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Butcher/Butcher Counter/Sales Assistant

Tablehurst Farm Ltd
Forest Row, East Sussex

Posted: 18 May 2023

Deadline: 2 Jul 2023

Compensation: £23,029.00 per annum

Paid Full-time Permanent

Job description

About us 

Tablehurst Farm is an Award winning Biodynamic/Organic Community Farm situated in Forest Row, East Sussex.  We have recently won the 2022 BBC Food and Farming Award for Food Producer of the Year; and in 2021 we won Sussex Butcher of the Year at the Sussex Food and Drinks Awards. 

Tablehurst is committed to biodynamics as its core farming philosophy, and to community engagement as a central pillar of our work.  

The farm is looking for an experienced Butcher/Butcher Counter/Sales Assistant to join our team on a full time contract - 42.5 hours per week over 5 days (to include a Saturday).  Working hours to be 8am to 5.30pm with 1 hour for lunch.  

We have a small, friendly hard-working team of butchers & servers, The ideal candidate will

• Have a knowledge of meat and cuts of meat, preferably with meat cutting/butchery skills
• Working in other areas of the butchery, such as mince and sausage production, preparing orders etc as required
• Have food hygiene experience, or a relevant qualification  
• Bring ideas on how to effectively display the butchery counter  
• Be confident to suggest cuts of meat for the butchers to prepare  
• Assist and guide the butcher team in providing customers with a friendly and efficient service when taking orders  
• Have a good telephone manner  

Desired Experience:  

• Experience of working within a Butchery
• Food Retail sales 
• Customer Service Experience 
• Knowledge of meat/cuts of meat and some basic meat cutting skills would be an advantage 
• A genuine interest in how our animals are reared and in how we farm.  
• Food Hygiene knowledge/qualification 
• Food display 

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent 

Salary: c£23,029.00/annum

Benefits:  

• Company pension  
• Free lunch provided by our kitchen whilst at work 
• Employee discount  
• On-site parking  
• Sick pay after qualifying period

Schedule:  

• 8.5-hour day shift over a 5 day week to include a Saturday

Ability to commute  

• Must be able to reliably commute to Forest Row, East Sussex  

Application information

Please send your application to office@tablehurstfarm.org.uk including a CV and a covering letter explaining why you are interested in this position and what you think you could bring to it.  

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