KEY DATES
Recruitment open days: Monday 7 September & Saturday 12 September
Training: Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 September
Open to the public: Friday 25 - Sunday 27 September
Further event dates: Weekends 3-4 & 10-11 October; then daily 15 October - 1 November
Availability is required for weekends and the daily half-term run; selected evening Pumpkin Nights may also be required.
The Role
From busy daytime sessions to atmospheric Pumpkin Nights, the bar is an important part of the Hobbledown Heath Pumpkin Patch experience. As a Bar Host, you'll combine fast, accurate service with warm Hobbledown hospitality, preparing drinks, handling payments and keeping the bar clean, stocked and ready for the next rush. You'll need to be equally comfortable chatting with families and working at pace when queues build.
What you'll be doing
- Welcome guests, take orders and prepare and serve hot, cold and alcoholic drinks consistently, following recipes, measures and presentation standards.
- Process cash and card transactions accurately, complete till checks as directed and raise any payment or pricing issues promptly.
- Know the menu, recommend and upsell seasonal drinks and snacks, explain available options, and refer allergen questions through the correct process.
- Follow food-hygiene, health-and-safety, licensing and Challenge 25 procedures, escalating refusals of service or guest concerns to a supervisor.
- Restock and rotate products, monitor levels and waste, support opening and closing tasks, and keep bars, counters and queue areas clean and organised.
What we're looking for
- A friendly, attentive and confident host who enjoys guest contact and can stay composed during busy service periods.
- Good accuracy and basic numeracy, with the confidence to use tills, follow recipes and manage several orders at once.
- Reliable and flexible availability across weekends, the daily half-term run and selected evening Pumpkin Nights.
- Stamina for standing, carrying stock and working in an outdoor event environment, together with a practical and supportive team attitude.
Experience that helps (not essential)
Experience in a bar, café, restaurant, festival, visitor attraction, kiosk or high-volume retail setting all translates well. Barista, till or stock-control experience is useful but not essential, as full role training will be provided.
Why join Hobbledown?
You'll join a friendly seasonal food-and-drink team, receive full training and work in a lively event setting that shifts from relaxed autumn days to atmospheric evenings, with plenty of variety and shared team energy.
Escapade Group is a growing UK operator of visitor attractions and leisure experiences, built around a simple belief in the importance of play, adventure, imagination and creating extraordinary shared experiences.
Our family of attractions includes Hobbledown Epsom, Hobbledown Heath, Gripped London, Kidspace Croydon, Kidspace Romford, Watermouth Castle and Farmer Ted’s Adventure Farm.
Across the Group, our teams share a passion for creativity, teamwork and delivering outstanding experiences for our guests. What began with a desire to create places where families could genuinely enjoy spending time together has grown into a diverse collection of attractions visited by hundreds of thousands of guests.
We’re an ambitious, people-focused business that continues to grow — and we’re always looking for enthusiastic people who want to come along for the adventure.
