John Street Kitchen

02/12/2021

We are very excited to have reopened the doors to our lovely John Street Cafe and courtyard. We'll be open every Saturday 10am-3pm, serving delicious coffees from Wogan in Bristol and pastries from our local Salt Bakehouse.

03/04/2020

For the time being our wonderful John Street Kitchen will be closed until further notice.
At SVA we are working hard to continue the support for the fantastic range of artists that we work with, by securing new dates with them, and we are hoping to keep a lot of the incredible programme that we had booked.

So keep an eye on our website for the rescheduled events and online events, and find our Ticket Information on there for more details if you have purchased a ticket.

We are acutely aware that our network of artists may benefit from our research into support and funding. So we have collated some useful information and other well-connected organisations on the Artist Support page.

Like many arts and music venues we are facing a very critical time financially so we’d be OVER THE MOON if you are in a position to make a small donation to help us keep bringing you our incredible 👁 joyous 👩‍🎤 ambitious 🎪 and diverse 🦋 programme of live gigs, exhibitions and festivals to Stroud 👏👏👏

We need live music, art and dance as much as ever right now and we would love you to help us keep bringing it to as many people as possible.

You can donate to SVA on our website; link in the comments below 👇👇👇

Thank you for your understanding and ongoing support, and we can’t wait to see you all again 🙌

The SVA Team

PS. These ace images are from Jazz Stroud 2019, by Mark Saunders, of the wonderful audience at Alabaster dePlume, and STEAM DOWN ✊

05/09/2019

We are looking for a bright enthusiastic cook who is self-motivated and committed to developing their culinary skills within an arts environment.

About SVA

Stroud Valley Artspace (SVA) is a cultural hub created by and for artists in the heart of Stroud. For the last 18 years it has offered studio and exhibition space, opportunities for artists’ professional and creative development and a year round artistic and educational programme for local, regional and national audiences.

The John St Kitchen was started 2 years ago because we wanted to share our love of good food and coffee as part of our weekly arts programme to draw in a wider group of people to SVA.

SVA has run a number of pop up food and art events at John St and in the Brunel Goods Shed.

Our menu is relaxed brunch, using local produce.

Salary negotiable depending on age and experience.

Contracted hours: 14 hrs per week : Friday and Saturday 9.15 – 4.15

Flexible additional hours may also be required for some evening and weekend work.

Duration of contract: 12 months (with 3 months trial period)

Responsible to: Jo Leahy, SVA co-director

Start Date: ASAP.

How to apply

Please send a CV and a covering letter outlining why are you applying for this post.

Contact: Jo Leahy - [email protected]

Website: www. sva.org.uk

Person Specification Skills

Applicant must be able to:

• Prepare, cook, plate and present food to a high quality
standard.
• Maintain kitchen and cleaning
• Maintain and order stocks and supplies
• Plan menus
• Follow food safety requirements

Qualities

Applicant must be able to be:

• Friendly and enthusiastic, can-do attitude
• Calm and patient under pressure
• Be curious and have an interest in the arts and music.
• Be flexible and responsive to a changing working environment.
• Organised and self-motivated
• A good communicator
• Ideally have an up to date food hygiene certificate but no essential.

23/01/2019

We are looking for a friendly and open person with good social skills, experience of cafe and bar work as well as a broader interest in SVA and what we do. The position will start ASAP. Please note that the successful applicant must be available to work evening and weekend shifts.

Please visit the job on Indeed for the full job description: https://www.indeed.co.uk/viewjob?t=wanted+cafebar+supervisor+arts+centre&jk=ccee32c2d50c134d&_ga=2.241876929.2133108180.1548246616-107808220.1541590903

20/01/2019

CAFE AND BAR SUPERVISOR VACANCY AT SVA

We are currently looking for a part-time daytime café and evening bar supervisor who is genuinely interested in the art and music and excited about being part of our friendly team to help create a special eating and drinking experience in our unique art and social spaces in John Street and the Goods Shed.

We are looking for a friendly and open person with good social skills, experience of cafe and bar work as well as a broader interest in SVA and what we do. The position will start from ASAP. Please note that the successful applicant must be available to work weekend shifts.

You'll be working alongside a very friendly team, in an amazing work environment. SVA gives you the opportunity to grow within the organisation as long as you are willing to work hard.

SALARY:
To be discussed depending on age and experience. Includes holiday pay.

HOW TO APPLY:
If you think you might be right for this please send a CV and brief cover letter outlining why you want to work here to: [email protected] by Monday 4th February 2019. Applications will be assessed as they come in and interviews arranged individually.

NB: Because we are a small team it will only be possible for us to get back to shortlisted people so of you don't hear from us within two weeks it means we won't be interviewing you this time.

ABOUT SVA:
SVA’s events are a legendary part of Stroud’s cultural life. SVA is an artist run organisation based in John St, Stroud. SVA is a cultural hub created by and for artists in the heart of Stroud. For the last 20 years it has offered studio and exhibition space, opportunities for artists’ professional and creative development and a year round artistic and educational programme for local, regional and national audiences.

SVA has run a number of pop up food and art events at John St and in the Brunel Goods Shed. The John St Kitchen was started 3yrs ago because we wanted to share our love of good food and coffee as part of our weekly arts programme to draw in a wider group of people to SVA.

SVA runs regular events throughout the year in John St and the Brunel Goods Shed such as funk nights, monthly jazz nights, film screenings, spoken word & comedy nights and club nights. There is also a year round programme of exhibitions presented in the John St gallery space. The highlights of SVA’s programme are the Site Festival which presents exhibitions, events and Open Studios in April and May and Jazz Stroud on the last weekend of May.

08/11/2018

*Joyous cook of flavour and beauty required for John St Kitchen!

We need a bright enthusiastic skilled cook who is self-motivated and very committed to developing their culinary skills within an arts environment.*

About SVA

Stroud Valley Artspace (SVA) is a cultural hub created by and for artists in the heart of Stroud. For the last 18 years it has offered studio and exhibition space, opportunities for artists’ professional and creative development and a year round artistic and educational programme for local, regional and national audiences.

The John St Kitchen was started 2 years ago because we wanted to share our love of good food and coffee as part of our weekly arts programme to draw in a wider group of people to SVA.

SVA has run a number of pop up food and art events at John St and in the Brunel Goods Shed.

Our menu is relaxed brunch, using local meats. Take a look at the menu:

http://www.sva.org.uk/johnstreetcafe

Type of person we are looking for

We are looking for someone who wishes to learn and positively contribute to SVA’s work. We need a bright, enthusiastic skilled cook who is self-motivated and very committed to developing their culinary skills within an arts environment.

Salary negotiable depending on age and experience.

Contracted hours: 14 hrs per week : Friday and Saturday 9.15 – 4.15

Flexible additional hours may also be required for some evening and weekend work.

Duration of contract: 12 months (with 3 months trial period)

Responsible to: Jo Leahy, SVA co-director

Start Date: ASAP.

How to apply

Please send a CV and a covering letter outlining why are you applying for this post.

Contact: Jo Leahy

Website: www. sva.org.uk

Person Specification Skills

Applicant must be able to:

• Prepare, cook, plate and present food to a high quality
standard.
• Maintain kitchen and cleaning
• Maintain and order stocks and supplies
• Plan menus
• Follow food safety requirements

Qualities

Applicant must be able to be:

• Friendly and enthusiastic, can-do attitude
• Bright, confident and quick on the up-take
• Very confident in cooking
• Calm and patient under pressure
• Able to cook flavourful and beautifully presented food
• Have the skills to be experimental when needed
• Be engaged and passionate about arts and music and
SVA’s vibrant arts programme
• Be flexible, resourceful and positively responsive to a
changing working environment within a multidisciplinary
space
• Adopt a respectful attitude to co-workers and be able to
work well in our happy and hardworking SVA family
• Highly organised and self-motivated
• A good communicator
• Conscientious and take pride in their work
• Excited about SVA’s brunch menu and want to do the best
you can to keep up its great reputation!

05/10/2018

We've now got our menu on the website, so you can check it out before you come :)

We are very happy to let you know that we will be serving food during the day on Fridays as well as Saturdays now at the John St cafe. On the menu is soup, salads, sandwiches, Full English or Vegetarian Brunches along with lots of other tasty options.

06/07/2018

New Menu - Open every Friday (10 - 3pm) and Saturday (10 - 4pm) Lovely sunny courtyard, good tunes, delish food!

29/03/2018

Cafe will be open tomorrow 10am - 3pm

24/02/2018

Emily Seffar is so excited about the Cruffins from Salt bakehouse at John Street Kitchen in Stroud. PLUS we have Katy ( @, Bristol) as guest chef TODAY open 10am-3pm