Head Pizza Chef
15 hours ago
£35000–£40000 yearly
Full-time
London
Head Pizza Chef / Kitchen Lead 🍕🔥 📍 Walthamstow / Hackney 💼 Full-time 💰 Competitive salary (based on experience) About the Role We’re looking for an experienced Head Pizza Chef to take ownership of our pizza kitchen and help us grow. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can run a tight kitchen, lead a team, and deliver consistently excellent pizza — while keeping a close eye on costs and standards. You’ll also play a key role in opening new sites, including an upcoming launch in Hackney. What You’ll Be Doing • Running the day-to-day pizza kitchen, • Leading, training, and motivating your team, • Delivering top-quality pizzas across: Neapolitan New York-style / by-the-slice Chilled / take-home pizzas • Managing food cost & labour, • Maintaining high standards of hygiene, organisation, and service, • Helping build systems and processes as we grow What We’re Looking For • Proven experience as a Head or Senior Pizza Chef, • Strong skills in Neapolitan + NY-style pizza, • Experience leading a team in a busy kitchen, • Solid understanding of cost control (CoS & labour), • Organised, reliable, and calm under pressure, • Experience opening kitchens or scaling operations is a big plus Why Join Us • Be part of a growing, ambitious food business, • Real opportunity to shape the kitchen and team, • Work across exciting brands and new openings, • Progression as we expand