Bartender

The Alchemist; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

The Alchemist, a leading cocktail bar and restaurant in Birmingham, is hiring bartenders eager to learn and excel in mixology. With guaranteed industry-leading training, unique cocktail serves, and a commitment to high standards, this role promises a vibrant work environment and growth opportunities.

Benefits

Free hot and soft drinks when on shift

50% off food when on shift

Flexible rota's

Guaranteed birthday + recovery day off

Opportunity to develop cocktails

Transparent Tronc policy

Access to employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• No prior experience required; training provided.
• Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to high standards and guest satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Learn roles of bar support and bartender through hands-on training.
• Create and serve a variety of theatrical cocktails.
• Ensure guest satisfaction and maintain quality in service.

Skills

Bartending

Mixology

Customer Service

Job description

The Alchemist is an industry leading cocktail bar and restaurant, who is pushing the boundaries on theatrical cocktails, exciting serves and amazing team members.

Our menu boasts over 50 signature cocktails, each of which was designed for theatre and guest interaction. We employ cutting-edge techniques such as dry-ice, spherification, clarification, carbonation and flavoured edible-airs.

We serve drinks on fire, drinks in lightbulbs and drinks in edible cups.

We believe that training is the most important part of making sure that a team member feels comfortable, valued and respected.

All of our bartenders will begin their career learning the role of the bar support, as we believe it is fundamental for a well-rounded bartender to know each and every ingredient inside the drinks that they are creating.

Our bartenders are paired with a highly qualified trainer for 3 weeks, to make sure that they are comfortable with our recipes and always have somebody to go-to before they are signed off.

So, whether you're brand new into bartending and are keen to get your hands onto a shaker for the first time or whether you're already a pro at bartending and are looking for a new challenge, we can guarantee that both you and your guests will have the best time possible.

We'll need your commitment, and in return we offer;

• Free hot and soft drinks when on shift
• 50% off food when on shift or dining with guests in any of our venues
• Be yourself uniform policy
• Flexible rota's
• High standards on drink quality and working conditions
• Guaranteed birthday + recovery day after off
• Currency of Kindness scheme allowing you to be paid to give back to local charities to your venue.
• Genuinely industry leading training, enabling you to feel comfortable when working a station and making drinks. Enabling you to feel confident and enjoy your job.
• Our bar blade progression scheme, challenging and developing you in return a higher rate of pay
• Our In Store Trainer scheme, enabling you to develop the next generation of our bartenders
• Opportunity to get involved with developing our menu
• Transparent Tronc policy lead by the team, where 100% of gratuities and service charge to go the team on top of your hourly rate
• 24hr access to employee assistance programme, with counselling, mental health support and financial and legal advice.