Cafe Allrounder
Serve food and drinks and provider customer service in a café environment
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- What's it like to be a Cafe Allrounder?
- How to become a Cafe Allrounder
- Latest Cafe Allrounder jobs
- Top skills and experience for Cafe Allrounders
- Is Cafe Allrounder the right role for you?
- Cafe Allrounder role reviews
What's it like to be a Cafe Allrounder?
Cafe Allrounders serve food and drinks to customers in cafes and kiosks. They support the Cafe Manager by ensuring operations run smoothly, helping wherever required. Cafe Allrounders interact with people regularly, so a friendly demeanour, a positive attitude,and strong customer service skills are an advantage.Did you find this video helpful?
Tasks and duties
- Preparing and serving food and drinks.
- Taking orders from customers, and advising on daily specials or allergens.
- Operating a point-of-sale terminal and EFTPOS machine.
- Cash handling and banking.
- Clearing up used dishes and cutlery from tables and wiping them down, ready to reset.
- Taking dirty plates and cutlery to the kitchen for washing.
- Washing plates, cutlery and utensils.
- Cleaning coffee grinders, coffee machines, blenders and equipment.
- Refilling drink fridges and snack displays.
- Cleaning and maintaining service area to food safety standards.
How to become a Cafe Allrounder
Cafe Allrounders are not required to hold a qualification, although they may be viewed favourably by employers.
- Find a job as a Kitchenhand and get to know the operations of a cafe. Ask to get experience in the front of the cafe serving customers when you’ve had some time to get to know how the cafe works.
- Consider completing a short course at TAFE in food handling or a Certificate III in Hospitality (SIT30616) to build on your experience.
- You could also train as a Barista to boost your skillset.
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Cafe Allrounder employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Coffee Brewing
Food Preparation
Hospitality
Customer Service
Hygienic
Cash Handling
Food and Beverage Services
Cafe Services
POS Systems
Front of House
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Latest Cafe Allrounder reviews
Nov 2024
“Serving up skills, smiles, and stamina—life as a cafe all-rounder!”
Reviewer's QualificationNational Certificate II in Barista
Experience1 – 4 years
Organisation sizeMedium (20-199 employees)
SpecialisationHospitality & Tourism
The good thingsBeing a cafe all-rounder can be a rewarding and dynamic role.
1. Variety of Tasks: You get to engage in different tasks, like making coffee, preparing food, serving customers, and handling the till,...
The challengesBeing a cafe all-rounder has its challenges as well. Here are some potential downsides:
1. Physically Demanding: The role involves long hours on your feet, lifting items, and moving quickly, which ca...
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May 2021
Hospitality is a hard job but I wouldn’t do anything else! I have been doing it for 9 years! I love liaising with customers!
Reviewer's QualificationCertificate III in Commercial Cookery
Experience5 – 9 years
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
Specialisation Cooking in kitchen
The good thingsSuch a range of different tasks that are available when your an all rounder! This could include being a barista to being in the kitchen making or preparing food, serving customers, cash handling! Once...
The challengesLong hours is what people don’t really like as your feet do get sore but that’s all apart of hospitality!
Customers can sometimes be your worst enemy, at these times you must keep calm and try and re...
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