Freelance Food Tour Guide at Totally Tailored

Totally Tailored customised private tours, led by dynamic, passionate Londoners to give our guests the best memories of our beautiful city.

One of our main passions is food. We organise private five course roaming meals around a specific district that allow guests to experience our culture and history through food.
Having recently secured a licence to the only company with permission to guide in Borough Market, we are looking for another guide to help us showcase this delicious area.

Duties:

  • Guiding/ hosting families/corporate groups through Borough Market and the surrounding area.
  • Representing Totally Tailored and Borough Market with professionalism and passion.
  • Being able to tailor information to individual knowledge.

Experience Needed:

  • Experience working in a food business or tour guiding. Ideally, both!
  • Experience in public speaking.
  • Experience in customer service.

Essential Characteristics:

  • Love of Borough Market and London.
  • In depth knowledge and passion for food of all kinds.
  • Good time management.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Excellent command of the English language.
  • Availability to work flexibility on a freelance adhoc basis including bank holidays and Sundays.

Provided

  • Permission to guide in Borough Market when working for Totally Tailored.
  • Training and introductions to traders and tastings.
  • Opportunity to train on our other food tours/art tours/sightseeing tours.

Pay:

£125 per tour
Tours run 10am – 12.30pm and 2.30pm – 5pm every day except Monday/Saturday.
As a freelancer, you will not be expected to commit availability, but we would like someone with whom we could negotiate 2-3 tours a week in the Summer season.

Closing date:

31st April 2023

Apply:

Send a paragraph of why you think you’d be a great fit for this role to accounts@totallytailored.com. Alternatively, WhatsApp us a voicenote on why you’d be the perfect foodie guide to 07880892477.

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