Barista
The Field Farmshop - Flax Bourton
Bristol•£13 per hour plus tronc•Full time / Part time
We're looking for an energetic, passionate, and hospitality-focused Barista to join our farmshop & restaurant team.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves great coffee, enjoys working with people, and takes pride in creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere for every guest.
Working closely with the wider team, you'll help deliver an exceptional café experience, serving great coffee and delicious drinks while ensuring every guest feels welcome and looked after. You'll play an important role in creating a destination that people love to visit, combining great service with a genuine passion for quality, local food and hospitality.
What You'll Be Doing
- Preparing and serving high-quality coffee, teas and other hot and cold drinks to a consistently high standard.
- Delivering friendly, attentive and welcoming customer service, ensuring every guest has a great experience.
- Operating and maintaining coffee machines and equipment, ensuring everything is clean, organised and ready for service.
- Taking customer orders, processing payments and confidently answering questions about our drinks and food offering.
- Keeping the coffee station, counter and surrounding guest areas clean, tidy and well presented throughout the day.
- Supporting the wider team with day-to-day café and restaurant duties when needed.
- Ensuring deli displays, fridges and service areas are well stocked and presented to a high standard.
- Helping to monitor stock levels, rotate products and minimise waste.
- Maintaining excellent food hygiene, health & safety and cleanliness standards at all times.
- Working efficiently and positively during busy periods while maintaining quality and attention to detail.
- Building a good knowledge of our menu, seasonal offerings and locally sourced products.
- Contributing to a friendly, supportive team environment and helping create a welcoming destination for our guests.
What We're Looking For
- Previous experience as a barista or in a café, restaurant or customer-facing hospitality role would be beneficial.
- A genuine passion for great coffee, quality drinks and excellent customer service.
- A friendly, approachable and enthusiastic personality.
- Good communication skills and the confidence to engage with a wide range of guests.
- Someone who takes pride in their work and has a keen eye for detail.
- Organised and able to work efficiently in a busy environment while maintaining high standards.
- A positive team player who is happy to support colleagues across the wider business.
- A willingness to learn, develop new skills and build knowledge of coffee preparation and service.
- A good understanding of food hygiene and cleanliness, or a willingness to learn.
- A genuine enthusiasm for local food, farming and community.
- Someone with energy, initiative and a positive attitude who enjoys making people's day a little better.
Staff Perks
- A paid day on our Kitchen Farm - Every year, take a paid day away and spend it with our Head Grower on our own farm. A chance to enjoy some fresh air and shore up your knowledge on all things sustainable growing.
- Paid charity day - Take a full paid day off to support a charity of your choice.
- 5 year anniversary gift - To celebrate the bigger milestones, we will gift you with a four-week fully paid sabbatical on your 5th work anniversary with us.
- Birthday break - A day of paid leave for your birthday.
- 50% off food - Enjoy lunch or dinner in any of our sister brand restaurants, Cow & Sow (up to 4 people).
- Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year's Day off - We are closed 25th–26th December & 1st January.
- Discounted farmshop produce - To take home and enjoy for yourself.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Tronc - We ensure everybody is duly rewarded for enhancing our guest experience. We are firm believers that every person within the business is as critical as the other and, for that reason, we ensure tronc is distributed equally amongst all team members relative to the hours worked.
- Access to YuLife - A wellbeing app including employee assistance, a wellness hub, discounts, 24/7 virtual GP service & more.
- Enhanced maternity, adoption & paternity leave - To support our new parents when they are having a baby, we offer enhanced leave. This includes full basic pay for the first 12 weeks of maternity/adoption leave and 2 weeks for paternity leave.
- Up to 50% discount off live sports games - Get discounted tickets to watch Bristol Bears men's and women's rugby, Bristol City men's and women's football and Flyers basketball.
- Full health insurance for selected posts - Including up to 40% discount off selected Health Club and Gym memberships (subject to position and length of employment with the company).
- Wellness and mental health support - Online and/or 1-to-1 support.