Head Chef

Yard Sale Pizza Crofton Park; Greater London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly rates

Loyalty incentive after 1 year

Overtime paid

Holiday pay

Career progression

Free pizza on shift

Staff parties

Uniform and merchandise

Job summary

Yard Sale Pizza Crofton Park is seeking an experienced Head Pizza Chef to lead a busy kitchen, mentoring a team of chefs and ensuring top quality Neapolitan pizza, dough handling and oven performance.

You will report to our Kitchen Operations Manager and General Manager, managing on-site operations, maintaining 5* hygiene, GP targets, and overseeing training, rota planning and stock while delivering excellent pizza to customers.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and mentoring a kitchen team.
• Masterclass pizza-making skills with Neapolitan dough handling.
• Strong organisation and attention to detail.
• Good knowledge of risk assessments and food hygiene in a commercial kitchen.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of chefs in a busy kitchen.
• Run all areas of the kitchen on site reporting to Kitchen Operations Manager & GM.
• Maintain 5* hygiene standards and ensure top pizza quality and speed.
• Train and develop chefs with regular appraisals and engagement.
• Oversee rota planning and stock ordering within budgeted costs.

Skills

Leading team management

Neapolitan pizza mastery

Dough handling/stretching

Organisational skills

Food safety & hygiene knowledge

Tools

Marana oven

Job description

Yard Sale Pizza are on the search for an experienced Head Pizza Chef who is a collaborative team leader with excellent pizza making skills to join our amazing team!

Offering new loyalty incentive - extra 50p per hour paid after 1 years continuous service

Who are we?

Yard Sale Pizza fired up the oven in 2014, starting with weekly supper clubs from our backyard in Hackney. We now offer delivery, dine-in and takeaway in 17 of our favourite neighbourhoods. Known for our collaborations, we've teamed up with illustrators, musicians, international chefs & local eateries- all on the quest for the perfect pie!

We've won London's most-loved restaurant in Time Out's 2016 Love London awards, were awarded Best Cheap Eats in the Observer Food Monthly Awards in 2017, and were voted London's favourite pizza in Time Out's inaugural Clash of the Slices in 2022.

We're a young and fast-growing company who offer plenty of career progression for hard working and talented individuals.

Our love affair with South London continues! We opened our ninth Yard Sale Pizza in Crofton Park (between Brockley and Honour Oak Park) bringing our hand-made, hand-delivered pizza to the neighbourhood in 2021. We're offering up our ultimate delivery pizza, all delivered by our own amazing team of drivers, alongside a small but perfectly formed dine-in space.

What will I be doing?

• Leading and mentoring a hard working team of chefs in a busy environment.
• You'll report to our Kitchen Operations Manager and General Manager and you will be responsible to run all areas of the kitchen on site.
• Ensuring the smooth running of the kitchen whilst keeping a positive working environment for the team!
• You'll be responsible for overseeing and providing excellent pizza quality, kitchen speed and service.
• Training and maintaining a competent chef team - providing regular appraisals and keeping the team engaged.
• Ensuring that you hit successful GP and portioning figures.
• Maintaining 5* Food Hygiene standards.
• You'll be responsible for your team's rota in alignment with budgeted staff costs.
• Stock ordering and rotation.

What are we looking for?

• Someone with masterclass Pizza-making skills with a real passion for pizza!
• Someone who is highly skilled in making Neapolitan-style pizza, making and stretching dough and baking in a stone-based marana oven.
• A Head Chef who has previous experience leading and developing a team who enjoys collaboration and has excellent communication skills.
• Someone who has first-class organisation skills and attention to detail.
• Someone with good knowledge of risk assessments, food safety and hygiene within a commercial kitchen.

What's on offer:

• Competitive Hourly Rates.
• Full time hours - around 40 per week.

• Loyalty incentive - extra 50p per hour paid after 1 years continuous service

• Paid overtime.
• Holiday paid in days off or in cash.
• Career progression with Yard Sale Pizza - our Shop Head Chefs earn a monthly bonuses based on KPIs.
• Working with a brilliant team in a fast-growing company.
• Free pizza on shift and brilliant discounts to enjoy with family and friends.
• Staff parties throughout the year.
• Uniform and other merchandise to celebrate your milestones working with us.

Pizza & Love,

YSP