Cafe Kitchen Lead: Fast-Paced, Customer-Focused Chef

Tesco Retail; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco Cafés in the United Kingdom is seeking a Chef with hospitality experience to lead daily kitchen operations, including preparation, storage, and delivering tasty meals that meet our standards and delight customers.

You will bring a background in busy environments, share knowledge with your team, prioritise health and safety, reduce waste, and inspire others to deliver excellent food quality and speed of 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

High-pressure environment

Customer service

Inclusive workplace

Planning & organisation

Initiative

Communication skills

Job description

Tesco Cafés in the United Kingdom is seeking a Chef with hospitality experience to lead daily kitchen operations, including preparation, storage, and delivering tasty meals that meet our standards and delight customers.

You will bring a background in busy environments, share knowledge with your team, prioritise health and safety, reduce waste, and inspire others to deliver excellent food quality and speed of service.