Cafe Chef — Flexible Hours, Great Perks, Balanced Life

Tesco; Hereford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% off and 15% at pay day weekends (C

Colleague Clubcard benefits

Flexible working from day one

Retirement savings plan

Life Assurance

Free wellbeing services

Exclusive deals website

Uniform provided

24–28 days holiday

Colleague networks

Job summary

Tesco Cafés are seeking a Chef with hospitality experience to join our busy café kitchens. You will manage daily kitchen operations, including preparation, storage, and delivering delicious food that keeps customers coming back.

You will bring experience from a similar busy environment to Tesco, sharing knowledge with the team, ensuring health and safety, reducing food waste, and inspiring others to deliver outstanding quality and speed of service.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospitality roles within busy settings.
• Ability to stay productive and calm under pressure.
• Commitment to delivering excellent customer service.
• Desire to foster an inclusive, respectful, safe and valued workforce.
• Strong planning and organisational skills.
• Proactive mindset to identify opportunities to improve processes.
• Excellent communication to motivate and support a growing team.

Responsibilities

• Storage and preparation in line with food safety and hygiene regulations.
• Deliver timely, tasty food to customers while upholding high standards.
• Identify new and better ways of working to continually improve services.
• Meet health and safety and food safety requirements.
• Understand and deliver against the key drivers of the service plan.

Skills

Hospitality experience

High-pressure environment

Customer service

Inclusive work culture

Planning & organisation

Initiative & improvement

Team motivation & communication

Job description

Tesco Cafés are seeking a Chef with hospitality experience to join our busy café kitchens. You will manage daily kitchen operations, including preparation, storage, and delivering delicious food that keeps customers coming back.

You will bring experience from a similar busy environment to Tesco, sharing knowledge with the team, ensuring health and safety, reducing food waste, and inspiring others to deliver outstanding quality and speed of service.