Door Host - Southbank

Caravan Restaurants and Coffee Roasters; Greater London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals

Dining discount

Coffee retail discount

Wellbeing support

Financial education & support

Leadership training and development

Dining voucher on start/work annivers

Job summary

Caravan Restaurants and Coffee Roasters in London is seeking an exceptional Door Host to start the guest journey with a memorable first impression. You will own the door, manage the queue, and work with the team to ensure every guest leaves delighted.

Joining our tenth and biggest Caravan at Southbank, you’ll be part of a two-floor venue with multiple bars and real opportunity to shape guest experience from day one.

Responsibilities

• Starting the guest journey with a bang! Engaging with passersby and using your genuine personality to make everyone feel welcome
• Taking full ownership of the door and helping create the kind of hospitality people want to come back for
• Developing your own skills & knowledge and sharing that knowledge with your team
• Supporting all your colleagues; making sure everyone feels welcome, and smashing each service as a team
• Working closely with the wider restaurant team to give every guest the best experience possible

Job description

This November, we’re opening our tenth, and biggest Caravan at the Southbank. And we’re looking for an exceptional Door Host who knows how to kick things off with an awesome hello & can awe from the very first impression! We’re after someone kind, confident, high-energy and genuinely passionate about what they do. Someone who knows how to own a wait list, manage a queue and gets a kick out working in a team to give everyone who walks through the door, the best experience possible.

You’ll be joining Caravan as we open a special new restaurant, with two floors, multiple bars and plenty of opportunity to make your mark from day one.

Door Host - Southbank

Company: Caravan Restaurants and Coffee Roasters

Salary: £16.20 to £16.20 an hour

Hours: Full-time

Location: London, SE1 8XX

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 12 Oct 2026

Closing date: 11 Nov 2026

The role

As Door Host, you’ll work with all departments to make sure every guest’s journey runs beautifully whenever you’re in the building. That means engaging in the Caravan culture, hospitality, adding special moments, and making sure every one of your guests that leaves the restaurant has the best experience possible.

What you’ll be doing as Door Host

• Starting the guest journey with a bang! Engaging with passersby and using your genuine personality to make everyone feel welcome
• Taking full ownership of the door and helping create the kind of hospitality people want to come back for
• Developing your own skills & knowledge and sharing that knowledge with your team
• Supporting all your colleagues; making sure everyone feels welcome, and smashing each service as a team
• Working closely with the wider restaurant team to give every guest the best experience possible

Why Caravan?

Since 2010, we’ve been serving well-travelled food, specialty coffee and drinks inspired by flavours and ideas from around the world.

We’re a business built around curious people. People who care about what they do, look out for each other and aren’t afraid to try something new. With more openings ahead and a big focus on developing our own people, there’s plenty of room to grow with us too.

Plus, when you work at Caravan you enjoy:

• Free meals & drinks when on shift
• 50% dining discount with up to 4 mates
• 20% coffee retail discount
• Extensive wellbeing support
• Financial health education & support
• Leadership training and development
• A dining voucher when you start, on your birthday and your work anniversary, to spend in any of our restaurants
• Real career progression - 80% of our management roles are filled internally

Our values

• All welcome - We make space for everyone at our table
• No boundaries - Grow, develop and thrive, just a little bit each day
• Caravan of Love - Bring the energy, and be part of the change you want to see in the world
• Well-travelled - Be curious; learn, taste, experiment and share that knowledge with those you meet along the way

Sustainability

We're all in on both environmental and social sustainability practices. Every team member plays their part in maintaining our B-Corp certification targets.

Diversity & Inclusion

Everyone's welcome at Caravan. We respect individual differences in identity, culture and experience, with our team, and with every guest.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme