Bar and Waiting Apprenticeship

Summary

Join us at Sizzling Pubs and Grill the UK's most loved value pub brand. With generous portions, Sizzling skillets and bags of community spirit. If you've got sizzling skills, we want to hear from you.

Wage

£16,926 a year

Training course

Food and beverage team member (level 2)

Hours

Shift work including bank holidays, evenings and weekends. Exact shifts to be confirmed

30 hours a week

Start date

Thursday 20 August 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

As part of our front of house team, you'll be the friendly face our guests remember. As a waiter or waitress or bartender, you’ll know our menu inside out and recommend your favourites. You'll inject your personality every moment you’re with our guests so that they love to come back time and time again. With over 13 brands and 1600 businesses the opportunities to learn and grow are endless.

Responsibilities:
• Offer a warm welcome and farewell to guests, while effectively communicating the service cycle, our products and any special offers or events.
• Provide personalised recommendations that cater to the specific needs and preference of each guest.
• Value regular guests by remembering their preferences and engaging in meaningful conversations.
• Check all guests are enjoying their meal and discuss the guest experience survey.
• Provide a fast and efficient service and ensure any guest queries and complaints are handled promptly and professionally.
• Have open communication with the entire team to ensure the delivery of outstanding service, promoting a supportive atmosphere where you assist other team members whenever possible.
• Participate and contribute to team meetings, offering your valuable insights.
• Maintain cleanliness and tidiness of the front of house, outdoor and toilet areas.
• Participate in all in-house training, e-learning and the completion of assigned learning modules.
• Always adhere to brand standards, licencing laws and all company policies and procedures.

You don’t even need any experience. So long as you can provide a warm, helpful manner to everyone you meet, we can teach you the ins and outs of working as part of our busy teams.

At Mitchells and Butlers you will be working towards a Hospitality Team Member Level 2 Apprenticeship standard over the course of 15 months.

By taking on a full-time role as a bar and waiting apprentice under the supervision of our passionate teams, not only will you achieve a nationally recognised qualification, you will be able to support the running of our businesses, creating some amazing moments!

What your apprenticeship includes:
• You won’t need to attend college, our apprenticeships are delivered through work based training which includes a mixture of face-to-face sessions and remote Team calls with your Lifetime Learner Coach every 6 weeks. You will also have a mentor within the workplace to support you.
• Obtain Functional Skills in English and maths (if you don’t already have GCSE or equivalents)
• Reviews every 12 weeks with the Apprentice, Line Manager and Lifetime Learner Coach including feedback sessions.

Benefits for Mitchells and Butlers staff:
• Once completed, this is only the start of your career with us. There are further progression opportunities to explore higher level apprenticeships once you have completed L2.
• A massive 33% discount across all our brands.
• 20% discount off all of our brands for friends and family.
• Wagestream – a financial toolkit that helps you manage your finances and allows you to access your earned pay when you need it.
• Opportunities to grow with paid for qualifications.
• Discounts on gym memberships.
• Team Socials – work hard, play hard!

On top of this, as part of Mitchells & Butlers you will receive a pension; 28 days paid holiday; high-street shopping discounts; and we even give you free shares! There's also a free employee helpline- to support you with whatever life throws at you.

Wage will be:
16-20 year olds: £10.85 per hour
21+ year olds: £12.71 per hour

At M&B, we want people to be supported, valued, able to be themselves and work in a great team. Join us and help us make every guest feel truly welcome.

Where you'll work

Whitegate Drive
BLACKPOOL
FY3 9DQ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED

Training course

Food and beverage team member (level 2)

What you'll learn

• Serve food and beverages to individual business standards.
• Identify opportunities and apply techniques to increase sales and improve customer experience.
• Tailors communication techniques to meet customer needs and build rapport.
• Maintain a safe, hygienic, and secure working environment.
• Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, guidelines and procedures.
• Follow food safety and allergen legislation and procedures applicable to own role.
• Use technology and equipment in line with business policy to meet customer needs.
• Handle transactions and payments securely.
• Work as part of a team to ensure that the products and services are delivered on time and in line with business needs
• Deal with or escalate issues that impact service and customer experience, and implement any instructions given by supervisor.
• Use professional methods of communication that are tailored to different situations, and individual and team needs.
• Manages own time and workload, prioritising tasks.
• Maintain and rotate stock according to life cycle and business processes.
• Ensure equipment and technology faults and maintenance issues are reported promptly.
• Check customers are satisfied with products and services through questioning and act on feedback in line with business procedures.
• Keep up to date with changes to products and processes.
• Uses feedback to improve own performance.
• Reduces the waste of resources, taking sustainability into account, in line with business expectations.
• Follows and supports equity, diversity and inclusion legislation and principles.
• Participate in team briefings, implementing instructions, and offering input or feedback where relevant.
• Serve food and beverages to individual business standards.
• Identify opportunities and apply techniques to increase sales and improve customer experience.
• Tailors communication techniques to meet customer needs and build rapport.
• Maintain a safe, hygienic, and secure working environment.
• Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, guidelines and procedures.
• Follow food safety and allergen legislation and procedures applicable to own role.
• Use technology and equipment in line with business policy to meet customer needs.
• Handle transactions and payments securely.
• Work as part of a team to ensure that the products and services are delivered on time and in line with business needs
• Deal with or escalate issues that impact service and customer experience, and implement any instructions given by supervisor.
• Use professional methods of communication that are tailored to different situations, and individual and team needs.
• Manages own time and workload, prioritising tasks.
• Maintain and rotate stock according to life cycle and business processes.
• Ensure equipment and technology faults and maintenance issues are reported promptly.
• Check customers are satisfied with products and services through questioning and act on feedback in line with business procedures.
• Keep up to date with changes to products and processes.
• Uses feedback to improve own performance.
• Reduces the waste of resources, taking sustainability into account, in line with business expectations.
• Follows and supports equity, diversity and inclusion legislation and principles.
• Participate in team briefings, implementing instructions, and offering input or feedback where relevant.

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Customer care skills
• Team working

Other requirements

The closing date is just a guide, if a suitable candidate is found before the closing date, then the vacancy may close early.