Bistro Assistant

Dubizzle Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A community-focused bistro in Manchester is looking for a dedicated Bistro Assistant to enhance the dining experience for customers. The role involves serving guests, preparing light meals, and ensuring a welcoming atmosphere. Ideal candidates should have a strong customer service focus, the ability to work as part of a team, and a commitment to maintaining high food safety standards. This position offers flexible working hours across days, evenings, and weekends, making it suitable for those seeking a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Range of attractive benefits

Qualifications

• Experience of serving customers in a catering/non-catering environment.
• Ability to complete written work records.
• Awareness of Health and Safety and food standards requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers at the Bistro and corporate/private events.
• Prepare light meals and snacks.
• Ensure exceptional customer service and satisfaction.

Skills

Customer care focus

Teamwork

Communication skills

Reliability

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate or preparing to work towards it

Job description

x1 7 hours

Alternate Wednesday and alternate Sunday will be required.

Salary £12.60 per Hour

At the heart of every Belong village is a family friendly bistro, serving exceptional value food in a stylish environment. It’s a relaxed, informal place where our customers, their friends and family, or people popping in from the local community, can eat, drink and spend time together, whilst receiving the very best service and attention from the very best people.

As a Bistro Assistant you will be responsible for looking after customers visiting the Bistro and for serving guests attending corporate or private events within one of the function suites. Whether it is an intimate dinner for two in the Bistro, a gathering of friends and family for Sunday lunch or a celebration party in the village Venue, you will work to ensure our customers feel they have been well looked after and leave happy to return, confident that their experience next time will be just as pleasurable and memorable.

This is truly a wonderful opportunity to contribute to our Bistro service. So, if you are passionate and flexible in your approach to work and always place the customer first, then we’d love to hear from you.

In return for your commitment to providing the best service to our customers, Belong offers excellent learning and development opportunities plus a range of attractive benefits.

We welcome applications from eligible applicants; it is with regret that we do not have the ability to sponsor overseas staff.

As part of our recruitment process you will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check. Their code of conduct can be found on the following link that you can copy and post to your web browser if you wish to read:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-code-of-practice

• Demonstrates qualities to deliver Belong vision and values.
• Communicates clearly and has a professional manner.
• Works as part of team to ensure the customer’s needs are met and team goals are achieved.
• Prioritises tasks and completes to the required standard and in a timely manner.
• Able to undertake moving & handling of loads, catering tasks cleaning and use catering equipment.
• Able to complete written work records.
• Excellent customer care focus with a desire to serve others.
• Preparing light meals and snacks e.g. sandwiches, baked potatoes, Panini’s etc.
• An awareness of Health and Safety and food standards requirements.
• Reliable and able to fulfill contracted hours and work patterns e.g. days, evenings, weekends.
• Experience of serving customers in a catering/ non catering environment.
• Experience of working in a care environment.
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate or working/prepared to work towards.
• Cash handling and till work.
• Reliable and able to fulfill contracted hours and work patterns e.g. days, evenings, weekends, nights.