53 Best casual labourer Jobs in London (November 2026)

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SOUS CHEF – HONEST GREENS We are Honest Greens 🌱, an innovative, passionate, and rapidly expanding restaurant lifestyle brand with one mission: improve society through real food. We do things differently in our industry, embracing — and creating — new restaurant trends and technologies that allow us to make healthy food affordable, convenient, and incredibly delicious. We believe this will help people in our communities live longer, happier, and more sustainable lives. Over the coming years, we will be scaling our restaurant, geographical, and digital footprint to ensure our customers can interact with our brand wherever they are. This is an amazing opportunity to join our journey as we build our product and scale globally. We are looking for a highly motivated, hands-on SOUS CHEF to support the Head Chef in running the kitchen operations of one of our restaurants, and to lead the kitchen in their absence. The ideal candidate is a passionate culinarian and emerging leader, with solid experience in high-volume kitchens. You’ll thrive in a fast-paced, service-driven environment where no two days are the same — and you’ll play a key role in ensuring that our food is consistently fresh, delicious, and beautifully presented, while motivating and developing the kitchen team on every shift. Your day-to-day will include… • Supporting the Head Chef in overseeing food preparation, storage, FIFO, recipes, and plating standards, and running the pass during service., • Leading the kitchen in the Head Chef’s absence, taking full responsibility for the shift, the team, and our quality standards., • Preparing ingredient and material orders based on stock levels and restaurant needs, flagging shortages or urgent requests to the Head Chef., • Checking deliveries, verifying invoices, and ensuring products are correctly labeled and stored upon receipt, ensuring efficiency and minimal waste., • Monitoring portion control, waste, and kitchen productivity during shifts, helping the Head Chef hit food and labour cost targets., • Supporting with kitchen rotas and shift planning, ensuring adequate staffing and smooth shift handovers., • Running daily and weekly cleaning routines and completing food safety records, ensuring the kitchen and storage areas are always in compliance with health, safety, and sanitation standards., • Using company tools for communication, reporting, and organizational tasks during shifts., • Training new and existing team members on stations, recipes, and standards, and supporting the Head Chef with onboarding and performance follow-up., • Providing hands-on coaching that is clear, aligned with Honest Greens’ values, and focused on elevating operational excellence and individual performance. Skills & Qualifications • 2+ years of experience as a Sous Chef, Junior Sous Chef, or senior Chef de Partie in a high-volume kitchen, preferably within casual dining, fast-casual, or lifestyle-driven restaurants., • Strong culinary skills and a solid understanding of food safety, hygiene, and compliance standards., • Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene certificate (Level 3 is a plus)., • Experience training and motivating kitchen team members, with the ambition to grow into a Head Chef role., • Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and multitasking skills, staying calm and in control during busy services., • Familiarity with kitchen management tools and operational systems (ordering, stock, and food safety records)., • Strong communication skills with a collaborative, team-first approach., • Passion for food, sustainability, and delivering exceptional guest experiences., • Fluency in English; Spanish is a plus. Benefits 💸 Attractive wage 🍍 Free daily food in our restaurants 🥑 50% discount in our restaurants 🎟️ Awesome corporate events 🚀 Internal growth opportunities 🌍 International, open-minded and unique team If you’re passionate about great food, developing people, and stepping up as a kitchen leader, and growing with a dynamic, purpose-driven brand — we’d love to meet you!

LaCage is looking for a passionate, commercially minded and people-focused Assistant Manager to support the day-to-day leadership and operation of a busy hospitality venue. Working closely with the senior management team, you will take ownership of shifts, lead the team and help deliver consistently excellent guest experiences across restaurant, bar and private event operations. Key responsibilities • Act as Manager on Duty, overseeing service, opening and closing procedures, security, cash handling and operational checks., • Coordinate front-of-house, bar, kitchen and reservations teams to ensure smooth and efficient service., • Manage bookings, table allocations and guest flow using SevenRooms., • Lead, motivate, coach and develop the team through briefings, training and performance conversations., • Support recruitment, onboarding, rota planning and effective labour deployment., • Handle guest feedback and complaints professionally, ensuring appropriate service recovery., • Support sales, profitability and operational targets by monitoring performance, labour costs, stock and key business KPIs., • Assist with ordering, inventory counts, supplier relationships, cash reconciliation and end-of-day reporting., • Ensure compliance with food safety, health and safety, fire safety, licensing and responsible alcohol service requirements., • Use Lightspeed, SevenRooms and other operational systems accurately., • Complete management reports, shift handovers, compliance records and maintenance follow-ups. What we’re looking for • Previous management or supervisory experience in a busy restaurant, bar or premium hospitality environment., • Strong leadership, communication, organisation and problem-solving skills., • A genuine passion for hospitality and outstanding guest service., • Commercial awareness, including experience with sales, labour and stock control., • Confidence managing busy shifts and making effective operational decisions., • A proactive, hands-on approach and the ability to take ownership., • Flexibility to work evenings, weekends and major sporting events. Experience in high-volume or premium casual dining, private events, staff training, recruitment and performance management is desirable. Knowledge of Lightspeed, SevenRooms, UK licensing requirements and food safety legislation would also be beneficial. A Personal Licence, or willingness to obtain one, is advantageous. Success in this role means building a confident and engaged team, delivering excellent guest experiences, maintaining high operational and compliance standards, and contributing to sales growth and the continued development of the business. LaCage values personality, kindness, integrity, teamwork and ambition. This is an opportunity to grow with an expanding hospitality group and contribute to an exciting new venue.

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