At a Glance
- Tasks: Welcome customers, take orders, and ensure a clean dining area.
- Company: Join a friendly, independent garden centre with a positive team spirit.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible hours, staff discounts, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Work-life balance with daytime shifts and supportive well-being initiatives.
- Why this job: Make memorable experiences for customers while working in a fun environment.
- Qualifications: Friendly attitude and willingness to learn; catering experience is a plus.
The predicted salary is between 10 - 12 £ per hour.
Do you enjoy interacting with customers? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment? Do you love to help others and work as part of a team? Then we are looking for you! Your goal will be to provide a warm welcome to all our restaurant visitors at Dean's York Garden Centre and do everything you can to make their trip a memorable one.
You will be responsible for ensuring customers are served quickly and accurately, operating the tills, ensuring the restaurant area is impeccably clean and supporting the team with whatever is needed to help create a great working environment. This is a very demanding role so you must be comfortable working fast and being on your feet a lot of the time. This role would involve working 15 hours per week on the following shifts:
- Week 1: Mondays, Thursday and Fridays, 10:00am-3:00pm
- Week 2: Mondays, Tuesdays and Sundays, 10:00am-3:00pm
Key Responsibilities: As a Catering Assistant, your role includes but is not limited to these duties:
- Welcoming and seating customers
- Taking customer orders
- Assisting with menu and beverage recommendations
- Preparing and serving beverage and food orders
- Setting tables
- Handling customer complaints and resolving issues in a timely manner
- Cleaning tables and removing used cutlery
- Communicating effectively with the kitchen and staff members
- Reporting to shifts on time in impeccable uniform
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise: Ideally, we are looking for someone who:
- Has previous experience working in a catering environment – (preferable but not mandatory)
- Is friendly and sociable
- Has a willingness to learn new skills
- Is flexible to work additional shifts and weekends if required
- Has the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Has knowledge of restaurant procedures
Why Join Our GREAT Team?
- A GREAT Place to Work: Friendly, fun, and down-to-earth – we cultivate a positive team spirit every day.
- Work-Life Balance: All roles operate within daytime hours - so your evenings stay yours.
- Up to 33% Staff Discount: Treat yourself to garden and home favourites (*varies by department/concession).
- Free On-Site Parking: Arrive stress-free with plenty of parking.
- GREAT Values & Recognition: We live our values and celebrate yours with monthly awards and shout-outs.
- Monthly Team Engagement Events: From information sharing to free food – we love bringing the team together.
- Enhanced Holiday Allowance: More time off that grows with your length of service.
- Grow Your Career: We support your development with company-sponsored training.
- Well-being Support to Help You Thrive: Employee Assistance Programme including 24/7 GP access, funeral concierge, and mental health support – we’re here when you need us.
- Pension Contributions: Helping you plant the seeds for a secure future.
- Supporting Causes That Matter to Our Team: Through our Kindness Pot, we donate to charities and local causes close to our team’s hearts – planting seeds of kindness in the community.
Company Overview: We are an independently owned business committed to our vision: to deliver great experiences for all the family. Through retail, food and play offerings in each of our retail destinations, we believe we have created a unique mix of brands that always deliver great experiences for families across multiple sites in Yorkshire.
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