Food & Beverage Volunteer Assistant
Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk (On-site)
Unpaid role, expenses paid
Voluntary
Actively Interviewing
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Job description
By getting involved you could:
- Join an enthusiastic team and make new friends
- Develop your hospitality skills and put them into practice
- Support the lunch rush be delivering food to people’s tables
- Support on the counter to help serve soup or cakes
- Sign up to holiday, evening or 1 off events such as Theatre, Proms or other performances that may have an ice cream trike or BBQ on offer
- Be trained on the Food and Beverage Buggy to help deliver stock including freshly baked good to other outlets (being trained on the F&B buggy is an optional choice in addition to usual duties)
- Use your smile and customer service skills, so people feel at home
- Help us raise money so we continue our work looking after special places
What's involved?
- Undertake tasks ranging from clearing tables and serving food to washing dishes and supporting behind the counter.
- Use your smile and customer service skills to engage with visitors, share knowledge of the property and generally enhance their visit
- Have a strong working knowledge of our menu, including allergen information, and sharing this with visitors, though any allergy questions should be asked to a team leader, with the support of our allergen book.
- Playing your part to continue our work looking after special places
- Joining an enthusiastic team and making new friends
- Learning and developing a range of skills such as food safety, barista and exceptional service.
- There’s also potential to get involved with the Food & Beverage events calendar.
- You can also opt in to Food and Beverage Buggy training to help deliver freshly baked goods to other outlets on site.
This role will suit you if you are:
- Are cheerful and like being around people – you’ll meet a lot at lunchtime!
- Are looking for a varied role – you’ll be juggling tasks as well as trays of food
- Are keen to be part of a team
- Are good at keeping places looking tidy and welcoming
- Have a keen eye to detail to notice when a visitor needs help
- Love chatting about food, new recipes and where our ingredients come from
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Posted on: 16 July 2025
Closing date: 14 October 2025 at 16:25
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