You are here: Home › News › 2017 › 02 › 13 › Oasis Kitchen Opens In Wyong Oasis Kitchen opens in Wyong Oasis Kitchen opens in Wyong 13 February 2017 Share FaceBook Twitter Tweet Icon Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print The Salvation Army Oasis Youth Network's new cafe in Wyong, called Oasis Kitchen, will train young people for the workforce. By Esther Pinn A pop-up cafe called Oasis Kitchen has opened at The Salvation Army’s Oasis Youth Network Wyong, on the Central Coast of NSW, to train their youth-aged clients for the workforce. Oasis Kitchen, which opened on 7 February, will provide Oasis clients with the necessary skills to work in the hospitality industry including food preparation, barista training, commercial cookery, customer service, business administration, marketing, team work, first aid and menu planning. “The idea is to create a safe, nurturing and supportive environment for the students to learn in and to also give them practical work experience,” said Oasis Youth Network Wyong Manager, Robyn Bust. “Our young people are going to be gathering a lot of skills and are going to be well-supported in this environment. So we’re really looking forward to this extension of vocational training.” Oasis Kitchen has been a dream for Robyn and her team for many years. Seeing a need to offer employment training platforms for their youth clients, the idea for Oasis Kitchen was born. “In the Central Coast, youth unemployment is quite high and hospitality is one of the trade areas where there are always job shortages. Also, it’s an easy industry for young people to get into, which is why we were looking to getting into the hospitality industry,” explained Robyn. Along with training unemployed youth, Oasis Kitchen is another way for The Salvation Army in Wyong to connect with the local community. “We also wanted to create a really safe environment for our community to come and share life conversations over coffee [and] have some really nice food,” said Robyn. Oasis Kitchen was sponsored by local businesses including major donors, Mingara and Greater Bank. Airpak Sheetmetal, Harrison Packaging and Central Coast Women’s Golf Association also donated to the project and funds were raised through the Army’s community Christmas carols event in 2016. Under the supervision of the Oasis Youth Network Wyong's Program Coordinator, Jamie Jackson, the construction of Oasis Kitchen was completed by volunteers from various community services, who assist unemployed individuals with developing skills for the workforce. All profits raised through Oasis Kitchen will be filtered back into other prorgams run by the Oasis Youth Network Wyong. Categories: Pipeline Online/Region/Divisional Tags: cafe, Oasis, OasisKitchen, OasisYouthNetwork, OasisYouthNetworkWyong, SalvationArmy, Salvos, TheSalvationArmy, training, Wyong, WyongOasis Comments Leave a comment Subscribe to comments No comments yet - be the first. Leave a Comment Name: * Email: * - Will not be published Website: Comment: * Email me follow-up comments Note: Your comment requires approval before being published. Would you like to add a personal image? Visit gravatar.com to get your own free gravatar, a globally-recognized avatar. Once setup, your personal image will be attached every time you comment.
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