Seasonal Chef

Babu House; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A popular restaurant in Canary Wharf is looking for a Demi Chef de Partie to assist during the busy Christmas season. The ideal candidate will have a passion for cooking and experience in a busy kitchen. The role offers training programs and opportunities for career development. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Benefits

Free weekly wage advances

Discount on dining

Fitness sessions

Qualifications

• You love to cook and learn new skills; enjoy a busy kitchen environment.
• Master of your section, ensuring it's prepped and ready for service.

Responsibilities

• Support the kitchen team in delivering high-quality meals.
• Keep kitchen section clean and organized at all times.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Cooking skills

Organizational skills

Teamwork

Job description

We are on the lookout for an amazing Chef to join our team in Canary Wharf to help out during the busy Christmas season!

We are proud to be recognised as one of the best places to work in Hospitality. Looking after people is at the core of what we do and we work hard to make life at Dishoom the best it can be. Since 2010, our restaurants have celebrated the Irani cafes and all of the food and drink of Bombay. We have Dishoom Cafes across London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow. Our Permit Rooms can be found in Brighton, Cambridge, Oxford and Portobello! Plus, we have kitchens in across London to ensure our guests can enjoy our food at home!

As well as running busy sites with big teams, we also understand the importance of doing more. From planting trees with our teams in the UK & India, tying Rakhis with our guests, to our dedication to helping to feed children through Meal for a Meal. As of January 2024, we have donated 20 million meals (and counting) to children in the UK and India. As a Dishoomwalle, you contribute 55 meals per shift to this cause.

How we’ll support you

At Dishoom, we care about supporting you and your well‑being (inside and outside of work). With this, we tend to think about our team’s well‑being in four different ways:

Financial

Free weekly wage advances and emergency cash.

Access to our savings support & financial health planning tool.

Up to 50% off when dining at Dishoom with friends and family.

Mental & Physical

All Babus (Managers) are fully trained in mental health support & First Aid.

Dedicated support from our confidential advice helpline - available to you or someone in your household – 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.

Free fitness sessions every month (including yoga and spin classes).

Calling all cricket fans, we have our very own Dishoom Premier League (an in‑house cricket tournament) where you get to compete with your team at Lord’s.

Social

We’re a growing company and love nothing more than bringing our teams (and families) together to celebrate everyone’s hard work across the year.

You’ll be invited to our:

• Family Mela (Family summer festival)
• Huge Christmas celebration

Plus, we host regular team events across our cafes.

• Team members who work at Dishoom for 5 years are invited to attend Bombay Bootcamp – an incredible once-in‑a‑lifetime guided tour of Bombay with our co‑founders (over 200 people attended last year)!

What to expect

• £13.46 per hour inclusive of tronc. We pay on a monthly basis.
• We’re an all day dining Cafe, meaning our teams work a variety of daytime and evening shifts (not the usual always late nights!)
• Access to our award‑winning training programmes and support. We focus on your development from day one and proudly promoted 211 Dishoomwalles last year!
• The usual number of days holiday a year – paid for, including tronc. Our sites are closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day, and if you have children, we’ll provide one extra day to take them to their first day at school.
• We’ll provide the Chef whites‑ Kitchen safety shoes required!

Have you got Seva?

We believe we are at our happiest when we are contributing to the world to the best of our abilities. This goes beyond just serving people, we take them in and truly look after them. Guests and team alike.

We are on the lookout for a Demi Chef de Partie to join our team in Dishoom Canary Wharf on a temporary basis.

So, what are we looking for?

As a Chef/ Demi Chef de Partie:

• You love to cook and learn new skills; and enjoy the buzz of working in a busy kitchen environment.
• You are a master of your section. Whether it is Breakfast, Grill, Fryer, Curry or Tandoor, you ensure it’s prepped and ready for a first‑class service, clean and organised at all times.

At Dishoom - everyone is welcome. We are committed to having an inclusive and diverse workplace and strongly encourage people from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to apply for roles with us.

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