Cafe Chef

Tesco PLC; Hereford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague Clubcard discounts

Flexible working

Retirement savings plan

Life Assurance

Wellbeing services

Exclusive deals site

Uniform provided

Holiday entitlement 28 days

Job summary

Tesco Café in the United Kingdom is seeking a Chef with hospitality experience to join our bustling café kitchen. You will handle preparation, food storage and timely delivery to ensure delicious food that delights customers and keeps them returning for more.

You will bring proven experience from busy environments to share knowledge with the team, while upholding health and safety standards and striving for excellence in service and quality.

Qualifications

• Background in hospitality in busy environments.
• Ability to lead a team and deliver excellent customer service.
• Commitment to health and safety and food safety standards.
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced café setting.

Responsibilities

• Storage and preparation in line with food safety and hygiene regulations.
• Deliver timely, tasty food to customers while maintaining high standards.
• Identify improvements to services for customers and colleagues.
• Uphold health and safety requirements and food safety rules.
• Understand the service plan drivers and meet required standards.
• Work productively in a high-pressure environment with good planning.
• Use initiative to improve ways of working and adapt to situations.
• Communicate clearly to motivate and support a growing team.

Skills

Hospitality experience

Team leadership

Customer service

Communication

Health & safety

Job description

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 to deliver delicious food that keeps our customers happy, satisfied, and coming back for more. It's all part of making every day a little better for them, and us. 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 - after all, no one tries harder for customers than us. 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. In doing so, you'll grow as a leader and develop your skills and experience as part of our friendly team.,

• 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.
• health and safety and food safety requirements are met.
• Understanding the key drivers of our service plan and delivering to the standard required.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 organisation 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 teamWith 329 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. In our cafés, we not only celebrate diversity, but we strive to create a workforce that reflects our customers not only here in the UK, but worldwide. Our aim is to attract and welcome a diverse range of applicants from all walks of life, offering many varying working patterns across our business and we would love to hear from you. We know life looks a little different for each of us. That's why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

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:

• Get 10% off and 15% at pay day weekends; save up to £2,000 a year with your Colleague Clubcard with an additional card to share with family outside your home.
• 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)