Head Pizza Chef

Yard Sale Pizza; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Yard Sale Pizza is looking for an experienced Head Pizza Chef to join their London team. You will lead a dedicated kitchen team, ensuring the highest pizza quality and a positive working environment. With competitive rates, career progression, and various perks, this role is perfect for a passionate pizza maker who enjoys collaboration and growth.

Benefits

Competitive Hourly Rates

Loyalty incentive - extra 50p per hour after 1 year

Paid overtime

Holiday paid in days off or cash

Career progression and monthly bonuses

Free pizza on shift

Discounts for family and friends

Staff parties throughout the year

Uniform and merchandise

Qualifications

• Expert in Neapolitan-style pizza-making and dough handling.
• Proven experience as Head Chef overseeing kitchen operations.
• Strong knowledge of food hygiene and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of chefs in kitchen operations.
• Ensure smooth kitchen running and maintain high pizza quality.
• Oversee stock ordering and maintain food hygiene standards.

Skills

Pizza-making skills

Team leadership

Communication

Organization skills

Food safety knowledge

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!

**Pay rate effective from 1st April 2025**

**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 12 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 second shop south of the river in Balham serving the folk of South-West London, second shop opened in the midst of the pandemic in March 2021 and still going strong! We are open for delivery & collection seven days a week, with a few spots outside to perch with your pizza when things are bit more normal. We've moved into an exceptional neighbourhood, with plenty of restaurants and bars to grab a drink after work :)

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 KPI’s.

• 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.

If this sounds good, then we can’t wait to hear from you!

Pizza & Love,

YSP