Front of House Assistant – Cafe

Bluetownonline; Pontefract; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading farm shop and cafe in Pontefract is seeking a Front of House Assistant. This full-time, permanent position involves providing excellent customer service in a vibrant environment, showcasing a genuine passion for making customers happy and delivering exceptional experiences.

Benefits

Company pension

20% discount in Farm Shop

Discounted menu prices while on shift

Qualifications

• Previous front of house experience preferred.
• Barista skills are a plus.
• Strong communication skills and a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Welcoming and serving customers.
• Taking orders with an iPad.
• Clearing and cleaning tables.

Skills

Customer Service

Barista Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Positivity

Job description

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Front of House Assistant – Cafe, Pontefract

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Client:

Bluetownonline

Location:

Pontefract, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

29.05.2025

Expiry Date:

13.07.2025

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Job Description:

Job Title: Front of House Assistant

Location: Farmer Copleys Farm, Pontefract

Salary: From £12.21 per hour

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent. (Day shifts) various days of the week – no less than 30 hours per week.

Farmer Copleys is a multi-award-winning Farm Shop, Café & Events business based in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. On the farm, we grow pumpkins, strawberries, asparagus, rhubarb, raspberries, blackberries, apples and liquorice. We operate seasonal Pick Your Own experiences and in the spring months host our flower fields.

On site we have a farm shop, deli, butchery, bakery, cafe, dessertery and production kitchen.

Everything is available in our farm shop and the shop supplies the delicious ingredients for our Moo Café & Catered events.

We have a skilled and talented team of farmers, butchers, bakers and chefs to grow, make and prepare our range of products and menus for the café, the shop and events and functions. We celebrate and showcase everything that is great about British food and farming.

At the heart of our great Yorkshire business are our values of Friendly, Cheeky, Welcoming, Trusted and Honest. We offer a great farm location for relaxing with coffee and cake or something more hearty and substantial and our genuine, warm and welcoming team are focussed on making our customers happy and ensuring that they have the very best experience possible.

Our Moo Café opens seven days a week and offers a delicious seasonal menu and daily specials. We are now looking for a new Front of House Assistant to join our busy team, ideally someone with previous experience and barista skills – the ability to create the perfect coffee – well lots of them actually!

This is a permanent vacancy not just seasonal cover so we are looking for candidate seeking their forever job.

Day to day duties would also include:

• Welcoming and serving customers with a smile
• Delivering food and drinks to tables
• Taking orders using an iPad
• Clearing and cleaning
• Creating moments that matter

Our ideal candidate will:

• Be knowledgeable and confident
• Have previous front of house experience
• Ideally have previous barista experience
• Have a genuine passion for making people happy
• Have a can-do attitude and a positive outlook with bags of personality
• Have great communication skills because you will be talking to our amazing customers all the time
• Be a hard worker with high levels of enthusiasm and energy.
• Have barista skills
• Opportunity to get involved in events
• Company pension
• Great local business with good ethics
• 20% discount in Farm Shop
• Discounted menu prices while on shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Pontefract WF7 5AF: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Cafe Attendant, Cafe Server, Cafe Worker, Coffee Attendant, Coffee Brewer, Barista, Front