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Café Cook /Chef
We are looking for a Cook or Chef who is skilled in baking to work in our kitchen team here at Bell Plantation Café.
Within the Café all our food is made to order, we offer a range of cooked breakfasts, sandwiches, hot food and daily specials, in addition to this we bake all our own cakes, scones, desserts and savoury items to sell in our onsite Food Hall.
The right candidate enjoys producing fresh and delicious food in a very efficient manner. We are looking for someone who possesses baking skills which will keep the cafe stocked with fresh cakes, scones, traybakes and lots of other delicious items. There is also opportunity to create and develop a range of sweet and savoury items to sell in our on site food hall.
We want to hear from you if you can bring ideas, baking and cooking skills, leadership, creativity, enthusiasm and energy to our already lively and busy kitchen.
The role also requires you to prepare and create a range of hot and cold dishes to order for our Café customers, you’ll follow the menu plan to a very high standard and deliver the food within agreed time periods in line with food hygiene law.
We expect our Chefs to take responsibility for the ordering, cleanliness and tidiness of the kitchen, planning and production of all food on offer.
The role would require early starts from 6.30am, the position offers a fantastic work life balance, alternative weekend work is required. There are no split shifts and no evenings required.
The Café has around 140 covers with plans to expand this to 220 covers in spring 2020 with the addition of a brand new 150sqm kitchen. The role therefore offers excellent development opportunities for the right candidate.
Experience Required – Baking/Cooking: 1 year (Required)
Café Assistant
We are an expanding Cafe which will soon include an Indoor play facility. We are looking to hire several energetic people to work as Cafe Assistants in our fantastic team at the Bell Plantation Café. No experience is necessary as full training will be given, a strong customer focus is essential with Immediate start.
This position is for 20-30 hours per week this is to include an alternative weekend pattern and short weekday shifts to help during the busy times. We do not require you to work evenings or split shifts, unless for special events.
Within the Café all our food is made to order, we offer a range of cooked breakfasts, sandwiches, hot food and daily specials, in addition to this we bake all our own cakes, scones, desserts and savoury items to sell in our onsite Farm Shop.
The right candidate enjoys working in a team in a very efficient manner with excellent customer service skills, this is a dynamic role which with require you to work a range of jobs from basic food prep, coffee making to serving on the till.
Located within the Bell Plantation Garden Centre at Towcester, the Cafe is open Mon-Sat 9.00-17.00 and Sunday 10.00-16.00.
We want to hear from you if you can bring ideas enthusiasm and energy to our already lively and busy Café
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WHERE TO FIND US
Watling Street
Towcester
Northants
NN12 6GX
United Kingdom
HOW TO CALL US
01327 354 126
FEEL FREE TO EMAIL US
enquiries@bellplantation.co.uk
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Garden Centre, Food Hall & Poultry Centre
Mon-Sat: 10am to 5:30pm
Sunday: 10:30am to 4:30pm
Café
Mon to Sat: 9 am- 5 pm
Sun: 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Good large garden centre, we come 20 mins drive to get here. Wide variety of local produce from food to seeds and sheds as well as plants and trees. Also sell live poultry and caters for large animals like horses. Good for bird things but less so for cats. Good selection of alpines and pots. Have and will continue to return. I would bring my mum here.
Red Leicester
13:14 03 Jun 20
Social distancing well established and good stock too
Andy Whiting
15:06 31 May 20
Open and the staff are very helpful
Neil
11:57 30 May 20
Very good helpful friendly and very well managed
Janet Mawby
05:24 28 May 20
Lovely place and very helpful friendly staff
Brad Anthony
17:52 27 May 20
Not many plants at moment sign of the times
Ean Freund
09:59 27 May 20
Bought two quail, plus feeder etc Really helpful staff and great service
Andrew McQuiggin
11:26 24 May 20
Excellent service with my online order during difficult times. Plants good quality and thriving. Thank you.
Jane Chapman
07:57 18 May 20
Always a fantastic selection of products on offer - especially their Christmas decorations. Although it could be argued that you can find similar products for less money elsewhere, the quality at Bell is top notch and (usually) worth the premium. Only criticisms are the surface and layout of the car park (both poor) and the short opening hours. Other than that, it’s pretty much spot on.
Jayco
22:07 20 Apr 20
Good place for poultry and gardening purchase
Niaz Chowdhury
18:14 17 Feb 20
A lovely garden centre with quite a few quaint shops around. Cafe is lovely and very popular. Goods to buy are very expensive though.
Stupensardi 278
16:53 15 Feb 20
Wonderful place .staff really lovely and food is excellent. Only complaint it is freezing cold in conservatory where we were eating with side door continually opening..
Mo Palmer
11:27 14 Jan 20
Love this place. Great things for the garden and love stopping for a nice coffee.
Jennifer Evans
21:17 05 Dec 19
This is a lovely and judging by the building work going on, ever expanding nursery with associated businesses around the site. These include a pet shop, vintage collectors store, hot tubs, clothing and a good cafe. They had an Amazing selection of plants and the biggest display of succulents I have seen when I visited in September but some of the plant display had been given over to many Christmas display counters. Also have a lovely selection of gifts, vases, outdoor clothing etc.Outside there are many more plants and also live poultry if you fancy having fresh eggs every day.Overall one of the best nurseries in the area and well worth a visit.
G Flinders
20:50 25 Nov 19
Is .....G R E A T....t.t.t....🎩
Zdzislaw Burdzy
17:07 22 Oct 19
Nice place, lots of things to look at
peter wilson
11:07 18 Aug 19
As we buy all of our chicken and duck food from here the young lad in poultry section was very knowledgeable about the feed and stock and could not have been more helpful
David Hinks
07:54 21 Jul 19
Fabulous choice of things to see and buy. Amazing staff who are all friendly and helpful.The store card has great discount.We will come often even though we live 30 miles away😉
Doreen Chand
08:50 05 Jul 19
Brilliant garden centre!
Eduard Kriegler
15:10 23 Jun 19
A fantastic garden centre. Staff are very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Nothing is to much, they will spend time with you showing you round the plants to get just what you need with plenty of advice given. Definitely worth a visit.
Elleb
15:27 28 Feb 19
friendly and helpful staff, a well stocked with real ale from local brewers
Neal Gibson
22:49 07 Feb 19
Lovely place great staff great food all superb experience
Jenny Kirkwood
17:22 02 Feb 19
Always a great cup of coffee and delicious breads and cakes.
david long
08:47 31 Jan 19
Staff very friendly have been there many times to purchase poultry very happy
Patrick Devine
18:24 08 Dec 18
Helpful polite friendly staff, quality plants, great cafe, what more could you need.
Dave Lindsell
16:45 31 Jul 18
loved the frock & shoe shop. Very different than the high street shops
Robert Brogden
11:41 09 Jun 18
Nice little garden centre, nice cafe/restaurant, some shops selling shoes dresses bric~ a ~brag, etc.
alan taylor
16:44 12 May 18
A must visit garden centre!
james hobbs
18:38 13 Apr 18
Great cafe. Staff very friendly and helpful. The menu is traditional fare well turned out.
Mark Goodall
14:52 30 Mar 18
Would highly recommend.
Silverstone Fleet Management
06:47 27 Mar 18
Amazing place.
Drone Works
06:46 27 Mar 18
Lovely place, reasonable garden centre, serves a great breakfast in the cafe.
Andy Andy
09:29 09 Mar 18
Nice place to stop for lunch especially in the summer as there is outdoor seating (although limited), sells anything garden related from compost to quails
George Belsham
13:20 01 Feb 18
Great restaurant and garden centre, best poultry centre in the area.
Lyn Kearns
16:38 08 Jan 18
It’s a very good place to get your Christmas trees from!!! I get mine form there every year and it makes Christmas that little bit more special for me and my family!!! Thanks bell plantation!!🎄
Mplus Morrison
10:58 17 Dec 17
Great café, helpful for people with allergies, could do with better coffee though. Great place to wander for ages and lots of beautiful things to buy... Including chickens! 🐓
Yolomango yup
08:58 05 Nov 17
Food gem in garden centre delivers a relaxing environment, good choice of snacks from full breakfast to lunchtime specials at sensible prices.
Graham Robinson
13:16 31 Oct 17
Great restaurant. Excellent food and friendly service
Mike Smith
09:51 11 Oct 17
Lovely garden centre with a lovely cafe. :- )
Craig Harris
09:50 06 Oct 17
Visited for lunch yesterday. Café excellent. However, I was then overcharged for an item in The Shoe cabin's supposed sale. The cashier actually wrote a higher price on the tag, explaining that the existing price of £31.00 was 'a mistake'...She then wrote £44.00 on the tag before applying the sale discount!! I don't believe that this is legal? My friend and I were stunned with disbelief!
Hillie Vernon
10:23 15 Sep 17
If you have not yet visited you are missing out! This is a fantastic place to go and explore. The garden centre has a great range of plants fro sure but this place offers much more. A poultry centre where you can view all types of poultry up close and buy some for your own supply of eggs! The cafe is tastefully created using old reclaimed brick and offers a great range of food and drinks. Then there are the other shops on site ranging from a wedding shop to a reptile centre where you often see snakes out in the open!
Clive Hawes
14:20 14 Sep 17
Really enjoyed our visit. Lovely shopping experience especially the Frock and Shoe shop.
Christine Abbott
15:27 13 Sep 17
Very pleasant. Fantastic food, very friendly staff, lots to see and experience including the chicken!
Dorothy Owen
18:13 24 Aug 17
Had a meeting here nice place a little vintage cafe. Wifi was broken but very nice latte and not too expensive
Jules White
18:20 21 Aug 17
Good food. Pleasant seating. Value for money.
Isobel Gilbert
17:34 21 Aug 17
Well laid out with everything you would expect from a garden centre. Excellent breakfast offering
Carl Ontong
10:12 19 Aug 17
Had a lovely breakfast and then a walk around the garden centre 😊
Ann Ray
10:41 16 Aug 17
Very pleasant and relaxing, friendly happy and helpful staff, will always be back.
Mo Palmer
16:36 15 Aug 17
Fantastic place to visit staff are friendly and knowledgeable in the products they sell be it plant or animal
Ellen Davey
17:20 05 Aug 17
Gorgeous garden centre and lovely cafe 😊
Victoria Kemp
16:05 05 Aug 17
Ok
Ryszard Stepien
15:42 01 Aug 17
A very pleasant place for a meal, stopped there twice no complaints at all
Michael Norman
16:24 31 Jul 17
Love this place.
Diane Walker
18:01 22 Jul 17
Good food and staff lovely
Morag Wardrop
18:32 20 Jul 17
A our first visit to the Bell Plantation Garden Centre. Ideal place to stop for food and refreshments as it is located on a major road. Staff were very friendly and polite. Food was very good and well prepared. The beetroot spinach quiche was full of flavour. We sat outside but our bench didn't have a parasol and it got very hot and difficult to see as the white table reflected the sun light.
Barry Goodall
18:03 09 Jul 17
First visit since the upgrade/expansion. Very impressed.
Terry Gardner
13:21 27 Jun 17
Great brewery shop stacked with Towcester Mill Brewery beer, local gin, vodka and fruit wine... Bliss!
David M Williams
08:58 06 Jun 17
Smashing breakfast in the cafe.
Richard Clinker
15:48 08 May 17
Great garden centre with lots of little shops on site
Neil Milly
18:50 19 Jun 16
Interesting place with a wide variety of small independent unusual retail outlets selling everything from second hand bargains to chickens. Well worth a visit for an hour or two with plenty of free parking and a nice cafeteria for refreshments
S Smith
07:07 14 May 16
I love it at Bells. Gorgeous courtyard selling beautiful plants, a great Cafe and antiques shop and the Farm Shop sells yummy food, fresh meat and vegetables. Worth an afternoon out.
Alice Warren
16:05 16 Sep 15
Really nice, family-friendly cafe with very nice food - good portion sizes too!
Alex Walker
21:48 26 Apr 14
Great place, really nicely laid out. My kids loved the chickens, there are some huge ones there.
Simon Morton
15:51 09 Nov 12
