Cafe Chef- Rainham

Cafe Chef – Rainham Location: London, England, United Kingdom Salary: £12.71 – £14.16 per hour Please note that you need to be 18 or over to apply for this role. About the role We have an exciting opportunity for a Chef with hospitality experience to join one of our lively café kitchens. Your daily operations of the kitchen will include preparation, food storage, and delivering delicious food that keeps our customers happy, satisfied, and coming back for more. It’s all part of making every day a little better for them, and for us. You’ll bring your experience of working in a similarly busy environment to Tesco, where you’ll become a café menu expert keen to share your knowledge with the team around you. From health and safety to limiting food waste, you’ll understand every detail and inspire your team to deliver outstanding food quality and speed of service – after all, no one tries harder for customers than us. We believe in creating a great environment for colleagues to work and providing opportunities for everyone to be at their best. With your previous experience, you’ll help to deliver skills and build an inclusive place where people feel respected, safe and valued. In doing so, you’ll grow as a leader and develop your skills and experience as part of our friendly team. Responsibilities Storage and preparation in line with food safety and hygiene regulations. Deliver timely, tasty food to customers while maintaining great standards and food served to specification. Identify new and better ways of working to keep improving services for customers and colleagues. Ensure health and safety and food safety requirements are met. Understand the key drivers of our service plan and deliver to the required standard. You will need A background in hospitality. Experience of remaining productive in a high‑pressure environment. A commitment to excellent customer service. A desire to create an inclusive work environment where colleagues feel respected, safe and valued. Good planning and organisation skills. Confidence using your initiative to identify opportunities to improve ways of working or adapt to different situations. Excellent communication skills to motivate and support a growing team. Benefits Colleague Clubcard after 3 months of service – 10% increasing to 15% after every pay day for a four‑day period, off most purchases at Tesco. Request flexible working from day one. Retirement savings plan. Life Assurance. Access to free wellbeing services with a range of resources to support mind, body and life. An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills. Uniform provided and policies to support you for all of life’s moments, big and small. Holiday starting at 28 days (including Bank Holidays). Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. About Us With 329 cafés across the country and counting, our teams work closely to make sure that the customer experience is to the best standard and service; no two days are ever the same Tesco Cafés are a great place to work, with a genuine family feel – truly a place to get on. We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco Café where everyone is welcome and truly feels able to be themselves. In our cafés, we not only celebrate diversity, but we strive to create a workforce that reflects our customers, both in the UK and worldwide. Our aim is to attract and welcome a diverse range of applicants from all walks of life, offering many varying working patterns across our business and we would love to hear from you. We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life‑changing moments – becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So talk to us throughout your application about how we can support. We’re proud to have been accredited as a Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. On occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview. Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Full‑time Job function Management and Manufacturing Industries – Retail Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Tesco by 2x Sign up to set job alerts for “Chef” roles. #J-18808-Ljbffr