Hospitality Apprentice Level 2 - Farmhouse Bakeries
MR A NUNN FARMHOUSE BAKERIES
Halesworth (IP19 8AR)
Closes in 24 days (Sunday 29 March 2026)
Posted on 25 February 2026
Contents
Summary
Farmhouse Bakeries is looking to recruit a new apprentice, specialising in cake production (and hospitality) or breads and savouries. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience and qualifications within a well established business.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Food and beverage team member (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday either 9.00am - 3.00pm or 8.00am - 2.00pm.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 30 March 2026
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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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
Your main responsibilites will be:
- Preparing food products
- Ordering
- Assisting in café
- Assisting customers
- Cleaning
- Preparing customer orders
Where you'll work
56 Thoroughfare
Halesworth
IP19 8AR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SKERN LODGE LIMITED
Training course
Food and beverage team member (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- 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
- Food and Beverage Team Member Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
- Functional Skills in maths and English if required
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
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
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- This is an active job so you will need to be in good physical health
About this employer
Farmhouse Bakery are family bakers in Halesworth, established in 1998. We provide traditionally made bread, rolls and morning goods to retail and wholesale customers in Halesworth, Bungay, Southwold and surrounding areas.
After this apprenticeship
- Upon successful completion of your level 2, there will be the opportunity to progress to level 3, specialising in the production of both cakes and/or savouries
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SKERN LODGE LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000017740.
Apply now
Closes in 24 days (Sunday 29 March 2026)
After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.