Baker / Cook / Koch (f/m/d)

Coffee Circle; Berlin; On-site; EUR 20,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Deutschlandticket

Discounts on coffee/equipment

Company pension plan

Nilo mental well-being platform

Holiday entitlement: 20 days

Job summary

Coffee Circle in Berlin is seeking a committed kitchen professional to lead and support the snack program across its cafés. You will work with the kitchen team to prepare breakfast, brunch, and lunch items, uphold quality and presentation standards, and help keep operations running smoothly.

Ideal candidates have 1–2 years in a quality restaurant kitchen, strong knife skills, and reliability. Weekend availability is required; German English proficiency is needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1–2 years in a kitchen of a quality restaurant or café.
• Independent work style with reliability and ownership of tasks.
• Excellent organization and attention to detail.
• Creative problem-solving mindset to improve operations and dishes.

Responsibilities

• Produce and supervise snacks for nine Coffee Circle Cafés in Berlin.
• Ensure adherence to quality and presentation standards.
• Smooth kitchen operations and proactive problem solving.
• Monitor inventory to meet guest requests and minimize waste.
• Comply with local cleaning, safety, and regulatory rules.
• Respond to feedback to improve operations and food quality.
• Support staff lunch for the Café Wedding event.
• Cover Kitchen Manager/Sous Chef duties during absences.
• Collaborate with Kitchen Team (5 people) and Baristas for guest experience at Café Wedding.

Skills

Breakfast prep

Brunch prep

Lunch prep

Organizational skills

Punctual and independent

Attention to detail

Strong knife skills

English & German (B1+)

Weekend availability

Job description

Hi!

We are Coffee Circle, Germany’s leading sustainable specialty coffee roastery based in Berlin. We offer the world’s finest coffee and equipment to over 150,000 customers online and in our Cafés, driven by our goal to make high-end coffee experiences enjoyable and accessible to all. We foster direct trade relationships with coffee farmers worldwide, pay high prices for the coffee beans, and ensure everyone involved in the value chain gets treated fairly and respectfully. For every kilogram of coffee we sell, we invest € 1 through our Coffee Circle Foundation e.V. to help support sustainable improvements in coffee-growing areas, such as providing clean drinking water, hygiene training, and coffee labs. With over 4 million euros raised in donations, we cannot wait to increase our positive impact with you on our team, one cup of coffee at a time.

Your role

• Produce and supervise the production of all the dishes of our snack menu, which include a wide range of our popular classic cakes, cookies, and bars for our nine Coffee Circle Cafés in Berlin.
• Make sure that the snacks produced adhere to our standards in terms of quality and presentation.
• Make sure our kitchen operations run smoothly by being able to proactively solve occurring organisational challenges.
• Keep a constant eye on our inventory ensuring we are always able to meet the requests of our guests while never wasting stock.
• Comply with local regulations (in terms of cleaning, safety, etc.).
• React to customers feedback and needs to support the improvement of the way in which we run our operations as well as the food that we serve.
• Support the preparation of our staff lunch for the Coffee Circle Café Wedding.
• Be responsible of the Kitchen in the absence days of our Kitchen Manager/ Sous Chef.
• Work together with our Kitchen Team (5 people) as well as our Baristas to ensure proper service and a smooth customer experience in our Coffee Circle Café Wedding in Lindower Str. 18 13347 Berlin.

Your profile

• Min. 1-2 years of experience in the Kitchen of a good quality restaurant or café: we highly value candidates who are strong in breakfast, brunch, and lunch preparation.
• Independent way of working as well as ownership of the tasks assigned.
• Reliability and responsibility: we count on your punctuality and ability to get things done without close supervision.
• Great organizational skills as well as attention to detail.
• Creative and problem solving mindset: you are capable of coming up with new ideas to improve the way in which we operate as well as solve daily challenges.
• Cleanliness and solid knife skills are a must.
• Availability to work on weekends (our Kitchen is open Monday to Sunday).
• Valid work permit to perform this role in Germany as we do not sponsor working visas.
• Ability to communicate effectively both in English (fluency required) and German (min. B1 level).

Our conditions and offer

• 30 minimum weekly working hours, though, for operational needs you may cover extra shifts up to 7,5h a week which will be compensated on top of your fixed salary.
• The working hours within the opening hours of the Coffee Circle Café Wedding.
• One year contract, with 20 days of holidays per year considering a 4 days work-week.
• Deutschlandticket (public transport) fully paid after your probation period.
• Discounts on our coffee and equipment and online voucher platforms, like Corporate Benefits, FutureBens and Corplife Benefits.
• Possibility of taking part in our company pension plan after the probationary period.
• Access to nilo, mental well-being platform.
• Check us on Glassdoor. Our coffee is as good as our company culture.

What we believe in

We stand for individuality and authenticity. We are an incredibly diverse group of coffee experts, artists, entrepreneurs, writers, designers, and more. We see the world with open eyes and tolerance in our hearts. We are strongly driven by our belief in making the world a better place.

At Coffee Circle we accept everyone. No matter what your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, or gender identity - you are awesome as you are, and if the job description resonates with you, there's no reason why you should not apply. We are looking forward to getting to know you.

Your Coffee Circle Team