Uprooted Market & Cafe

Shifting the current food system by supporting local farmers and producers

Summer Hours:

Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4pm

OPEN 7 Days/week!

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Current Employment Opportunities

Barista/Market Assistant (Full Time) – September 2023

We are looking for someone who is passionate about local food and excited about building a more vibrant and sustainable Eastern Shore.

Must be available to work between the hours of 8am and 6pm, weekends required

Weekends required, 35hrs/week

Hourly Wage: Starting at $15/hour depending on experience

Basic Job Requirements

  • Engage with and understand our customers needs
  • Educating customers on buying local, seasonality and availability of products
  • Perform many different tasks during each shift
  • Meet store operating policies and standards, including providing quality beverages and food products, cash handling and store safety and security
  • Prepare food and beverages to standard recipes
  • Stocking shelves and recording inventory
  • Washing dishes, cleaning tables, sweeping, mopping, cleaning bathrooms etc.
  • Making sure produce displays are well stocked and visually attractive
  • Sorting garbage, recycling and compost

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Ability to learn quickly
  • Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and request clarification when needed
  • Knowledge of, or interest in learning about local agriculture and seasonality of local food
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Previous retail, barista and/or kitchen experience and up to date Food Safety Certificate considered an asset
  • Must be able to lift 50lb (boxes of potatoes, bags of corn etc.)

Please apply by email on in person by submitting a resume and a letter introducing yourself to [email protected]

Successful applicants will be contacted for an interview.

Assistant Cook/Baker (Full Time) – September 2023

We are looking for an Assistant Cook/Baker to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for local food, a background in cooking and/or baking, enjoy working with a small dedicated team and be capable of working proficiently and independently.

Approximately 35 – 40hrs/week, must be available to work 6am to 4pm on weekdays, most weekends required

Hourly Wage: Depending on experience

Basic Job Requirements

  • Morning kitchen set-up, baking molasses brown bread and focaccia bread, squares, muffins, cinnamon rolls etc. finishing products and ensuring consistency and quality.
  • Maintaining a clean and organized kitchen, washing dishes, and maintaining equipment
  • Daily breakfast and lunch preparation
  • Peeling, chopping, bagging, freezing and preserving fruits and vegetables to reduce waste from market
  • Baking, cooking food from scratch, creating soups and salads with ingredients that are available and in season
  • Available to perform many different tasks during each shift
  • Prepare food to standard recipes or customized for customers, including recipe changes such as quantity of ingredients or substituted ingredients
  • Cleaning including washing dishes, sweeping, mopping and cleaning tables
  • Delivering food to tables
  • Sorting garbage, recycling and compost
  • Knowledge of and experience with local ingredients considered an asset

              Qualifications

              • Ability to learn quickly
              • Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and request clarification when needed
              • Ability to work as part of a team
              • Previous cooking and/or baking experience and up to date Food Safety Certificate

                    Please apply in person or by email to [email protected], successful applicants will be contacted for an interview.

                     


                     

                    Assistant Cook (Full Time) – Position Filled

                    We are looking for someone who is passionate about local food and excited about building a more vibrant and sustainable Eastern Shore.

                    Approximately 35hrs/week, must be available to work 8am to 4pm on weekdays, weekends required
                    Hourly Rate: $14.50 + tips

                    Basic Job Requirements

                      • Daily breakfast and lunch preparation
                      • Peeling, chopping, bagging, freezing and preserving fruits and vegetables to reduce waste from market
                      • Baking, cooking food from scratch, creating soups and salads with ingredients that are available and in season
                      • Communicating with customers about buying local, and seasonality of products
                      • Available to perform many different tasks during each shift
                      • Prepare food to standard recipes or customized for customers, including recipe changes such as quantity of ingredients or substituted ingredients
                      • Creativity and plating skills
                      • Kitchen inventory and re-ordering
                      • Cleaning including washing dishes, sweeping, mopping and cleaning tables
                      • Delivering food to tables
                      • Sorting garbage, recycling and compost
                      • Knowledge of and experience with local ingredients considered an asset
                      • Preparing take-home meals for freezer and keeping fridge stocked with to-go items such as sandwiches, salads and buddha bowls

                    Qualifications

                      • Ability to learn quickly
                      • Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and request clarification when needed
                      • Ability to work as part of a team
                      • Previous kitchen experience and up to date Food Safety Certificate

                    Please apply in person or by email to [email protected], successful applicants will be contacted for an interview.

                     

                    Cook (Full Time) – Position Filled

                    We are looking for someone who is passionate about local food and excited about building a more vibrant and sustainable Eastern Shore.

                    Approximately 35hrs/week, must be available to work 8am to 4pm on weekdays, weekends are required
                    Hourly Rate: $15 to $17 depending on experience + tips

                    Basic Job Requirements

                      • Daily breakfast and lunch preparation
                      • Peeling, chopping, bagging, freezing and preserving fruits and vegetables to reduce waste from market
                      • Baking, cooking food from scratch, creating soups and salads with ingredients that are available and in season
                      • Communicating with customers about buying local, and seasonality of products
                      • Available to perform many different tasks during each shift
                      • Prepare food to standard recipes or customized for customers, including recipe changes such as quantity of ingredients or substituted ingredients
                      • Creativity and plating skills
                      • Kitchen inventory and re-ordering
                      • Cleaning including washing dishes, sweeping, mopping and cleaning tables
                      • Delivering food to tables
                      • Sorting garbage, recycling and compost
                      • Knowledge of and experience with local ingredients considered an asset
                      • Preparing take-home meals for freezer and keeping fridge stocked with to-go items such as sandwiches, salads and buddha bowls

                    Qualifications

                      • Ability to learn quickly
                      • Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and request clarification when needed
                      • Ability to work as part of a team
                      • Previous kitchen experience and up to date Food Safety Certificate

                    Please apply in person or by email to [email protected], successful applicants will be contacted for an interview.

                    Contact Us

                    Owner: Emma Murphy
                    (902) 889-9189
                    [email protected]
                    7992 Highway 7 (Marine Drive)
                    Musquodoboit Harbour
                    Nova Scotia B0J 2L0

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                    Hours

                    Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
                    Saturday & Sunday 9am to 4pm

                    Kitchen closes at 3pm daily

                     

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