Bar Team Member

Chelsea Fine Food Ltd; St Albans; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pay up to £13.50p/h

50% off dining

Employee Assistance Programme

Early access to wages

Long service awards

Free Megan’s food & drinks on shift

Pension contributions & holiday

Annual party

Job summary

Megan’s Restaurants is seeking passionate bar staff to join our busy team. You’ll handle cocktails, coffees, wines and more, delivering friendly, fast service with style.

We offer a competitive pay up to £13.50 per hour (plus uncapped tronc), 50% dining discount, career growth, an Employee Assistance Programme and other benefits as part of our welcoming culture at Megan’s Restaurants.

Qualifications

• Experience behind a bar is great, but personality, attitude and a willingness to learn matter.
• Confident, full of energy and love being in the middle of the action.

Responsibilities

• Make every drink to the correct recipe and presentation standards.
• Bringing the Megan’s magic to every guest interaction, building genuine rapport and making sure people feel looked after.
• Getting to know our food and drinks inside out so you can confidently talk guests through the menu and make brilliant recommendations.
• Driving sales naturally through great recommendations and confident upselling.
• Keeping things moving when the bar gets busy and supporting the floor and wider restaurant.
• Keeping the bar clean, safe, organised, stocked and looking its best.
• Getting involved in training, menu updates and tastings to grow knowledge.

Skills

Bar experience

Job description

Shake things up, own the bar and serve up the kind of Megan’s moments guests can’t wait to come back for.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for brilliant people to join our Bar team. You’ll be confident, full of energy and love being right in the middle of the action. Experience behind a bar is great, but personality, attitude and a willingness to learn matter much more to us.

You’ll thrive when the drinks are flying, enjoy working at pace and take real pride in what you serve. Whether you already know your way around a cocktail shaker or this is your first bar job, we’ll give you the training to nail the specs, build your drinks knowledge and make brilliant recommendations to our guests.

What’s in it for you?

Pay

Up to £13.50p/h (NMW + base tronc allocation), plus additional, uncapped tronc potential based on site performance.*

50% off when you dine with your favourite people

Plenty of fun, feel-good team socials, including our legendary company wide annual party

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, free, confidential support 24/7 including mental health sessions

Early access to wages, great discounts & money coaching through Stream

Long service awards and celebrations

Free, delicious Megan’s food & drinks on every shift

Plus all the usual standard stuff like pension contributions & holiday

Grow With Us

Ongoing training and real progression opportunities. Whether you want to become a Supervisor, move into management or simply become brilliant at what you do, we’ll back you

Get involved in new openings as we grow

Opportunities to move between our neighbourhood restaurants and build your career across the group

Regular menu training and tastings so you really know what you’re serving

Come for the kebab, stay for the career.

What You'll Be Doing

Making every drink to the correct recipe and presentation standards, from cocktails and coffees to wines, beers and everything in between

Bringing the Megan’s magic to every guest interaction, building genuine rapport and making sure people feel looked after

Getting to know our food and drinks inside out so you can confidently talk guests through the menu and make brilliant recommendations

Driving sales naturally through great recommendations and confident upselling, helping guests discover another drink, dish or extra they’ll love

Keeping things moving when the bar gets busy, working with pace and supporting the floor and wider restaurant to deliver brilliant service

Keeping the bar clean, safe, organised, stocked and looking its best - following our food safety and health & safety standards, looking after our products and helping to minimise waste

Getting involved in training, menu updates and tastings - building your knowledge, following our standards and helping newer team members find their feet as you grow

About us...

We’re an independently owned, dog-friendly collection of 20+ neighbourhood restaurants, serving up fresh Mediterranean-inspired food from brunch through to cocktails. With exciting growth plans, there are big opportunities to build your career with us, plus plenty of fun along the way. Our team parties are the stuff of legends. We’re a diverse, inclusive bunch who make sure everyone feels genuinely welcome, and we’re proud to support local charities and be a real force for good in our communities.

At Megan’s, our people are the magic. Yes, we’ve got dreamy interiors, food inspired by sunny places and fresh cocktails shaken to perfection, but the real reason our restaurants feel so special? The team. They’re what set us apart and what everyone who works here and visits us loves most.

Megan’s Restaurants is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees.

*Package includes membership of an independently managed tronc arrangement through which service charge is allocated outside of and in addition to your basic pay from your employment.