Cafe Chef

Tesco; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco is hiring a Cafe Chef in Milton Keynes. This exciting opportunity involves managing daily kitchen operations focusing on food preparation and service in a busy café environment. Ideal candidates will have experience in hospitality and a passion for excellent customer service, contributing to an inclusive and engaging work atmosphere.

Benefits

Colleague Clubcard

Flexible Working Options

Retirement Savings Plan

Life Assurance

Access to Wellbeing Services

Uniform Provided

28 Days Holiday

Qualifications

• A background in hospitality required.
• Ability to work in high-pressure environments.
• Strong commitment to excellent customer service.

Responsibilities

• Preparation and storage in line with food safety standards.
• Deliver timely, tasty food while maintaining quality.
• Identify ways to improve services for customers.

Skills

Customer Service

Food Safety

Team Leadership

Planning and Organisation

Communication

Education

Experience in Hospitality

Job description

Tesco Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

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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.

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

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 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.

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

You will be responsible for

Whilst specific responsibilities will be dependent upon the changing needs of Tesco as a business, the following provides an overview of the role’s key responsibilities and measures:

• 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.
  

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 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 team
  

Whats in it for you?

Alongside afantastic 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 pay day for a four-day period, off most purchases at Tesco
• Request flexible working from day one
• Retirement savings plan
• LifeAssurance
• 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. For more information about our colleague networks please click here.
  

About Us

With 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.

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. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

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. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Retail

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