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Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC); Bury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A popular fast-food chain in Bury is seeking kitchen team members to prepare, cook, and serve legendary chicken with pride. Responsibilities include maintaining quality and safety standards while working in a fast-paced environment. This role offers benefits like free food during shifts and a 25% staff discount. Join a community that encourages individuality and growth.

Benefits

Free food and drink on shift

25% staff discount

Qualifications

• Fast-paced kitchen experience.
• Ability to maintain standards in cooking and serving.
• Strong attention to quality and safety.

Responsibilities

• Own the kitchen by preparing, cooking, and serving chicken.
• Follow cooking processes to maintain safety and cleanliness.
• Ensure every piece is quality and served hot and fresh.

Job description

Overview

You'll be the engine of the kitchen-prepping, cooking, and serving up our legendary chicken with pride and precision. It's fast, hands‑on, and all about bringing the flavour while backing your team every step of the way.

Responsibilities

• Own the kitchen. You'll be the heart of the hustle-prepping, cooking, and serving up our famous chicken to perfection.
• Stick to the standards. You'll follow our prep and cooking processes to the letter, keeping it safe, clean, and tasty.
• Keep it fresh. Quality matters. You'll make sure every piece is hot, crisp, and finger lickin' good.
• Love for good food. You care about cooking it right and serving it hot‑every time.
• Can‑do attitude. You show up, step up, and keep the momentum going.
• Pace and precision. Fast hands, sharp focus, and you don't cut corners.

About Company

We sell the world’s best chicken. We’ve done it for a long old time – since 1939, when the idea of finger‑lickin’ good chicken popped into our Colonel’s head. Now, we proudly serve 1000+ communities across the UK and Ireland, bringing the grit, pride and iconic reputation that started in Kentucky all those years ago. People who are original. Individual. Fresh. We come to work to be ourselves, and to make something of ourselves. We bring the graft and the laughs every day – building our own community, as we serve our original recipe chicken to the ones we’re in. In our place, ambition grows. Careers build. Potential goes further. Our doors are open, and they can take you anywhere. If you join our team, we only ask one thing: that you be you.

Operator Roles & Responsibilities

Demipower Group is a privately‑run family business that started in 1989. We have a multitude of associated companies across varied sectors such as hospitality, property and QSR; one of which is the second largest KFC franchisee in the UK. We are currently responsible for operating over 115 KFC restaurants across London and Home Counties, Midlands, Anglia, Western England and Wales. We are continuing to grow at pace as part of the KFC owned brand of quick service restaurants serving fried chicken. You will be joining at an incredibly exciting time with opportunities to progress and to help shape the direction of a rapidly growing business.

Benefits

• Pay rate:
• Take the first step toward a rewarding leadership career.
• Free food and drink on shift
• 25% staff discount

Equal Opportunity Statement

KFC for everyone: Whoever you are and wherever you’re from, KFC is a place where you can bring the real you to work. We’re here to support you in being yourself, whether you work with us, or are trying to. Our promise is this: every person who applies to a role at KFC, regardless of age, background, ethnicity, gender, ability, religion or sexual orientation, will have an equal opportunity to work here. We don’t just welcome, we encourage applications from underrepresented groups in all industries. If you’d like any additional support with your application, have a disability or condition that may affect your performance during the recruitment process, or have any other requirements – just let us know. We’ll be there to help you be the real you.

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Ready? We hope so. If you’re ready to be part of our community, now’s the time to apply. Worried you’re not ticking all the boxes? Don’t – we’d still love to hear from you.