunteers to operate our kiosk. You will be required to make coffees from our coffee machine and serve biscuits, sell goods from a kiosk cupboard and clean up afterwards.

Outer East Foodshare collects donated, surplus and rescued food and delivers it to agencies in the Outer Eastern suburbs of Melbourne that help families in need. This role will take responsibility for overseeing the deliveries and food collections including responsibility for food safety The role involves overseeing a team of volunteers who will pack, unpack food and may need to re-pack food into smaller units. Must also oversee the record keeping of volumes of food handled

FoodFilled is seeking passionate volunteers to help with food deliveries! Flexible commitment, just once a fortnight and takes approx 1 hour! Pickups mostly located in Melbourne’s South East. Volunteer shift involves driving to pick up leftover/excess food from retailers (e.g. supermarket/bakery) and delivering it to a local charity, saving valuable food from ending up in landfill and providing immediate relief for those experiencing food insecurity. Own car required.

FoodFilled is seeking passionate volunteers to help with food deliveries! Flexible commitment, just once a fortnight and takes approx 1 hour! Pickups mostly located in Melbourne’s South East. Volunteer shift involves driving to pick up leftover/excess food from retailers (e.g. supermarket/bakery) and delivering it to a local charity, saving valuable food from ending up in landfill and providing immediate relief for those experiencing food insecurity. Own car required.

In 2022 Open House launched a social enterprise café called Whispers, with the aim to empower people who have faced disadvantage and been excluded from work opportunities. We are currently seeking volunteers to assist in our cafe.

Assist in the Canteen at Murrumbeena Primary School preparing food, restocking, packing orders and undertaking counter sales.

Want to work collaboratively with the ASWC staff to deliver Saturday Programs. This support can include: delivering social activities for people seeking asylum, assist with collecting food parcels at the centre, administrative tasks, general cleaning and maintenance of the centre, and contributing ideas for Saturday excursions. Fleet vehicle available for excursions (drivers license essential)

Come and join a fun and diverse community Lunch! We are seeking committed volunteers with a heart for food and community to come and help with our weekly community lunch serving residents of the local public housing high rise towers!

Outer East Foodshare collects donated, surplus and rescued food and delivers it to agencies to feed families with food insecurity. Assist to unload and reload food delivered to the Hub. Some food may need to be stored in the Hub for later collection. Help physically sort and pack food for distribution to the food relief agencies we support.