The Larder is an award-winning collection of seven unique East and North-East London venues, each with a large and growing customer following in their local areas based on our consistent quality of coffee, food and service.
We are renowned for our coffee quality, using locally-roasted blends and organic milk, La Marzocco machines and a constant training and evaluation process to ensure our Baristas don’t drop the ball. Due to our success and strong reputation we are now expanding and have new venues coming on stream shortly, requiring skilled Baristas and Head Baristas to join the teams in Chingford, Walthamstow and East Ham. We need full-time experienced staff as well as weekend staff in Walthamstow.
We are recruiting experienced Baristas who have mastered the art of relaxed yet professional service and superb coffee quality and will pay £7.75 - £8.75 per hour, dependent on experience, and £9.50 - £10.00 for Head Baristas. We are also looking for a super-flexible individual to work as a Cover Barista, working between all our East London sites to cover staff holidays and other short-term gaps in the Rota, for which we will pay a higher rate.
As a Barista joining the Larder team you will:
- Have a passion for food and drink and a love for great coffee
- Have at minimum 1 years experience of high quality coffee and milk
- Have an understanding of the machine and grinder
- Be comfortable helping out in all aspects of the service when not making coffee
- Have a good manner with customers and be a natural in hospitality
- Get on well with colleagues working with mutual respect
- Show a flexible attitude and a willingness to learn more about the industry
- Perform well under pressure without losing sight of the high standards expected
As a Head Barista you will have all of the above along with the experience and desire to ‘own’ the coffee offering, taking responsibility for calibrating the machine and grinder and adapting those to the environment as the day progresses, as well as performing basic maintenance. You will work closely with the roastery, keeping in touch with trends and ideas for new drinks as well as training junior baristas and maintaining the quality and consistency of our brews.
Benefits and rewards:
* Competitive pay rates with early pay rise for strong performers
* Career development - as an expanding business we offer routes into management for those who wish to progress their career
* Training - you will have the opportunity to work closely with our local coffee roaster, with training provided to supplement your existing skills, plus invitations to the roastery and to cupping events
* Proper contracts, no zero hours contracts
* Flexible working hours - we can offer either four or five day weeks to suit your lifestyle
* 28 days annual leave
* Staff and Family discounts
* Free hot beverages and lunch on shifts
Please apply by email with an up-to-date CV and covering note, mentioning which location you would like to work at. Due to the high volume of applicants we will only reply to those who have the appropriate level of relevant experience. In your covering note please explain in a short paragraph why the Larder is right for you and how the Larder would benefit from your experience.
Please give thought to travel arrangements before applying, as these are not central London roles.