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NZD$100-120/month (approx PHP4056/month)
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Mar 2, 2026
Job Description: Meal Planning & Entertaining Assistant
Location: Remote
Hours: Part-time, flexible. 5 hrs per week // 20 hrs per month (note: hours are flexible, i.e. could be half a day/week, or 1 full day per fortnight, etc.)
Rate: NZD $5-6/hr (NZD$
Role Overview:
We are looking for a creative and health-focused menu planner to design fortnightly meal plans for our family. The role is perfect for someone who enjoys food, is interested in cooking and entertaining, enjoys researching recipes from top chefs, and can turn them into practical, nutritious menus with clear grocery lists.
Responsibilities:
Create a fortnightly menu (every 2 weeks) including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks.
- Ensure all meals are healthy, weight-loss friendly, but still delicious.
- Research and include new, exciting recipes (favourite chefs will be provided for inspiration).
- Prepare weekly grocery lists based on menu items, clearly organized by category.
Assist with special entertaining menus:
- Develop special menus entertaining groups of 15-25 guests. Menu's consisting of 2-3 entree dishes/platters, 4-5 dishes/platters to be served as part of the main meal, 1 dessert, plus a selection of sweet foods to be served with hot drinks at the end. Some menu's will be cuisine-themed.
- Identify recipes that can be prepared ahead of time and frozen.
- Outline what needs to be cooked fresh on the day.
- Provide complete shopping lists for entertaining menus.
- Include food presentation ideas
- Incorporate any new recipes of interest into the weekly family menus so they can be trialled before serving to guests.
Manage all favourite/trusted/tried recipes for future reference.
Skills & Qualities
- Strong background in nutrition, meal planning, or culinary research.
- Ability to adapt recipes to be healthier without losing flavour.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and creative.
- Able to present menus in a clear format
If you are interested in this job, I'd love to hear from you!
Please let me know:
- why you think you'd be the perfect person for this role
- any experience you've had related to this role
- CV
Note - I am wanting to hire ASAP for this role. I look forward to hearing from you! :)