🌟 Love working with people, staying busy, and being part of a fun, energetic team? Join us! 🌟
Grass Hoppers at Tong Garden Centre is a vibrant, family-focused destination where no two days are the same. From serving delicious food and drinks to helping create memorable experiences for families, you'll play a key role in keeping everything running smoothly.
If you're friendly, hands-on, and happy to get stuck in wherever needed, we'd love to hear from you!
This is a varied role supporting both our kitchen and front of house operations. You'll help deliver excellent customer service while ensuring our play café remains clean, welcoming, and running efficiently.
Your day-to-day could include:
✅ Taking customer orders and operating the tills
✅ Serving ice creams, cakes, hot and cold drinks
✅ Delivering food and drinks to tables
✅ Clearing and cleaning tables and customer areas
✅ Supporting the kitchen team when required
✅ Keeping the café and play areas clean and presentable between play sessions
✅ Helping maintain high standards of food hygiene and customer service
✅ Pitching in wherever needed to support the team and operational priorities
👉 At Grass Hoppers, teamwork is everything. Everyone gets involved with cleaning and supporting different areas, so flexibility and a positive attitude are essential.
We're more interested in attitude than experience. We can teach the skills; you bring the enthusiasm!
You'll be a great fit if you:
✔ Have previous experience working in a similar Catering role
✔ Enjoy working in a busy, customer-focused environment, this role is on your feet & fast-paced
✔ Are reliable, organised, and ready to get stuck in
✔ Take pride in keeping areas clean, safe, and welcoming
✔ Are flexible and happy to support different tasks throughout the day
✅ Your shifts will be published in advance on our online rota system, giving you plenty of notice to plan your time around work.
Apply now and tell us why you'd make a great addition to Grass Hoppers.
Help us create fantastic experiences for families through great food, great service, great teamwork, and plenty of energy! 🐝💚
Set in 17 acres of beautiful Yorkshire countryside, Tong Garden Centre welcomes you to enjoy shopping for your garden and home here in the heart of Yorkshire!
As one of the biggest independently-owned garden centres in Yorkshire, you can enjoy spending time with us, browsing the extensive outdoor plant department, an enviable range of gift and home accessories as well as garden furniture, all you need to keep your garden looking great all year round and leading brands including Mountain Warehouse and Bonmarché.
And a trip to Tong would not be complete without calling into either our relaxed new look Restaurant for a perfectly hand-crafted coffee, delicious cooked breakfast, daily special or tasty treat.
Families are always welcome to visit Grass Hoppers to have fun in our outdoor adventure playground.
