Kitchen Leader - EDINBURGH AIRPORT FLAGSHIP

Pret A Manger; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A popular fast-casual restaurant chain is seeking a Kitchen Leader at their Edinburgh Airport location. In this role, you will support and coach a team to create delicious food while ensuring smooth kitchen operations. Enjoy benefits like free meals and discounts, as well as opportunities for career growth. This position requires early morning shifts and a passion for providing outstanding customer experiences.

Benefits

Free meals while working

Club Pret Membership

28 days paid holiday

Free parking

Discount shopping at the Airport

Qualifications

• Experience in team leadership roles is preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support, train, and coach team members in food preparation.
• Ensure the smooth operation of kitchen shifts.
• Maintain quality and cleanliness standards.

Skills

Team leadership

Training and coaching

Food preparation

Customer service

Job description

Calling all passionate Leaders to discover a world of opportunitiesat Pret A Manger, AirsideUnit C155, Edinburgh Airport , Edinburgh EDINBURGH GBR!

Join the heart of our kitchen at Pret a Manger, where you'll play a vital role in supporting, training, and coaching our lovely team members to consistently create delicious food for our cherished customers.

Overview

As a Kitchen Leader, you are essential to the seamless operation of each shift. Taking ownership alongside our Managers, you become the eyes and ears for the back‑of‑house operations, ensuring the success of our stores. But that's not all – at Pret, we invest in your growth! You'll gain valuable skills and knowledge through our Training Academy, opening doors to future management opportunities. Join us in shaping the culinary experience and making every bite delightful for our customers!

Explore our current job openings:

• Wehave Full-time (35 Hours) Kitchen Leader positions available – Shifts arespread over 5 days from Monday to Sunday and can start as early from 4amand finish as late as 11pm.

About the pay:

• £14.01 to £15.26 per hour (Inclusive of weekly mystery shopper bonus of £1.25 per hour)*

What’s more?

• Free meals while you’re working
• Club Pret Membership, with 50%off food and 5 free drinks a day.
• Earn an extra £5 when you startto work between 3am and 5am **
• 28 days paid holiday (pro-rata ifyou're part‑time)
• Your Pret Benefits – employeediscount program (Retails, Food, restaurants, Gym, etc)
• Free shoes
• Rewards for being outstanding.
• Pension scheme
• Length of service reward.
• And more…

As a Airport employee you will also enjoy thefollowing unique benefits:

• Freeparking
• FreeCar Park while you are on holiday, subject to availability
• DiscountedShopping at the Airport
• Cycleto Work Scheme

You want career Growth?

• Outstanding training anddevelopment (Over 85% of our managers have been internally promoted with manyjoining as a Team Member)
• Grow with us and earnprofessional qualifications: we offer Apprenticeships Level 3
• Useof our internal ‘Opportunity Network’ to see all of our available Pret jobs both within our shops and at our Support Centre, 75B.

About us:

Pret a Manger is a beloved international fast‑casual restaurant chain known for its fresh, natural ingredients and commitment to providing outstanding customer experiences. With a focus on quality, sustainability, and innovation, we're dedicated to delighting our customers every day. our food is handmade in our shop kitchens throughout the day and anything we don't sell, goes to charity. Our coffee is 100% organic (and always will be) and our Coffee Fund is supporting the next generation of farmers. It's (partly) what we think makes Pret special.

If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment, love working and having fun in a team, love an early morning and have a passion for serving delicious food and drinks, we want to hear from you!

As this role is based in an airport, all successful applicants will need to apply for an airport security pass (Pret A Manger will pay for this). As part of the process, you must be able to provide 5 years of references – these can be:

• Employment Reference
• Self‑Employed Reference
• Unemployment Reference (Job Centre or Benefits Offices)
• School/ Education Reference
• Agency Reference

*After initial training

**Terms and conditions apply

You want to know more about the role, benefits and Values please visit https://www.pret.co.uk/en-GB/pret-jobs