Summary: Be part of a newly created team in a beautiful, ambitious café & food hall, located front and centre in the ground floor of our mixed use hospitality and workspace building in Peckham. You will be involved in all parts of the day to day life of the café & food hall, preparing hot and cold food and drinks, welcoming and serving our customers and maintaining very high standards of upkeep and visual presentation to help us create an excellent, well established neighbourhood destination. With expert training offered, this is a great opportunity to work in a collaborative, progressive venue which is full of life and open to all. We’re looking for an organised, highly diligent person who loves to connect with and serve customers to ensure an exceptional and memorable experience. Applicants should have at least 1 year experience in speciality coffee, and ideally up to 2 years working in a high paced environment. SCA foundation is a bonus but not essential. You’ll be working with a range of Conti, on-demand grinders, Puq press and batch brew machinery, so will need to be comfortable calibrating grinders, managing workflow, and prioritising drinks as they come in. Having an understanding of working to recipe and tweaking where necessary to achieve desired flavour is a must.
Company Description: Rye Lane Cornerhouse is home to a huge number of independently operated small businesses in the centre of Peckham. We run a shared workspace (via our sister company Market Peckham) and food hall, as well as acting as landlord and building manager to a music venue, gym, rooftop bar and restaurant. We’re a multifaceted, independent business focussing on offering an evolving, high quality platform for a diverse group of businesses and operators, which translates into an energetic and varied local destination for our customers. As we evolve and grow our operations to launch a new café in May, we’re looking for a professional and welcoming café team who can embed themselves in the life of our building, and work in an engaged and positive way to maximise our collective offer, customer service, local appeal and footfall.
Who are we looking for?: We would love someone who is; Barrista trained (but training will be provided) Able to evaluate espresso extraction Interested in basic menu creation and its delivery Great with customers and able to elevate their experience beyond the norm Professional and good with getting the details right Energetic and hard working Calm under pressure Willing to get stuck in Based in southeast London The more of these you’ve got the better a fit we think you’ll be.
What is being offered? We offer competitive salaries with a share of tips/Tronc, as well as training and support for all our team. We are looking for someone who is able to commit for at least 30 hours per week including some weekend shifts, and is flexible to adjust to business needs. There are opportunities for a greater number of regular hours as well as occasional additional hours during busier periods and to cover holidays/sickness.
If you’re interested we’d love to hear from you!
