Breakfast Chef

Apply on JLP Jobs – the official careers website for John Lewis Partnership, John Lewis & Partners, and Waitrose & Partners.

About the role

As a Chef, you\’ll be working as part of our friendly kitchen brigade to ensure the efficient day-to-day running of our kitchens and assist in providing a consistently high-quality dining experience for our customers or Partners, depending on your location. You\’ll lead and inspire the kitchen team to create exceptional culinary experiences that leave a lasting impression, using your creativity and flair to develop and execute a food offer while ensuring it meets the highest standards of quality, innovation, cost control, health, and safety.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire the kitchen team to create exceptional culinary experiences in a small to large kitchen environment.
• Demonstrate decisiveness and excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Follow procedures and instructions using the \’Health and Safety at Work Act\’ and \’Food Safety Act\’ when completing all relevant tasks, ensuring the rest of the kitchen team do too.
• Ensure a clean and tidy working environment.
• Lead and develop the rest of the kitchen team.
• Maintain good sales, reputation, and profit of the kitchen.

Essential skills/experience you\’ll need

• Food safety level 1 (or higher level).
• Health & Safety level 1 (or higher level).
• NVQ level 1 and 2.
• Experience of working within a customer service-based environment.
• Experience of working within a catering environment.

Desirable skills/experience you may have

• Experience of working within a customer service-based environment.

Working hours

45 hours per week, Sunday to Thursday, 6am – 4pm. Fridays and Saturdays off, with flexibility around events and holidays.

The partnership

We’re the largest employee-owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re focused on being brilliant at retail, continuing to innovate, adapt, and diversify. We uphold our promise of \’Never Knowingly Undersold\’ on price, quality, and service in John Lewis and passionately serve food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners, we share ownership and the rewards. We contribute to our success, work together through challenges, and treat everyone with kindness and respect.

We foster an environment where everyone can be themselves and thrive, growing individually and collectively.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note

Some roles may require pre-employment vetting, including DBS checks. If needed, you’ll be informed during recruitment. Completing vetting documents promptly is encouraged to avoid delays. DBS checks will be conducted by a registered third-party body, and financial probity checks may also be required for some roles.

We recommend applying promptly, as vacancies can close early if we receive a high volume of applications.

We support flexible working arrangements to promote work-life balance, including flexible hours, job sharing, or shorter contracts. Please discuss this with the hiring manager during your interview.

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