Lebanese Restaurant jobs

Are you searching for an exciting new position within Bristol's newest restaurant enterprise? Are you looking for a role where you will be trained, challenged, and presented with new roles and opportunities? Then Lamaya is the place for you!

Who are we?

Lamaya is a Lebanese restaurant coming to the Finzels Reach area to bring our own taste of Lebanon to Bristol. Our food is hand-prepared and based on traditional Lebanese recipes; we also serve some fantastic cocktails and the best homemade sauces with every dish!

Lamaya has a passion for freshly cooked food and outstanding service. We have huge aspirations, and our number one priority to achieve them is by focusing on our team. Our team are supported along the way from the day they start with us and will achieve great things working with us. By the end of your probation period, you will be fully trained with a deep knowledge of Lebanese cuisine and wines.

Lamaya believes in putting effort and energy into our staff, because if you’re happy, our customers are happy! We offer a novel working environment will high degrees of training and support. We make a point to ensure you’re rewareded with our staff benefits scheme for the hard work you put into our company.

Job Description

We're looking for someone with restaurant or bar experience to join our team, someone who is

- Motivated

- Eager to learn

- Possessing a great customer service mannerism

- Willing to put 100% into their work.

A Lamaya server is our customer service representative and plays an essential role in ensuring our customer's enjoyment and happiness. A good candidate can make loyal customers of first-time patrons and upsell food whilst delivering a personable and friendly service. Our staff need to be dedicated, dynamic and passionate about their role, and delivering only the best service and personality to our customers.

Chef responsibilities include ensuring our food is produced to a high standard, and only sending out perfectly made, delicious food. You will work on our charcoal grills, trained by our own, highly experiencd, head chef in the making of excellent Lebanese food. You must be able to work efficiently in a kitchen, maintaining stringent health and safety protocols and upholding food hygeine standards to the highest degree. We are looking for a candidate that has good experience working in a kitchen, is able to produce excellent food quickly and in quantity when required, and adheres to hygeine standards.

On-site training will be provided prior to the restaurant opening on POS, our menu and other site-specific information. You will be trained on the production of Lebanese foods, such as charcoal-grilled mains, our home sauces, mezza plates and desserts. Any experience with butchery and Lebanese foods is a bonus.

Key Role Responsibilities

- Capability to effieciently and promptly produce excellent food dishes

- Preparing and cooking fresh food to the highest standard.

- To maintain hygeine standards

- Be able to organise and maintain storage of different food items, and work towards minimal wasteage

- Upholding stringent cleaning and health + safety standards

- Deliver exceptional foods even during busy periods

- Quickly learn and adapt to a new menu

Your main goal and responsibility will be to provide high-quality food that will help us maintain and attract customers, build a good reputation, and encourage regular custom. Whether you are a highly experienced chef, or have only recently started a career in food prodicton, at Lamaya there is opportunity to progress and learn within a fantastic working environment.

Role Benefits

We expect commitment from our team members, but we genuinely do believe in rewarding our team, so we have a huge focus on developing skills and benefits to our team. As such, our staff receive

- Competitive salary

- Pension scheme

- Discounted food and soft drinks on your days off

- Food to be provided on the shift

- Flexibility for students

- Full in-house training

- Accruing annual leave

- Tips and gratuities

- Opportunity for progression within the company

- Staff parties

When working at Lamaya, you will become a crucial part of our team and community; we like to care for our staff and their wellbeing. As part of our team, your well being, and advancement will be a huge priority for us.

Thank you for taking the time to apply with us, we look forward to meeting you.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to £15.50 per hour

Additional pay:

• Tips

Benefits:

• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Work Location: In person