In-Store Food and Beverage Demonstrator

Orbit Marketing; Palmerston North; Presencial; NZD 27.552 - 41.328; A tiempo parcial

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive hourly rate

Paid training

Flexible shifts

Descripción de la vacante

Orbit Marketing in Palmerston North is seeking enthusiastic individuals to host product sampling and cooking demonstrations in supermarkets. Ideal candidates will enjoy engaging with shoppers and sharing their passion for food. Shifts mainly occur from Wednesday to Sunday, providing flexibility around your availability.

Responsibilities include preparing simple dishes, maintaining a tidy workstation, and transporting demo kits. This exciting role offers a competitive hourly rate and paid training. Join a supportive team and enjoy the variety of food and drink experiences!

Formación

• Enjoy food and drink and love talking about it with shoppers.
• Are comfortable preparing simple recipes in front of an audience.
• Access to a vehicle and a current New Zealand Driver's licence.

Responsabilidades

• Host sampling stations inside Palmerston North supermarkets.
• Conduct live cooking demonstrations and prepare simple dishes.
• Maintain a clean and inviting workstation throughout the shift.

Conocimientos

Sales-minded approach

Warm and approachable personality

Experience in hospitality or food preparation

Ability to carry equipment

Descripción del empleo

About us

Orbit Marketing is an established marketing agency bringing some of the world’s best‑loved food and beverage brands to life inside New Zealand supermarkets. We specialise in in‑store product sampling and cooking demonstrations, creating genuine, tasty moments that turn a weekly shop into a discovery. Our Palmerston North team works across major supermarkets including Woolworths, New World, and Pak’nSave.

About the role

We’re looking for warm, food and drink‑loving people to host sampling stations inside Palmerston North supermarkets. Roughly half our shifts are straight product sampling—pouring, plating, and offering shoppers a taste while sharing what makes the product special. The other half are live cooking demonstrations, where you’ll prepare simple dishes in‑store to show a product in action. You can do both, or focus on the type that suits you best. To give you a sense of the variety: in June alone our team will be running cooking demos for the Wattie’s Soup campaign and pouring samples for BOSS Coffee—two very different shifts, both equally important. A sampling shift might involve pouring chilled drinks into tasting cups, plating bite‑sized portions, and chatting with curious shoppers. A cooking shift adds a portable hotplate and a simple recipe you’ll prepare live. Either way, you’ll keep your station clean, inviting, and food‑safe throughout the day.

Shifts

Mostly Wednesday to Sunday, with flexibility to choose your own availability. Demos typically run during peak shopping hours (late morning through early afternoon on weekends, and mid‑afternoon to early evenings on weekdays).

We have immediate shifts for the following dates, plus more!

• 2nd July: 2 pm-7 pm
• 3rd July: 2 pm-7 pm
• 4th July: 11 am-4 pm
• 5th July: 11 am-4 pm
• 9th July: 2:30 pm-6:30 pm
• 10th July: 2:30 pm-6:30 pm
• 11th July: 11:30 am-3:30 pm
• 12th July: 11:30 am-3:30 pm

This role suits you if you

• Enjoy food and drink and love talking about it with shoppers
• Have a sales‑minded approach—you make every sample an opportunity to turn a shopper into a buyer, and you’re motivated to hit targets
• Are warm, approachable, and happy to start conversations with shoppers
• Have hospitality, barista, deli, food truck, catering, retail sampling, or home‑cooking experience (any of these is a great fit, and none of them are essential, we train you!)
• Are comfortable preparing simple recipes in front of an audience, OR happy sticking to sampling‑only shifts, OR keen to do both
• Take pride in a tidy, hygienic workstation
• Can stand for the length of a shift and carry sampling equipment to and from your car

Practical requirements

• Access to a vehicle and a current New Zealand Driver’s licence (you’ll transport demo kit between stores)
• Eligible to work in New Zealand
• Available weekends (Saturday and Sunday are our busiest days)
• Comfortable handling food and drink safely. A current Food Safety / food‑handler certificate is a bonus, but we provide training if you don’t have one
• Well‑presented and happy to wear branded uniform

What we offer

• Competitive hourly rate
• Paid training across both sampling and cooking demos, including food safety and product knowledge
• Real variety—one week you might be pouring iced coffee for BOSS, the next plating up Wattie’s soup
• A supportive team and a genuinely fun environment
• Flexible shifts that work around study, family, or another job

Tell us when you apply

Whether you’re keen on sampling shifts, cooking shifts, or both, there’s plenty of work in all three lanes. If you love to share great food and drink with Palmerston North shoppers, we’d love to hear from you. Submit your expression of interest to our Recruitment Manager and tell us a bit about yourself! We look forward to connecting with you soon.