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Tour Guide

Underground Donut Tour
Knoxville, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 4/14/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/9/2026

The Underground Donut Tour is hiring a Donut Tour Guide!

Do you consider yourself a Donut Aficionado? Would people describe you as a foodie? Do you love where you live and want to share it with guests? Are you looking for a job that’s low stress and feels like you’re hanging out with friends? If yes, then you should apply to be a Donut Tour Guide!

For over 10 years, we’ve specialized in taking guests from around the world on the Underground Donut Tour in any one of our 27 cities across the US, Canada, Ireland, and the UK. A two hour culinary experience centered around each city's most delightful and delicious donuts, all while soaking in the sights and stories of the city.

Benefits include:

  • Donut-anniversary Birthday bonus
  • Flexible schedules
  • Growth opportunity within a fast growing organization
  • Fun and supportive work environment
  • Free tours for you and your close family/friends across all our cities
  • Referral bonus
  • City expansion bonus - help us open new tours!
  • Paid break or paid lunch when running back to back tours
  • Free uniform for you and employee discount on all of our merch
  • Free donuts

The successful applicant will possess the following qualities and skills:

  • A love for all things donut
  • An appetite for new experiences
  • A bubbly personality with a positive attitude
  • A passion for sharing knowledge of donuts, history, and fun facts about your city
  • An excellent communicator
  • Able to enunciate and project your voice
  • A quick thinker able to adapt to various situations on the spot
  • Able to walk 2 miles in 2 hours
  • Able to present yourself in a well groomed manner to represent the Underground Donut Tour brand
  • Able to work on your feet anywhere from 2 hours at a time
  • Adapt information to make it exciting and entertaining for all groups present
  • Legally authorized to work in the US

Additional items that are preferred, but not required:

  • You work in tourism, hospitality, theater, entertainment, comedy, or a related industry
  • You have easy access to your own transportation or public transportation, so you can pick up tours on short notice

This role is a part-time, freelance position.

Pay: $20/hour

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • Flexible schedule

Application Question(s):

  • Can you tell us about a time you gave a tour to a group of total strangers? How did it go, and how did it make you feel?
  • What days and times are you available to lead tours? We typically run in the mornings and early afternoons, nearly every day of the week.
  • What’s your favorite donut? (No wrong answers here!)
  • Have you been in Knoxville long enough to confidently recommend the best eats, sights, and activities to out-of-towners? (We’re talking hidden gems!)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $20

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