Tesco UK • Amesbury • Permanent • Apply by 23-Sep-2025
Overview
Tea is brewing. Café doors are opening. The day is about to start, and so are our café team members. They\'re the talented people making every day a little better for our customers. Now, you can join them.
As a Team Member in our café, you\'re part of everything - a bit of cooking, a bit of chatting with customers, and a lot of impact. As someone dedicated to great service, you\'ll make sure that every dish you prepare and serve lives up to the promise of our menu and meets all safety standards. You\'ll also help keep everything, from kitchen equipment to customer tables, tidy and clean.
It\'s a lively role, full of everyday challenges, and offers flexible working hours, opportunities for progression and more.
New colleagues joining Tesco Cafes are offered a minimum of 16 guaranteed hours each week, with options to work fewer hours (to a minimum of 12) if desired.
The availability windows below show the periods of time in the week we would like you to be available to work. We will schedule your contracted hours within these times, and you\'ll have 3 weeks\' notice of exactly when your shifts will be. We are happy to consider close matches to the advertised times. Read more about our approach in the policy notes.
Please note that you need to be 18 or over to apply for this role.
What is in it for you
Alongside a fantastic work life balance, we offer excellent benefits that help make The Café a great place to work. These include but aren\'t limited to:
* Colleague Clubcard after 3 months service - 10% increasing to 15% after every pay day for a four-day period, off most purchases at Tesco
* Request flexible working from day one
* Retirement savings plan
* Life Assurance
* Access to free wellbeing services with resources to support mind, body, and life
* Exclusive deals and discounts website saving money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills
* Uniform provided and policies to support you for all of life\'s moments
* Holiday starting at 28 days (Including Bank Holidays)
* Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues from a range of backgrounds
Responsibilities
As duties depend on Tesco\'s needs, the following outlines the role\'s key responsibilities and measures:
* Keeping kitchen equipment and utensils clean and tidy.
* Serving customers quickly, efficiently and with care.
* Following food safety and hygiene regulations while keeping daily records.
* Practising first in, first out (FIFO) stock rotation to keep our food fresh.
* Accepting deliveries and handling the safe storage of food.
* Being aware of (and following) all operational policies and procedures.
* Preparing, cooking, and serving food according to our café\'s menu.
* Maintaining standards and ensuring all food products are available.
* Knowing the café\'s menu and serving food as intended.
* Resolving customer complaints and passing information to the Café Manager.
* Staying up-to-date with business communications and new initiatives.
* Clearing and sanitising tables to keep the café clean.
Requirements
* A commitment to hospitality and excellent customer service.
* Knowledge of Health and Safety standards.
* The ability to work efficiently and maintain a clean environment.
Personal attributes
* Comfortable working in a team.
* Great communicator with a proactive attitude.
* Ability to multitask and work well under pressure.
* Confident using your initiative to improve ways of working.
* Good at planning and keeping things organised.
* Adaptable to working in the buzz of a fast-paced environment.
About us
With 329 Cafes across the country and counting, our teams work closely to ensure the customer experience is of the highest standard. Tesco Cafes are a great place to work, with a genuine family feel.
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, you can be yourself at work. We\'re a place where Everyone\'s Welcome.
We know life looks different for each of us. We welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers; others seek flexibility, caring responsibilities, retirement, or other life moments. Talk to us about how we can support you.
We\'re proud to be accredited Disability Confident Leader and provide an accessible recruitment process. For information on accessibility support, please contact us.
On occasions of high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date to manage applicants. We will offer feedback to candidates who attend an interview.
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