Cafe Chef

ENGINEERINGUK; York; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Chef to join a vibrant café team. This role involves overseeing kitchen operations, ensuring food safety, and delivering exceptional service. You will leverage your hospitality experience to create a welcoming environment while inspiring your team to excel. With a strong focus on customer satisfaction and inclusivity, you will play a key role in enhancing the café experience for all. Join a company that values diversity and offers a supportive workplace where your contributions truly matter.

Benefits

Colleague Clubcard with discounts

Flexible working options

Retirement savings plan

Life Assurance

Access to wellbeing services

Exclusive deals and discounts

Uniform provided

28 days holiday including Bank Holidays

Colleague networks for support

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy café environment with a focus on food safety.
• Strong commitment to customer service and team motivation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure food safety and hygiene regulations are followed.
• Deliver timely and high-quality food to customers.
• Identify improvements for service efficiency.

Skills

Hospitality Experience

Customer Service

Planning and Organisation

Communication Skills

Ability to Work Under Pressure

Education

Background in Hospitality

Job description

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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. 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.

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:

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

You will need:

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

What's in it for you?
Alongside a fantastic work-life balance, we offer excellent benefits that help make The Café a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:

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

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.