Cafe Chef

Tesco; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a vibrant café kitchen as a Chef where your hospitality experience will shine. In this role, you will be responsible for food preparation, storage, and delivering delicious meals that keep customers satisfied. This position offers a fantastic work-life balance along with excellent benefits, including flexible working options and a supportive environment. As part of a team that values inclusivity and respect, you will inspire others while ensuring high standards of food quality and service. If you're passionate about creating memorable dining experiences, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

Colleague Clubcard Discounts

Flexible Working Options

Retirement Savings Plan

Life Assurance

Free Wellbeing Services

Exclusive Deals and Discounts

Uniform Provided

28 Days Holiday

Colleague Networks

Qualifications

• Experience in hospitality and high-pressure environments is essential.
• Strong customer service skills and a commitment to food safety.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and store food in compliance with safety regulations.
• Deliver timely, quality food to customers while maintaining standards.
• Identify improvements to enhance services for customers and colleagues.

Skills

Hospitality Experience

Customer Service

Food Safety Regulations

Planning and Organization

Communication Skills

Education

Experience in a Café or Restaurant

Job description

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Contract: 16 hours contracted with overtime available.

Working Hours: Between the hours of 7am-7pm.

Location: Cardiff.

Closing Date: 05/01/2025.

Job Category: Cafe.

Business Unit: GB Tesco Family Dining.

What’s in it for you

Alongside a fantastic work-life balance, we offer excellent benefits that help make The Cafe a great place to work. These include but aren’t limited to:

• Colleague Clubcard after 3 months service - 10% increasing to 15% after every payday for a four-day period, off most purchases at Tesco.
• Request flexible working from day one.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Life Assurance.
• Access to free wellbeing services with a range of resources to support your mind, body, and life.
• An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out, and utility bills for the home.
• Uniform provided and policies to support you for all of life’s moments, big and small.
• Holiday starting at 28 days (including Bank Holidays).
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Chef with hospitality experience to join one of our lively café kitchens. Your daily operations of the kitchen would include preparation, food storage, and delivering delicious food that keeps our customers happy, satisfied, and coming back for more.

You’ll bring your experience of working in a similarly busy environment to Tesco, where you’ll become a café menu expert keen to share your knowledge with the team around you. From health and safety to limiting food waste, you’ll understand the importance of every detail and inspire your team to deliver outstanding food quality and speed of service.

Tesco Cafés are a place to get on. We believe in creating a great environment for colleagues to work – and providing opportunities for everyone to be at their best. With your previous experience, you’ll help to deliver skills as you build an inclusive place where people feel respected, safe, and valued.

Please note that you need to be 18 or over to apply for this role.

You will be responsible for

• Storage and preparation in line with food safety and hygiene regulations.
• Deliver timely, tasty food to customers whilst maintaining great standards and food served to spec.
• Identifying new and better ways of working to keep improving services for customers and colleagues.
• Ensuring health and safety and food safety requirements are met.
• Understanding the key drivers of our service plan and delivering to the standard required.

You will need

• A background in hospitality.
• Experience of remaining productive in a high-pressure environment.
• A commitment to excellent customer service.
• A desire to create an inclusive work environment where colleagues feel respected, safe, and valued.
• Good planning and organization skills.
• Confidence using your initiative to identify opportunities to improve our ways of working or adapt to different situations.
• Excellent communication skills to motivate and support a growing team.

About us

With 316 cafés across the country and counting, our teams work closely to make sure that the customer experience is to the best standard and service; no two days are ever the same! Tesco Cafés are a great place to work, with a genuine family feel - truly a place to get on.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco Café where everyone is welcome and truly feels able to be themselves. Our aim is to attract and welcome a diverse range of applicants from all walks of life.

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We’re proud to have been accredited as a Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

On occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately.