Kitchen Manager

Home Hospitality; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Home Hospitality in East London is seeking a super-organised Kitchen Manager to join our busy artisanal bakery. You’ll know the kitchen inside out, report to the Head Baker, and play an integral role in ensuring smooth operation and continued success.

The role begins hybrid for 3–6 months, mixing hands-on baking with office duties, before settling into a Monday–Friday week. You will build strong relationships with the team and implement effective systems and cost-conscious processes.

Qualifications

• Previous bakery management experience is essential.
• Strong organisational and systems-focused approach.
• Knowledge of cost management and budgeting.

Responsibilities

• Know the kitchen inside out and support smooth operation.
• Report to Head Baker and collaborate closely with the bakery team.
• Hybrid role for 3–6 months, with office-based responsibilities alongside hands-on baking.
• Support on shift as needed, ensuring efficient operation.

Skills

Bakery management

Organised

Systems mindset

Cost control

Job description

• super organised kitchen manager to join bakery team
• previous bakery experience @ management level is essential
• Systems, structures, and savvy cost mindset
• Reporting into the Head Baker & working really closely with them
• Hybrid role for the first 3/6 months migrating to a office Mon-Fri

  We’re looking for a super-organised, systems-focused Kitchen Manager to join this busy and much-loved East London bakery.

  Reporting to the Head Baker, you’ll know the kitchen inside out and play an integral role in ensuring the smooth running and continued success of this incredible, artisanal bakery. With a loyal following this is a brilliant opportunity to join a business whose products people travel from far and wide to enjoy.

  For the first 3–6 months, this will be a hybrid role, combining hands‑on baking with office-based responsibilities. This time will give you the opportunity to fully understand the bakery operation, build strong relationships with the team and put effective systems and processes in place.

  Once you’re fully settled into the role, the position will move to a Monday‑Friday, 5‑day working week, with that they'll need to be some flexibility with stepping in and supporting on shift as and when needed.

  We’re looking for someone highly organised, proactive and systems-focused, who thrives in a busy environment and takes pride in facilitating the continued success of a smoothly run and efficient operation.