Head Pizza Chef - Yard Sale Pizza Clapton

Yard Sale Pizza; Greater London; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic pizza restaurant in Greater London is seeking an experienced Head Pizza Chef to lead a talented team. You will be responsible for ensuring high pizza quality, training chefs, and maintaining a positive work environment. The ideal candidate will have exceptional pizza-making skills, particularly in Neapolitan-style pizza, and strong leadership abilities. This full-time role offers competitive pay, career progression opportunities, and various employee perks, including free pizza during shifts.

Benefits

Competitive hourly rates

Paid overtime

Holiday pay in cash or days off

Career progression opportunities

Free pizza on shift

Staff parties

Qualifications

• Masterclass pizza-making skills with a passion for pizza.
• Experience making Neapolitan-style pizza and using a stone-based oven.
• Leadership experience in a kitchen environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of chefs in a busy kitchen.
• Ensure the smooth running of the kitchen and positive work environment.
• Maintain food hygiene standards and oversee stock ordering.

Skills

Pizza-making skills

Team leadership

Collaboration

Communication skills

Food hygiene knowledge

Job description

Job Details Head Pizza Chef - Yard Sale Pizza ClaptonYard 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 , 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 Love London awards, were awarded Best Cheap Eats in the Observer Food Monthly Awards in , and were voted London's favourite pizza in Time Out's inaugural Clash of the Slices in .We're a young and fast-growing company who offer plenty of career progression for hard working and talented individuals. We opened the doors to our Clapton shop, with the help of Macaulay Culkin in May , serving up pizza to the good folk of E5, E8, E9 & N16 for dine-in, table away and delivery. Clapton is our smallest shop, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in heart. You wont find a better place to truly understand what the Yard Sale Pizza buzz is all about.
• 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