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Cafe Chef
Chef with Hospitality Experience – Tesco Café
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Chef with hospitality experience to join one of our lively café kitchens. Your daily work will involve food preparation, storage, and delivering delicious meals to ensure our customers remain happy, satisfied, and eager to return.
By bringing your experience from a similarly high-pressure environment, you’ll become a valued café menu expert while helping the team thrive—focusing on health and safety, reducing food waste, and maintaining outstanding quality and service speed. No matter the challenge, our team prioritises customer excellence.
Tesco Cafés thrive on creating a supportive workplace where colleagues feel valued, safe, and empowered. With your existing skills, you’ll drive inclusivity, inspire colleagues, and grow your leadership abilities while contributing to a friendly team environment.
Note: Applicants must be 18 or older.
Key Responsibilities
The role requires ensuring the following daily needs are met:
- Prepping and storing food in compliance with food safety and hygiene regulations.
- Serving timely, delicious, and high-quality meals to meet customer expectations.
- Identifying ways to continuously improve processes for both service efficiency and staff development.
- Supporting health and safety compliance in food handling.
- Meeting service standards set by Tesco’s operational goals.
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Qualifications & Experience
To succeed in this position, you will need:
- Hospitality experience, ideally in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
- Experience thriving under high-pressure conditions while maintaining quality.
- A commitment to exceptional customer service.
- A strong determination to foster an inclusive workplace where colleagues feel respected, safe, and valued.
- Good organisational skills to manage workflow effectively.
- Confidence in problem-solving to adapt and improve methods on the fly.
- Clear communication skills to motivate and mentor a growing team.
Benefits
We offer an outstanding package to support your well-being and career growth:
- Colleague discounts – 10% off and 15% during payday weekends, plus a family card for use outside the home. Members save up to £2,000 annually with the Colleague Clubcard.
- Flexible working from day one of employment.
- A retirement savings plan.
- Life Assurance to provide extra financial security.
- Free wellbeing resources covering mental health, physical fitness, and life coaching.
- An exclusive deals portal with discounts on everyday essentials, treats, dining out, and home utilities.
- Full uniform provision for all roles.
- Holiday policy starting at 28 days (including Bank Holidays).
- Colleague networks for peer connection and support across diverse backgrounds.
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About Us
With 329 cafés growing nationwide, our teams work tirelessly to ensure a best-in-class customer experience—where no two days are alike. Tesco Cafés capture a genuine family atmosphere, standing out as a progressive workplace where people thrive.
We champion an inclusive culture where diversity is celebrated, reflecting both our employees and customers globally. Our goal is to attract and support individuals from all walks of life, offering flexible schedules.
Life’s challenges are unique to each person. Here at Tesco, we welcome conversations about flexible working—whether you’re starting your career, juggling care responsibilities, or any other life transition. Talk to us to explore how we can support your goals.
Additionally, we are recognised as a Disability Confident Leader, committing to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Further support details are available here.
Note: High-volume positions may close prematurely to manage applicant intake fairly. Individual feedback will only be provided to interviewees.
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