Job Description

Join our friendly, award winning team!!

We would love to hear from a confident, hard working and cheerful person who would enjoy working as part of our friendly, award winning team!

This is a year round, permanent position (could be considered as a job share). For one person the role would be 5 days a week April to October and 4 days a week November to March, to include one weekend day each week (and bank holidays). If you're interested in a job share please just let us know how many days a week you are available when applying.

Approximate hours are given below, although there could be a little flexibility for the right candidate -

School holiday periods year round 9am-5pm

April to October term times 9.30am-5pm

November to March term times - mid week 9.30am-2.45pm / weekend 9.30am-5pm

Exact hours and hourly rate will be confirmed with the successful applicant, depending on age and experience.

Your day could consist of -

• serving customers
• taking food orders / using a till
• food & drinks preparation
• general kitchen tasks 
• cleaning down tables in café seating areas
• cleaning down at the end of the day
• working alongside and mentoring our student team members

We’re looking for a friendly, hardworking person with an eye for cleanliness and a flexible approach. Previous experience working in a customer service role or kitchen would be an advantage, but don’t worry, we will provide you with all the training you could possibly need!

If you’re the kind of person who would enjoy interacting with customers, preparing food and delivering great customer service we would love to hear from you, please complete the application form below or send a copy of your CV to [email protected]

Must Be’s 

• Available to work at least one weekend day
• Available to work during school holidays and bank holidays, (our busiest times)
• Over 18 years of age (regulations for the use of kitchen appliances)
• Friendly and able to work under pressure (we get pretty busy on peak times!)

About us

The Milky Way is celebrating it’s 40th year in 2024. We are a family owned and operated business with a loyal and dedicated team and we all really care about providing the best day out for our customers. Thanks to the hard work of our team we were winners of Devon’s Large Attraction of the year in the 2023/24 Devon Tourism Awards as well as a TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Best of the Best award winner every year since 2016.