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Tasty Crousty London is seeking an enthusiastic, friendly and customer-focused individuals to join the front-of-house team at East London. We are looking for people who genuinely enjoy interacting with others, have a naturally warm and welcoming personality, and can create a positive experience for every customer. The ideal candidates will be outgoing, approachable and confident when speaking with customers, with the ability to remain professional and positive in a busy, fast-paced environment. This role involves more than simply operating a till. We want team members who take the initiative to welcome customers, explain our products and go the extra mile to ensure every customer feels valued. Key Responsibilities • Welcome customers: Greet every customer with a friendly attitude, a genuine smile and a willingness to help., • Explain our products: Confidently introduce customers to our menu, explain our products and answer questions to help them make informed choices., • Engage with customers: Naturally initiate conversations, identify customer needs and provide assistance without being pushy., • Deliver excellent customer service: Go above and beyond to create a welcoming and positive customer experience., • Operate the till: Process orders and payments accurately using the company's point-of-sale system., • Maintain efficient service: Handle orders promptly and accurately, particularly during busy periods., • Work under pressure: Stay calm, organised and approachable during peak hours and late-night shifts., • Maintain front-of-house standards: Keep the counter and customer-facing areas clean, tidy and presentable., • Support the team: Communicate effectively with kitchen staff and colleagues to ensure smooth service., • Follow procedures: Comply with company policies and relevant food hygiene, health and safety and cash-handling standards. The Ideal Candidate We value personality, attitude and customer-service skills. The successful candidates should be: • Naturally friendly and outgoing: Someone who smiles, enjoys talking to people and makes customers feel welcome., • Customer-oriented: Someone who genuinely wants to help customers rather than simply take orders and process payments., • Confident and approachable: Comfortable starting conversations, explaining products and answering questions., • Proactive: Able to recognise when a customer needs help and take the initiative to assist., • Positive and professional: Able to maintain a pleasant attitude even when dealing with difficult situations., • Comfortable under pressure: Capable of working efficiently in a fast-paced restaurant environment., • Reliable and punctual: Dependable, responsible and committed to high standards., • A team player: Willing to support colleagues and contribute to a positive working environment. Previous experience in hospitality, retail, customer service or cashier roles is advantageous but not essential. We are particularly interested in candidates with the right personality, a willingness to learn and a strong work ethic. Working Hours and Availability This is a full-time position requiring flexibility to work according to the restaurant's operational needs. • Evening and late-night availability is essential., • Availability to work weekends and during busy periods is required., • Candidates must be able to commit to a full-time schedule and the shift patterns required by the business. What We Offer • Training on our products, menu, point-of-sale system and customer-service standards., • The opportunity to develop customer-service, communication and operational skills., • Experience working in a busy, customer-focused restaurant environment., • A team environment where initiative, reliability and excellent service are valued.

🎹 GENERAL MANAGER - BERINGERS All-day brasserie and piano bar | London City Island, E14 Full-time | Salary plus tips and service charge | [Bonus Scheme | Immediate start In 1895, a man called Guy Beringer wrote a letter to the press complaining about Sunday lunch. He had a point. Victorian Sundays meant getting up early for a heavy, joyless meal, usually while regretting the night before. Beringer proposed something better: push the whole thing back to midday, combine breakfast and lunch, and let people linger. He called it brunch. His argument was never really about food. Breakfast, he wrote, suits solitude. Brunch is cheerful, sociable, talk-compelling. It sweeps away the worries and cobwebs of the week. He finished with a postscript that we've taken rather seriously: beer and whiskey are admitted as substitutes for tea and coffee. We named the place after him. Beringers is our attempt to build brunch the way he actually meant it - not a queue and a 90-minute table turn, but a long, unhurried, sociable affair that starts with coffee and has no particular obligation to end. ☕ FOUR MONTHS IN We opened on London City Island at the start of this year, and it has gone better than we hoped. The room has found its people. Residents who come in every week. Tables that book at midday and are still there at six, having moved from brunch to a bottle of wine to the terrace for a spritz. Late nights at the bar where nobody's watching the clock. The regulars know our team by name and, increasingly, know each other. Our opening team has built something genuinely special from a standing start, and we're proud of them. Now we want to take it to the next level - and for that we need a General Manager. 🍸 THE VENUE All-day brasserie. Doors at 7am for coffee and the Pantry, through brunch and lunch, into a full evening menu. Signature dishes people come back for: Duck and Egg Waffles, the wild mushroom omelette, Nduja Toast. Piano bar. A baby grand at the heart of the room, live performances several times a week, and a proper cocktail list. Our Piano Plates are the signature - tapas-style sharing dishes built to be picked at slowly with a drink in the other hand. Terrace. Where a long lunch quietly becomes an evening. Events. Concert Nights, Uncork and Unwind wine tastings, tribute evenings, festival collaborations, private hires and the 1895 Club membership programme. There's a calendar, and it's growing. Full table service throughout. This is a restaurant, run properly. 🎶 ONE THING THAT MATTERS MORE HERE THAN MOST PLACES Music sets the room. It's the single biggest lever you have over how Beringers feels, and we take it seriously. The right playlist at 8am is not the right playlist at 8pm. Sunday afternoon is not Friday night. Knowing when to lift the room, when to let it settle, when to turn it up because the bar has found its second wind - that's a craft, and we want a GM who has it. You'll also work with our resident musicians and programme the live schedule alongside our events team. If you've ever changed a playlist mid-service because the room needed something else, you'll know exactly what we mean. 🚀 THE ROLE You'll take full ownership of Beringers City Island, reporting directly to senior management. Running the floor. Leading service from the pass to the door, at the standard we've set. Present in the room, known to the regulars, hands on when it counts. Leading the team. Recruiting, training, developing and retaining a front of house team that's already good and can be better. Rotas, structure, clear standards and a culture people want to stay in. The commercial side. Full P&L accountability: revenue, GP, labour cost, stock and controls. You'll be given real numbers, real targets and real autonomy to hit them. Growing covers. Building the reservations book, the regulars, the events diary and the 1895 Club. Making a busy Tuesday as good as a busy Saturday. Working with the kitchen. A genuine partnership on menu development, execution and consistency. The unglamorous but essential. Food safety, health and safety, licensing, compliance, reviews and everything else that keeps a venue running properly. Shaping what's next. Menus, events, ideas, the evening offer. We're four months old. There's plenty still to write, and we want a GM with opinions. 🔥 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR • Proven experience as a General Manager, or a strong Assistant GM or Restaurant Manager ready to step up, • Genuine restaurant background - full table service, food-led, quality-driven, • Real commercial confidence. Comfortable with a P&L, labour percentages, GP and stock, • A leader people want to work for. We'd rather hear about a team you developed than a team you managed, • A natural host who understands that regulars are built one conversation at a time, • Instinctive about atmosphere - music, lighting, pace, energy, • Bar and cocktail knowledge, or the enthusiasm to get properly involved, • Personal Licence holder preferred, or willing to obtain one, • Someone who wants to build something rather than maintain it You do not need a piano bar on your CV. You need to care about rooms that feel good and people who come back. WHAT WE OFFER • Salary reviewed as the site grows. (Inc. performance bonus scheme), • Tips and service charge, • Real autonomy. This is your site to run, not a script to follow., • A group that's growing. Beringers Wandsworth opens this winter, and The Bull Group also runs Lockdown, Supershakes, The Observatory and The Eleventh Hour across London. We promote from within wherever we can, and there's a genuine path here for someone who wants one., • A Sunday & Monday close at 5pm, which in an all-day restaurant is rarer than it sounds, • Food and drinks on shift, plus discounts across every venue in the group, • Involvement in menu development, supplier tastings and the events programme, • Direct access to senior management. Small group, short decision chain, ideas get heard., • 28 days holiday ⚡ WHY THIS ONE Most General Manager jobs in London are about maintaining something that already exists. This one is four months old, in a growing group, with a story worth telling, a room people are already protective of, and enough left to build that your fingerprints will be all over it a year from now. If that's the job you've been waiting for, we'd like to hear from you. 👋 HOW TO APPLY Hit apply and send us a short message about why you'd be good for this GM role at Beringers. We read every application and reply to everyone. From there it's a short call, then we'd love to have you in - see the venue, meet the team, have a coffee and a proper conversation about where Beringers goes next. Beringers, 45 Hope Street, Leamouth Peninsula, London E14 0QG. Part of The Bull Group.

We are a e-bike rental company, we are looking for staff to help customers onboard our subscription service. Must be good with talking to customers. Will require very basic repair skills with all training provided. We strive to be the best in customer service and so our staff must be the same

53rd Floor Sky Lounge, Wardian, Canary Wharf E14 Full-time | Tips & Service Charge | Immediate start 🌆 Most bars have a view or a community. The Observatory has both - 53 floors above London. The Observatory is a Sky Bar & Restaurant on the 53rd floor of Wardian, looking out over Canary Wharf and the whole of London. It's one of the highest bars in the city - and it's exclusively for the developments residents & their guests. That last part is what makes this job different from every other Head Bartender role you'll scroll past today (well maybe the views as well). You're not serving a queue of strangers. You're looking after a community of around 1,500 residents & their guests who treat this as their local, their living room and their party venue. Regulars come in weekly. You'll know their names, their drinks and their birthdays. It has the feel of a private members' club, without the stiffness. We're looking for someone to take real ownership of it. 🚀 THE ROLE You'll help run The Observatory Bar day to day - leading the small team, keeping cocktail and service standards high, and being the face residents come to. Alongside that, the venue hosts a busy year-round events calendar: birthdays, engagements, weddings, seasonal parties and private hires, plus the events we programme ourselves. To be clear about the events side: you're the host, not the event planner. Our dedicated events team handles the logistics, the planning and the bigger productions. Your part is being the person residents talk to, helping shape the drinks and the feel of the night, and delivering it brilliantly on the day. If you've worked functions or private hires before, you'll be right at home. If you're a superb bartender who's keen to grow into that side, we'll teach you. Day to day you'll: • Lead from the front behind the bar, delivering excellent cocktails and genuine hospitality, • Take ownership of the running of the bar - standards, stock, ordering, prep and organisation, • Build real relationships with residents and be their first point of contact for bookings, • Look after resident celebrations and private hires from enquiry through to the night itself, • Lead, train and develop the team, • Work with our events team on the larger bookings and the annual events calendar, • Grow the events side of the venue and get residents using the space more, • Work with senior management on drinks menus, and where The Observatory goes next as we enter an exciting new chapter. 💥 WHAT YOU'LL GET • Tips and service charge on top of your pay., • ⏰ Sociable hours. We open at 4pm on weekdays and midday at weekends. No breakfast shifts, no 3am finishes, no split shifts., • Genuine ownership of a unique venue rather than one site among many, • 📈 Room to grow. We're a multi-site London group - Supershakes, Beringers, Lockdown, The Eleventh Hour - and we'd far rather promote from within than recruit in., • Involvement in menu development, supplier tastings and the events programme, • Staff food and drinks on shift, plus discounts across all our venues, • Support from an experienced events and senior hospitality team, • A team that actually enjoys working together, • days holiday 🔥 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR • Solid bartending experience, ideally with time in a management or senior role, • Strong cocktail knowledge and consistency under pressure, • Some experience of events, functions or private hires - or real appetite to learn it, • A natural host who genuinely likes people and remembers them, • Organised, proactive and comfortable owning a space, • Calm and confident through a busy service, • Someone who cares about the details, because our regulars notice them And honestly: we're looking for someone who wants to stay. Building a relationship with a community of regulars takes time, and it's the best part of this job - but only if you're here long enough to enjoy it. If you're looking for somewhere to settle, put your stamp on and grow with, this is it. ⚡ WHY THIS ONE There aren't many jobs like this in London. One shift you're making cocktails for a couple who come in every Friday. The next you're helping them plan their engagement party, 53 floors above the city. If that sounds like the kind of place you'd like to run, we'd love to meet you. Apply now and let's have a chat 👋

About Us: We are at the cutting edge of operational efficiency and technological innovation. We are looking for an AI Specialist who lives and breathes modern automation, artificial intelligence, and workflow optimization. If you are someone who looks at a manual business process and immediately thinks, "I can build an AI agent and a webhook to do that in 10 minutes," we want to talk to you. Position Overview: We are seeking a hands-on, resourceful AI Automation Specialist to design, build, and deploy intelligent workflows, custom AI chatbots, and automated pipelines. You will bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI models (like Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI, etc.) and everyday business operations using tools like n8n, Make.com, and Claude Code. You won’t just be writing prompts; you will be architecting end-to-end autonomous systems that save time, reduce human error, and scale our operations. Please express in comments that you do AI Automation. (Please do not apply if you're not an AI Specialist).

The Role & Expectations Airless Sprayer Operator: Must be confident in handling equipment like airless systems, achieving a flawless, smooth finish on walls and ceilings, and maintaining gear. Professional Masker: Must have a sharp eye for detail, working efficiently to tape, sheet, and protect surfaces before spraying begins to ensure a crisp, zero-overspray finish. Experience Required: Proven experience in the field is a must—please do not reach out unless you are confident in your trade skills and can demonstrate past work. Pay & Progression Pay rate starts on a competitive hourly basis. Shifts to a fixed/per-job rate once your skill level and speed are proven on-site. If you’ve got the hustle, the trade skills, and want to be part of a driven youth-led team building something real, drop us a direct message with your experience to talk numbers. Let's work! 🚀🎨

Shift Leader - Wood Wharf Wood Wharf 14 Water St, Building D1/D2, London, E14 5GX, UNITED KINGDOM £16.62/hour Part Time The role Crate Wood Wharf is our newest venue, and we're looking for a Shift Leader to help keep it running at its best. This is the job that holds a shift together. You'll be on the floor and behind the bar, making sure service flows, guests are looked after, and the team has what it needs to do their best work. You're the link between the team and senior leaders: the person who spots the problem before it becomes one, and the one people come to when something needs sorting. We're after someone who is open, honest, straight-talking, and genuinely good with people. What you'll be doing Looking after guests • Bar service, greeting people as they arrive and come to the bar, • Talking people through the menu and making recommendations where needed, • Running pizzas to tables in good time, • Handling questions and complaints properly, including when a manager isn't on site, • Being an ambassador for Crate whenever you're on site Running the shift • Overseeing service so it flows, with the right people in the right roles, • Organising breaks, • Escalating what needs escalating, eg staff disputes, guest complaints, quality concerns, • Keeping the venue looking and feeling its best: layout, lighting, music, temperature, • Staying calm and methodical throughout service Standards and safety • Being the eyes and ears of the team, flagging developing risk situations to a manager or security, • Toilet checks and tidies, back of house, staff areas and waste management, • Correct stock storage and beer lines kept to the highest standard, • Reporting and chasing maintenance issues quickly Opening and closing • Opening up and having the venue ready to welcome guests by 12:00, • Printing and completing the paperwork: Opening Briefs, Toilet Checklists, Close Down Sheets, Waste Sheets, compliance diary, • Opening the EOD system and writing an accurate End of Day report for your shift, • Checking everyone has clocked in and out, • Assigning and signing off closing tasks, • Logging lost property in the EOD report and securing it, • Ensuring the building is secure on close What we're looking for • Experience leading shifts or supervising in a busy bar, pub or restaurant, • Someone who'd rather deal with a problem than pass it on, • Real interest in beer and drinks, and the appetite to learn our range properly, • Confidence handling a complaint or a difficult guest on your own, • Availability across a variable rota, including evenings and weekends What you get • Free staff meal and a drink on shift, plus staff soft drinks, • Generous staff discount across the whole company - bars and online shop, • Summer and winter whole-company staff parties, • Cycle to work bicycle loan scheme, • Career development opportunities, • Employee assistance programme Apply Hit apply and answer a few short questions. Tell us what you've run, and what you'd bring to a shift at Wood Wharf.