Hot Food Chef - Pret a Manger

TN United Kingdom; Belfast; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Hot Chef, where you will be part of a vibrant team dedicated to delivering exceptional hot food. In this role, you will ensure that all food meets high standards of quality and safety while coaching and training team members. You will play a key role in maintaining equipment, managing food preparation, and adhering to health and safety regulations. This opportunity allows you to thrive in a supportive environment that values growth and teamwork, making every day at work enjoyable and fulfilling. If you are passionate about food and customer service, this is the perfect role for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in food preparation and safety standards is essential.
• Strong leadership skills to train and coach team members.

Responsibilities

• Coach and train team members on hot food standards.
• Ensure hot food quality and compliance with safety regulations.
• Maintain hot food equipment and manage product launches.

Skills

Team Leadership

Food Safety Standards

Hot Food Preparation

Health and Safety Compliance

Education

Food Safety Certification

Tools

Hot Food Equipment

Job description

We’ve carved out a unique culture here at Carebrook (Pret Franchisee), where joy prevails, whether in the way we interact with customers or with each other, and there’s a positive atmosphere and a real team spirit. We stick to five principles to make everything work: we stay hungry, we care deeply, we share joy, we grow together and we welcome everyone. Join us to see what it’s like to work in a place where you can truly grow and thrive.

A Pret Hot Chef works as part of a team to ensure all food meets Pret standards and is consistently delicious. The Hot Chef is responsible to develop and maintain the standard of hot food in the shop. This role focuses on providing our customers with Pret Perfect hot food with the required quality, freshness and display.

Hot food will be produced from both the kitchen and front counter areas. The Hot Chef ensures that the maintenance of the hot food equipment is to the required Health and Safety standards.

The Hot Chef is an integral part of the shop team and will be expected to carry out TM Star duties as appropriate to business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• To coach and train TMs and TM Stars on hot food and standards.
• To liaise with the TMT to ensure all hot food training is planned and carried out as appropriate.
• To carry out hot food team briefs and attend any relevant meetings, courses and conferences relating to hot food when appropriate.
• To ensure all hot food training material is available and up to date.
• To follow Pret’s dress code and be immaculately presented, wearing the correct Hot Chef uniform.

Delicious Food & Drink: Hot Food Quality & Availability

• To ensure all hot food is prepared and displayed according to planograms and sold to Pret standards.
• To ensure all hot food is of great quality with appropriate availability for the time of day.
• To ensure that all new hot food product launches are managed in a timely and effective way in the shop.
• To ensure hot food is cooked and held at correct temperatures and recorded in an accurate and timely fashion, in accordance to Pret standards.
• To follow the hot food production setting standards.
• To ensure all our hot food production is completed as per production principles using the shop bakery plan.

Well Loved Shop: Cleanliness and Health & Safety

• To adhere to all aspects of kitchen ‘health & safety’ in accordance with the law and Pret standards.
• To adhere to aspects of kitchen ‘food safety’ in accordance with the law and Pret standards.
• I am responsible for ensuring I follow Food Safety Standards; and for the Health and Safety of myself, my team and customers. I complete all training, to enable me to understand the Pret standards and safety processes I must follow. I ensure I follow these processes at all times. I immediately tell my Manager when I believe standards or processes are not being met.

Well Loved Shop: Equipment Maintenance

• To ensure all hot food equipment is prepared and set up at the start of each day.
• To test, clean and maintain all hot food equipment according to Pret’s standards, and report any maintenance issues to a Manager.
• To train all Team Members to use hot food equipment effectively and efficiently.

Growing Sales, Maximising Hot Food Sales

• To liaise with AMK/AMF and organise fresh Hot Food Sampling – Joy of Pret.
• To be aware of hot food sales within your shop.
• To ensure sufficient stocks of hot food ingredients, packaging and small equipment using the five point check.

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Created on 24/04/2025 by TN United Kingdom