Breakfast Chef

Dog-; Greater London; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 17,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff meals

Training and growth

Early starts

Afternoons/evenings off

Job summary

The Dog & Fox in Wimbledon Village is seeking a Breakfast Chef to own our mornings, cooking with fresh ingredients and delivering high-quality breakfasts. You’ll manage prep, pass, and a busy service, ensuring eggs are perfectly poached and hollandaise on point.

Ideal candidates have proven breakfast experience, strong food-safety knowledge, and the ability to thrive under pressure while keeping a friendly, fun team spirit. Early starts and a supportive pub environment await.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a fresh-food kitchen (essential)
• Confidently run a busy breakfast service
• Solid knowledge of food safety and allergen procedures (Level 2 Food Hygiene or above)
• Calm under pressure when the restaurant is busy
• Reliable and punctual with a good sense of humour

Responsibilities

• Run the breakfast and brunch service from prep to pass
• Cook everything fresh: eggs, bacon, sourdough, hollandaise
• Prep, order and keep stock to prevent shortages
• Keep station clean and maintain high food safety standards
• Collaborate with the kitchen team to maintain consistency
• Contribute ideas to the menu and improve operations

Skills

Fresh-food kitchen

Breakfast service experience

Food safety knowledge

Calm under pressure

Reliability

Sense of humour

Job description

Breakfast Chef – The Dog & Fox, Wimbledon Village
Up to £15 per hour

Are you a morning person? Or, more realistically, a person who’s very good at cooking in the morning?

The Dog & Fox is looking for a Breakfast Chef to own our mornings. We’re not after someone who can reheat a hash brown with confidence. We want a cook who knows their way around fresh ingredients, takes pride in a properly poached egg, and understands that hollandaise is a commitment, not a sachet.

What you’ll be doing

• Running the breakfast and brunch service from prep to pass
• Cooking everything fresh: proper eggs, good bacon, real sourdough, and a hollandaise that never splits (or, if it does, you know how to bring it back)
• Prepping, ordering and keeping stock tight so nothing runs out mid-rush
• Keeping your section spotless and your food safety standards higher than the Centre Court roof
• Working with the wider kitchen team to keep standards consistent from first coffee to last orders
• Bringing ideas to the menu. If you’ve got a better way to do avocado on toast, we’re listening

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience in a fresh-food kitchen (this is essential, not a nice-to-have)
• Confidence running a busy breakfast service on your own
• Solid knowledge of food safety and allergen procedures (Level 2 Food Hygiene or above)
• Calm under pressure. Twenty covers walking in at 9:01 on a Sunday should excite you, not frighten you
• Reliability. Breakfast waits for no one, and neither do our regulars
• A sense of humour. You’ll need it, and so will we

What’s in it for you

• Up to £14.5 per hour
• Early starts, with your afternoons and evenings your own
• Staff meals (you’ll probably be cooking them, but still)
• Training and real room to grow
• A friendly team in one of the best-loved pubs in Wimbledon Village

About us

The Dog & Fox has been part of Wimbledon Village life for a very long time. We’re a proper pub that takes its food seriously and itself slightly less so. Our breakfast regulars range from dog walkers to tennis fans to people who just need a fry-up and a quiet word. We want them all leaving happy.

If you love fresh food, early mornings don’t scare you, and you can crack an egg one-handed (or are prepared to learn), we’d love to hear from you.