With our exciting new Heart of Africa zone opening in Spring 2025, we now have a number of exciting temporary opportunities within our Food & Beverage teams.

OUR REQUIREMENTS

• Be passionate about excellent customer service and be a strong communicator
• Be confident, flexible and approachable with a “can do” attitude
• Experience of working within a fast-paced Food & Beverage environment, as well as experience of cash handling and using EPOS systems would be advantageous

MORE ABOUT US

As the UK’s biggest and best zoo, we have ambitious goals, exciting plans, and there’s always lots going on here. We’re an inclusive and diverse organisation, made up of nearly 600 permanent and 500 temporary team members.
We’re not just an amazing, award-winning visitor attraction that’s home to 37,000 incredible animals inside 128 acres of stunning gardens. We’re not just the UK’s most popular zoo. We’re a major wildlife charity that’s committed to the recovery of endangered species, globally. We are Chester Zoo and we prevent extinction.

THE ROLE:

As a Food & Beverage Assistant, you will be working in one of our restaurants, coffee shops, kiosks, our 450 seater street-kitchen serving Indonesian inspired street-food, or even the Oakfield, our award winning British gastro-pub and once home to the zoo’s founder, George Mottershead and his family. Take a look at the places you may be working here!

You will:

• Provide excellent customer service
• Prepare a variety of food & drinks for our visitors
• Handle cash and card payments
• Ensure our units are kept stocked and clean

We are looking for people who are flexible to work across these different units and carry out a variety of tasks as part of our ’One Team’ approach, supporting our colleagues to serve our 2 million visitors. No two days will be the same!