Commis Chef

Caravan; City Of London; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50% discount in all of our restaurants

Off our coffee beans

Weekly cash bonuses

Mental health and well-being support

Early access to wages from Wagestream

Team celebrations

Birthday voucher

Job summary

Caravan in London is seeking a Commis Chef to join our team. You'll help prepare our well-travelled dishes inspired by New Zealand flavours and support the front of house with the Caravan of Love experience.

We offer a collaborative kitchen, learning opportunities, and the chance to grow with our expanding group, plus benefits like restaurant discounts and wage access.

Responsibilities

• You'll be preparing our 'well-travelled' food, which is inspired by flavours from our founders' native New Zealand, as well as their global travels.
• You'll also support the restaurant team with our 'Caravan of Love' customer experience
• You will be open to learning in order to develop your knowledge and skills
• You'll take ownership of your role and thrive in a kitchen environment
• You'll love to cook with fresh ingredients

Job description

Commis Chef

Overall earnings up to £17.00 per hour, dependent on experience.

At Caravan, we share a love of mighty fine coffee, hand crafted good food and friendly vibes. Since 2010, we have built our award-winning restaurants and roastery as well as investing time, money and resources into initiatives that have a positive impact on the world around us. We believe in pushing boundaries and challenging perceptions, championing people, community, diversity, inclusion and sustainability.

We're thrilled to have the opportunity to invite a fun, talented, prolific Commis Chef who knows how to support a team, and who's passionate about cuisine and wants to share that passion with their team & guests. We would love to hear from you if you're up for a new venture and a fresh start. It's an exciting time to join us as we're looking forward to expanding in the coming years, with new openings on the horizon.

To say thanks for choosing us, we also offer our Commis Chef a few little extras;

• 50% discount in all of our restaurants and off our coffee beans
• Opportunities to win weekly cash bonuses
• Mental health and well-being assistance with Hospitality Action who can offer free advice and counselling if you're struggling
• Early access to wages from shifts worked with Wagestream
• We also love a party and as often as we can, we get everyone together to celebrate
• Birthday treat - you'll get a £75 voucher to spend in any of our restaurants for your birthday

What you'll be doing as a Caravan Commis Chef:

• You'll be preparing our 'well-travelled' food, which is inspired by flavours from our founders' native New Zealand, as well as their global travels.
• You'll also support the restaurant team with our 'Caravan of Love' customer experience
• You will be open to learning in order to develop your knowledge and skills
• You'll take ownership of your role and thrive in a kitchen environment
• You'll love to cook with fresh ingredients

Caravan Values

We live by 4 core values. We expect our Commis Chef and all our teams to live, promote and role model these values at all times;

1. Caravan of Love
2. No boundaries
3. Well-travelled
4. All welcome

Sustainability

• We expect our teams to support environmental stewardship targets and efficiency goals by following departmental environmental policies and monitoring own usage of vital resources such as energy, disposable goods, and food waste, to name a few.

Diversity & Inclusion

• All our teams must respect individual differences with regards to identity, national and cultural background, and level of experience in all interactions while at work, including with members of the public.