Cafe Chef: Lead a Fast-Paced Kitchen Team

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

Job summary

Tesco Café is seeking a chef with hospitality experience to join our lively team in Ipswich. You will manage daily kitchen operations including preparation, storage, and delivering delicious food that keeps customers happy and coming back.

You’ll bring café menu knowledge to share with the team and champion health, safety, and waste reduction. We value a supportive environment where colleagues feel respected, safe and valued.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Job description

Tesco Café is seeking a chef with hospitality experience to join our lively team in Ipswich. You will manage daily kitchen operations including preparation, storage, and delivering delicious food that keeps customers happy and coming back.

You’ll bring café menu knowledge to share with the team and champion health, safety, and waste reduction. We value a supportive environment where colleagues feel respected, safe and valued.