Cafe Chef

Tesco; York; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks enthusiastic individuals to join their vibrant café team in York. This exciting role involves not only preparing and serving delicious food but also ensuring exceptional customer service in a fast-paced environment. With a strong commitment to inclusivity and support for flexible working, this position offers a fantastic work-life balance and numerous benefits, including a generous holiday package and access to well-being services. If you are passionate about hospitality and ready to make a difference in a welcoming team, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Benefits

Colleague Clubcard

Flexible Working

Retirement Savings Plan

Life Assurance

Access to Wellbeing Services

Exclusive Deals and Discounts

Uniform Provided

28 Days Holiday

Qualifications

• Experience in hospitality and customer service is essential.
• Ability to remain productive in high-pressure environments.

Responsibilities

• Preparation and storage of food in compliance with safety regulations.
• Delivering high-quality food to customers efficiently.
• Identifying improvements to enhance service quality.

Skills

Customer Service

Planning and Organisation

Communication Skills

High-Pressure Productivity

Initiative

Education

Background in Hospitality

Job description

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Contract: 9 months temporary contract, 36.5 hours per week.

Working Hours: 7am - 7pm.

Location: York.

Closing Date: 02/02/2025.

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 pay day 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.

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:

• Storage and preparation in line with food safety and hygiene regulations.
• Deliver timely, tasty food to customers whilst maintaining great standards.
• 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 required standard.

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.

About us

With 316 cafés across the country and counting, our teams work closely to ensure that the customer experience is of the best standard; 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.

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.

On occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date to manage all applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.