Weekday Cafe and Shop

Shop with us or pop in for coffee and a snack, Monday to Friday 9.30am-4pm

We have a great convenient ‘corner’ shop, with a wide range of foods including named brands and fantastic local produce you won’t find easily elsewhere – eggs, honey, jams, meat from Waterperry Farm Shop, Cornfields bread.

We have a wine selection from The Oxford Wine Company, local beers from Loose Cannon Brewery and more.

We’ve got the household goods you need too including a big range of SESI refills.

We’re open from 9.30am to 4pm on Mondays to Fridays. We serve coffee, hot drinks, home baked cakes, freshly baked pastries, hot sausage rolls & samosas throughout (and of course we’re open for the market & café on Saturdays too – click here for more info)

In our café we sell our own home made cakes & scones, coffee from The Missing Bean and a variety of teas (including mint from our garden). For lunch we make our own soup, stews, hummus, veggie chilli wraps and a variety of filled rolls using fresh bread from our local bakers.

Volunteer at the shop & cafe

We are looking for enthusiastic and friendly people to join our teams. We have two great core teams and we’re always very happy to get new applicants for those – Kitchen Assistants and Shop & Café Assistants – but we are flexible and you’d be welcome to spend time in one or both.

There are also ‘behind the scenes’ roles if you’d like to help with the cleaning after closing time on Wednesday or Saturday, or by washing our aprons and tea towels.

We welcome people of all ages, backgrounds and levels of experience (including none!!).

Shop and Café Assistant

As part of our front of house team you will… 

  • Play a big part in making our customers feel very welcome
  • Serve on the counter, taking café orders and selling shop goods
  • Make and serve hot and cold drinks and serve cakes and scones
  • Clear tables and keep the counter and customer space clean
  • Help to maintain the shop, this could include organising displays, re-stocking shelves, pricing goods 

Kitchen Assistant

As part of our kitchen team you will…

  • Help to prepare simple lunches (full training provided)
  • Have the option to be part of a team to batch cook for the week, to include: chopping vegetables, making soup, baking cakes (full training and support provided)
  • Work with the team to keep the kitchen clean and tidy using our daily and weekly cleaning checklists

For more information on volunteering at Talking Shop, please click here.

To apply or to ask any questions please email our Volunteering Coordinators: [email protected]

Or pop into the shop, say hello and leave your details for us to contact you