TEMPLE MADAPPALLI COOK

Lakshmi Narayana Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A Hindu religious charity in London is seeking a Temple Madappalli Cook to prepare traditional offerings for deities and devotees. The ideal candidate must affirm their Hindu faith and possess at least three years of relevant experience. Responsibilities include managing kitchen cleanliness and assisting Senior Priests. This role offers a salary of £23,700 for full-time hours.

Benefits

Holiday pay

Qualifications

• Affirmation of Hindu faith essential for assisting in worship and preparing traditional food.
• Sufficient training and experience under a senior madappalli cook required.
• Willingness to accept Saiva and Vaishnava traditions within Hinduism.
• Spirituality and knowledge of mantras and customary worshipping methods are necessary.
• A minimum of three years' training and experience in a similar role is essential.

Responsibilities

• Prepare annadhanam, prasadham and neivedhyam for deities, devotees, and staff.
• Manage the temple kitchen and maintain cleanliness.
• Cook strictly vegetarian food/prasadham adhering to food safety.
• Assist Senior Priests in important religious pooja services.
• Help with general kitchen duties and serving food to devotees.

Skills

Affirm faith as a Hindu

Training and experience under a senior madappalli cook

Willingness to accept Saiva and Vaishnava traditions

Spirituality and knowledge of mantras and worshipping

At least three years’ training and experience

Job description

Overview

Location: London

Hours: 36 per week

Day: 5-6 per week

Salary: £23,700 per annum

Job Type: Full time

Employer: Lakshmi Narayana Trust (Sri Mahalakshmi Temple)

Job Title: Temple Madappalli Cook

Posting Date: 28/09/2025

Closing Date: 27/10/2025

Number of vacancies: 1

About us

Lakshmi Narayana Trust is a Hindu Religious charity that runs a very big temple (Sri Mahalakshmi Temple) in London for the Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi and Lord Sri Narayanar. The devotees visit the temple from all over the UK, Europe and also from all over the world. The temple also has Sri Hanuman and a number of other deities. The temple provides free food (annadhanam/prasadham) to the devotees in the afternoon and evening and we offer neivedhyam to the deities three times a day.

Remuneration

The candidate will be paid an annual salary of £23,700.00 for 36 hours of work per week. We comply with the National Minimum Wage regulations and we also provide holiday pay and other benefits according to the laws of the UK.

Job Description

We urgently need a Temple Madappalli Cook to prepare annadhanam, prasadham and neivedhyam in a traditional way to offer to the Gods and also to the devotees and staff.

The Temple Madappalli Cook is important for the Hindu temple as food is prepared in a religious way and the madappalli cook is qualified in a spiritual manner to prepare the annadhanam, prasadham and neivedhyam. The Temple Madappalli cook will be in charge of the temple’s kitchen. The Temple Madappalli cook is required to prepare Neivedhyam Prasadham to the deities in the morning, afternoon and evening and also cook strictly vegetarian food/prasadham to the devotees and staff. The Temple Madappalli cook should render help to the Senior Priests on very important religious pooja services performed in the temple.

The Temple Madappalli cook should manage and maintain the kitchen and ensure that everything including the temple main hall is kept tidy and also adhere to food, health and safety rules.

The Temple Madappalli cook is required to assist with kitchen duties commensurate with their role and help in cleaning all utensils for cooking and also help in serving food to the devotees according to Hindu religious rules.

Responsibilities

• Prepare annadhanam, prasadham and neivedhyam in a traditional way for the deities, devotees and staff.
• Manage the temple kitchen and maintain cleanliness in the kitchen and main hall.
• Cook strictly vegetarian food/prasadham and ensure adherence to food, health and safety rules.
• Assist Senior Priests with important religious pooja services as required.
• Assist with general kitchen duties and cleaning of utensils; help in serving food to devotees.

Qualifications and Skills

• Candidates should affirm their faith as a Hindu as the job involves assisting in worship and preparing food in a traditional way to offer to deities and devotees.
• Candidates should have sufficient training and experience under a senior madappalli cook.
• Candidates should be willing to accept both Saiva and Vaishnava traditions within Hinduism.
• Candidates should be more spiritual and godly and have learnt mantras and customary worshipping methods from Senior Priests.
• At least three years’ training and experience in a similar role is essential.

How to apply

Please apply by replying to this advert or by post to:

The President
Lakshmi Narayana Trust
Sri Mahalakshmi Temple
241 High Street North
London E12 6SJ