Café Kitchen Lead — Fast-Paced Service & Quality

Tesco UK; Saffron Walden; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco Café is seeking a Chef with hospitality experience to join our lively café kitchens. You will manage daily kitchen operations, including preparation, storage, and delivering quality food that keeps customers happy.

You’ll bring hands-on experience in fast-paced environments, lead a team, focus on health and safety, reduce waste, and share your knowledge to build an inclusive, high-performing team across Tesco Cafés nationwide.

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

Team leadership

Customer service

Food safety

Job description

Tesco Café is seeking a Chef with hospitality experience to join our lively café kitchens. You will manage daily kitchen operations, including preparation, storage, and delivering quality food that keeps customers happy.

You’ll bring hands-on experience in fast-paced environments, lead a team, focus on health and safety, reduce waste, and share your knowledge to build an inclusive, high-performing team across Tesco Cafés nationwide.