Senior Chef

Balham; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A popular pizza establishment in Greater London is on the lookout for a Senior Pizza Chef to join their team. In this role, you will showcase your pizza-making skills while ensuring smooth kitchen operations and high cleanliness standards. Ideal candidates will have experience in a fast-paced kitchen and strong teamwork abilities. They offer competitive hourly rates, a great work-life balance, and plenty of career progression opportunities. Enjoy working with new equipment and free pizza on shift.

Benefits

Competitive hourly rates

Career progression opportunities

Free pizza on shift

Discounts for family and friends

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
• Ability to stretch, bake, and make dough.
• Willingness to work on weekends.

Responsibilities

• Showcase pizza-making skills.
• Ensure smooth kitchen service.
• Maintain cleanliness and high standards.
• Work with a fast-paced kitchen team.

Skills

Pizza-making skills

Team player

Interpersonal skills

Command of English

Job description

Overview

Yard Sale Pizza is on the search for a Senior Pizza Chef to join our amazing team!

Offering new loyalty incentive - extra 50p per hour paid after 1 years continuous service

Yard Sale Pizza fired up the oven in 2014, 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 2016 Love London awards, were awarded Best Cheap Eats in the Observer Food Monthly Awards in 2017, and were voted London’s favourite pizza in Time Out’s inaugural Clash of the Slices in 2022. We’re a young and fast‑growing company who offer plenty of career progression for hard working and talented individuals. Our second shop south of the river in Balham serving the folk of South‑West London, second shop opened in the midst of the pandemic in March 2021 and still going strong! We are open for delivery & collection seven days a week, with a few spots outside to perch with your pizza when things are bit more normal. We’ve moved into an exceptional neighbourhood, with plenty of restaurants and bars to grab a drink after work.

What will I be doing?

• You’ll be showcasing your wonderful pizza‑making skills
• Ensuring the kitchen service is running smoothly
• Adhering to exceptionally high standards – including cleanliness
• Working with a fast‑paced kitchen team

What are we looking for?

• Someone with excellent experience stretching, baking and making dough in a fast‑paced environment
• A great team player who loves to work within a team with great interpersonal skills
• Someone with a good command of English
• Someone who is willing to work weekends

What’s on offer…

• Competitive rates paid hourly with bonus incentives in place
• A brilliant work/life balance so you won't be working super‑late
• Full‑time or part‑time hours available and all overtime paid for
• Loads of training & career progression – we have excellent learning and development opportunities
• Working with a great team, brand new equipment and state‑of‑the‑art marana ovens
• Brilliant discounts for family and friends off food and merchandise and of course free pizza on shift

If this sounds good, then we can’t wait to hear from you!

Pizza & Love,

YSP