Current volunteering opportunities

Open Table exists thanks to the energy, time and ideas contributed by our volunteers. 

  • Operations Team Position

    Operations Team Position

    Join our Operations Team for 2 hours per week and help us save food from going to landfill. Drivers licence is essential as you will be driving our electric van.

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  • Community Lunch Volunteers

    Community Lunch Volunteers

    Join our lunch crew on Saturdays 10am til 3pm where you’ll utilise surplus produce and help cook up a delicious buffet feast for our community!

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  • No Waste Workshop Volunteers

    No Waste Workshop Volunteers

    Assist our facilitators with fun and interactive cooking classes and workshops which aim to help participants learn how to reduce waste and cook creatively with what they have!

    Register your interest

Follow our journey.

It’s been a big couple of months for our No Waste Workshops 🌱 The fabulous Mel led our second session with this year's Naarm Scholars at Melbourne Uni, diving deeper into practical, everyday ways to reduce waste while studying. We also had th
A few months ago we said goodbye to Bess as she headed to the UK to pursue further studies - you've probably had your lunch cooked by Bess if you've come along to a community lunch as she's been one of our regular vollies for over five years. 🌟 She
First double lunch of 2026 and we are PSYCHED!!! 🎉🥗🥗 Kathleen Syme Library is back for the year and that means tomorrow we're at TWO locations — double the food rescued, double the full bellies, double the fun 🤸🏽‍♀️ So much love and
Last Wednesday we ran a buzzing Quick Pickling 🥒 workshop for the incoming Narrm Scholars at Melbourne Uni — so delightful to see the room full of chopping 🔪, laughing 😄 and very enthusiastic brining 🧂✨ With our wonderful facilitator Melan
Back to school/work/uni? Need some packed lunch inspo? 🍎 Start with what's already in your fridge - packed lunches are a great way to use up leftovers and anything else that's lurking in the fridge and pantry 🌯 Here are 3 ways to turn yesterday's
We’re back 💛 Our first Free Fresh Food Community Market for 2026 is on tomorrow from 3.30pm til 5pm at the Fitzroy Estate — the sun’s set to shine and we're so looking forward to coming together again. If you miss this one, you&r
📢Our 2024–25 Annual Report is here! From community lunches, pantries and markets to playgroups and workshops, we’ve kept good food out of landfill, created nourishing, delicious meals, increased access to fresh food, learnt new food ski
A festive season sign-off from Open Table ✨😎 We’re pressing pause on lunches for a few weeks and will be back at North Fitzroy on Saturday 31 Jan 🍽️ Thanks for being part of another year of keeping good food from being wasted and where it b
🌞 DOUBLE lunch today 🌞 We’re serving up our last two lunches for 2025 — and what a year it’s been 🌟 Join us 1–2pm at either location. 🥗 What’ll be there??? A delicious vegetarian lunch, fresh and generous, cooked w
We had such a fun afternoon with the team from the Glenroy Community Hub and all the young peeps who came along to our Pizza in the Park event last week 🍕 Great food + sunshine + community = 🥰 Thanks everyone, especially all of our wonderful volu