Barista

Thomas Franks Ltd; Sharnbrook; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wider wallet discounts

Free meals on duty

Volunteering leave

Enhanced parental leave

Cycle to work

Refer a friend bonus

Training and development

Apprenticeship programme

Team & company events

Employee assistance programme

Pension scheme

Career progression

Job summary

Thomas Franks Ltd in Bedford is seeking a friendly Barista to join our team on a full-time, permanent contract. The role involves preparing high-quality coffees for staff and visitors, maintaining food hygiene standards, and supporting a fast-paced service in a dedicated contract catering environment.

You will work Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week, with benefits including free meals on duty, pension, and opportunities for career progression.

Qualifications

• Team player with good communication in English.
• Personable and able to engage staff and visitors.
• Experience in customer service or food preparation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team to produce high-quality barista beverages for staff and visitors.
• Ensure food safety and hygiene standards are followed.
• Maintain stock and rotate items; manage cash handling and payments.
• Set up location each morning for daily operation.
• Support daily stock takes and product availability.

Skills

Team player

Personable

Humour

Job description

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: £13.09 phr
Hours: 37.5 per week

A brand new B&I location that provides flexible high-spec labs, product development spaces & modern offices for science & tech businesses based in Bedford. It is the place where food, health, nutrition and well-being converge. Catering for about 450 people on site, we offer a core feeding of Breakfast, Lunch and Hospitality. This location operates Monday to Friday. Additional benefit of this location is free parking on site.

We are looking for a talented Barista to join our team at one of our prestigious contracts in Bedford.

Key responsibilities:

• To work well in a team producing the best barista coffee for staff and visitors
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
• Ensure that all retail items are stocked and rotated regularly
• Set up of location in the mornings for daily operation
• Manage payments and any cash handling.
• Daily stock takes of products available

You will have the following skills:

• An all-round team player
• Personable, good sense of humour, fun.

Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.