Head Pizza Chef - Walthamstow

YardSalePizza; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly rates

Full-time hours ~ 40 per week

Loyalty incentive – extra 50p per hour

Paid overtime

Holiday pay (days or cash)

Career progression with KPI bonuses

Free pizza on shift

Staff parties and team events

Uniform and merchandise

Job summary

Yard Sale Pizza is looking for an experienced Head Pizza Chef to lead and mentor a team of chefs in a fast-paced kitchen, delivering Neapolitan-style pizza to customers across dine-in, delivery and takeaway services.

You will report to the Kitchen Operations Manager and General Manager, running all kitchen areas on site, ensuring quality, speed and a positive environment, while maintaining accurate rotas and stock control.

Qualifications

• Masterclass pizza-making skills and passion for pizza.
• Experience leading and developing a team in a busy kitchen.
• Strong knowledge of food safety and hygiene in a commercial kitchen.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of chefs in a busy environment.
• Report to Kitchen Operations Manager and General Manager; run all kitchen areas on site.
• Ensure smooth kitchen operations and a positive working environment.
• Maintain pizza quality, kitchen speed and service.
• Provide regular appraisals and keep the team engaged.
• Manage rota aligned with budgeted staff costs and stock rotation.

Skills

Pizza making

Neapolitan dough

Team leadership

Food hygiene

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 15 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.

Walthamstow – set in a beautiful old glass factory – opened in January 2017 and was our first shop with an actual yard (well, we say ‘yard’, its more of a deck!).
Our biggest shop to date, Walthamstow is a real hit E17ers, serving up our infamous pizza for dine-in, takeaway and delivery.

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.

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!

YSP