Bar Tender

TGI Fridays UK; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join TGI Fridays as a Bartender and become part of a vibrant team known for legendary cocktails and hospitality. You will gain in-depth knowledge of over 100 cocktails and contribute to an exciting atmosphere. Enjoy flexible working patterns, weekly pay, and numerous benefits as you thrive in a family-like environment.

Benefits

100% of unlimited gratuities paid

Time and a half for hours over 48 in a week

Flexible working patterns

Weekly pay every Friday

Participation in a pension scheme

Development programmes for career progression

50% off food menu for Team Members

Unlimited soft drinks while on shift

28 days paid holiday (pro-rata)

Generous Refer a Friend scheme

Qualifications

• Candidates must be over compulsory school leaving age.
• Willingness to learn about spirits and cocktail history.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Entertain guests with cocktail knowledge and banter.
• Train on over 100 cocktails and menu knowledge.
• Provide excellent customer service and work as part of a team.

Skills

Cocktail knowledge

Flair bartending

Entertainment skills

Job description

We don’t need an introduction. You’ve heard of us before. Legendary Red and white stripes. Clutter filling our restaurants to the brim. A history dating back to 1965 New York City.

Tom Cruise didn’t teach himself to flair in Cocktail, we did.

The Long Island ice tea wasn’t created on it own, we created it.

Loaded potato skins..? Yep it was us!

This isn’t just a job, this is a way of life. This is family. We live and we breathe our TGI Fridays values.

In here we work hard, we want to succeed, we want to progress…and we want to party.

In here, everyday is Friday. A TGI Friday…

Becoming a Fridays Bartender makes you part of a special circle of elite bartenders... your personality will shine as you entertain our guests with flaring, cocktail knowledge and banter. Our bartenders are the best in the business, and work hard to get there. It’s not easy but being the best never is! By the end of your training, you will have gained knowledge in the history and background of our spirits, our food menu and be an expert in over 100 cocktails!

Anything is possible at Fridays and there is genuinely no better time to join our family. Start your journey with Fridays today!

Benefits

• 100% of unlimited gratuities are paid to our team.
• Time and a half is paid when more than 48 hours are worked in a week.
• Flexible working patterns to support well-being and a better work life balance.
• Weekly pay every Friday for our Team Members.
• Participation in a pension scheme.
• Development programmes that support and fast track career progression.
• Apprenticeship programmes available to all levels.
• Unlimited access to 50% off our food menu for each Team Member and up to 5 of their family and friends.
• Unlimited soft drinks while on shift.
• Team celebrations on 4th July and Thanksgiving.
• Recognition for great performance aligned to our TGI Fridays Values.
• Great incentives for delivering great results.
• A generous Refer a Friend scheme.
• Wagestream - Track, access and manage your pay at any time.
• Hospitality action membership.
• 28 days paid holiday (pro-rata).
• Reward programmes, long service awards and staff recognition and incentives.
• Please note that the average TRONC payment per hour is £1.25. While this payment is not guaranteed, it does represent the national average across all our stores. Therefore, gratuity payments may vary according to the store in which you work.*
  
  

About Us

In our Fridays Family, We Celebrate People of All Stripes..

We believe diversity and inclusion are essential ingredients for a successful, happy and thriving environment, which is why we live and breath our TGI Fridays values of Pride, Passion, Personality and Protection.

Through our "Pridays" forum, we have launched an LGBTQ+ charity partnership. We hold Women In Business and Disability forums - open for all to join and be apart of. We are an equal opportunities employer.

That Fridays feeling is freedom, excitement, lightness and acceptance. Uncontrollable laughter. Time to do you. To let go. To truly be yourself. No judgement, no pressure, no worries.

And remember - "No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else." - P.T Barnum

Candidates must be over compulsory school leaving age to apply for this position.