Prices for lunches

Salad roll -$3.00

Toasted Sandwich - $2.00

Salad - $3.00

Main Meal - $3.00

Dessert - $1.00

Canefields Catering Unit

What does the Catering Unit do?

The Catering Unit is responsible for cooking daily lunches for members and staff as well as cleaning up of the unit and setting up and packing down the tables. The Catering Unit also bakes cookies, cakes and muffins for the Cafe and for Members' birthdays.

The unit holds a morning meeting to organise the menu and daily tasks. There is also an afternoon meeting to run over the checklist and ensure all jobs were completed for the day.

Members are able to learn new cooking and life skills that they may previously have not been able to learn. It helps members gain confidence in the kitchen and gives a sense of self satisfaction in delivering a wonderful 2 course meal on a daily basis.

What does the Cafe do?

The Cafe sells refreshments for members and staff to purchase throughout the day. Items available include coffees, tea, soft drink, toasted sandwiches and other light meals. The cafe also provides breakfast daily – light breakfast every day from 8am – 9:15am, and bacon and eggs, or Jen's clubhouse renowned lifestyle omelettes on Thursdays. The cafe teaches members to cash handling and customer service, which is beneficial for self confidence and skills they can take to the workplace.

Why is the Catering Unit so important?

The reasons the catering unit is so important range from making available and serving the cheapest 2 course square meal each day, along with teaching our members new skills in the kitchen that they can take home and use and team work which might be useful for transitional employment place or independent employment place in the future as well.

The catering unit also helps members to understand the importance of healthy eating and good hygiene practises. It keeps catering volunteers and members well occupied during each day.

Link to article "What if nobody wants to Make Lunch"

Bottom Line Responsibility in the Clubhouse
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by Mark Glickman


Mark Glickman was formerly coordinator of international training at Fountain House in New York. He now lives and works in San Diego, California

This article is all about bottom line responsibility in the Clubhouse. Responsibility issues might be occurred between staffs and members in every unit in Clubhouse. And this article's give us useful information to understand more about staff's role and attitude rather than members' one in various situations.

Budgeting

In Catering Unit members can learn about budgeting by the process of planning the lunch menu between members and staff. After getting order lunch for the day they make a decision about recipe and ingredients for daily lunch.

Also members might go to shopping with the staff as the budget plan which they have made by themselves with the staff.
Members also can be learned about food handling skills and health eating habits through the budgeting of lunch and dessert as well as workplace health and safety which means they need to protect from danger and keep safe themselves as well as other people at the workplace.