Preservation Chef

Pick and Preservation Chef 

A unique position that will bridge the Birch Farm growing team and the chefs at The Farmers Arms

Must love - 

Farm to table, seasonal menus

Using unique and unusual ingredients and techniques

Being outdoors (rain or shine!)

Fermentation, pickling, dehydrating, syrups, purees, or whatever other whacky and wonderful preservation techniques are out there

Natural farming techniques, like food forests, syntropic agriculture, perennial vegetables and be open to new ways of growing food

Day to day of the role - 

Communicate and organize daily picks between the restaurant and the farm team

Basic prep of fruit and veg (washing, peeling, picking herbs and edible flowers etc)

Delivery of pick from farm to restaurant 

Organize large picks of season ready fruit and veg (ie gluts and peak of season) to be preserved or batched for recipes. This could be kojis, juicin...