Cafe Chef: Lead Busy Kitchen, Flexible Hours

Tesco PLC.; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco Café is recruiting a Chef with hospitality experience to join our bustling cafe kitchens across Tesco sites in the UK. You’ll lead daily kitchen operations, handle preparation, storage, and ensure delicious, high‑quality food that keeps customers coming back.

You’ll bring a hospitality background, thrive in a high‑pressure environment, and motivate a growing team with excellent communication and a strong commitment to food safety, inclusivity, and customer service.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

Hospitality experience

Customer service

Communication skills

Planning & organisation

Initiative

Job description

Tesco Café is recruiting a Chef with hospitality experience to join our bustling cafe kitchens across Tesco sites in the UK. You’ll lead daily kitchen operations, handle preparation, storage, and ensure delicious, high‑quality food that keeps customers coming back.

You’ll bring a hospitality background, thrive in a high‑pressure environment, and motivate a growing team with excellent communication and a strong commitment to food safety, inclusivity, and customer service.