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🍕 HEAD PIZZA CHEF WANTED – Vauxhall 🍕 Join the team at Made in Puglia – where passion meets pizza. We’re on the hunt for a talented Pizza Head Chef to take the lead in our Vauxhall location. If you're experienced, motivated, and ready to grow with a fast-moving, expanding brand — this is your moment. 🔥 What We Offer: £16–£17 per hour, depending on experience 45 hours/week contract 28 days paid holiday per year Bonuses Referral bonuses – get rewarded when you bring great people in A clear growth path with real opportunities for advancement as we continue expanding 👨‍🍳 What We’re Looking For: • A skilled Pizza Chef with strong experiencewith neapolitan style pizza and a deep passion for Italian food, • A true kitchen leader – able to train, motivate, and manage a team, • Someone who keeps the kitchen clean, organised, and running like clockwork, • Confident in making weekly rotas and managing food orders, • A proactive mindset and someone ready to grow with us long-term 🧑‍🍳 About Us: We’re Made in Puglia, a growing pizza brand that started in 2021 out of a food truck. From those humble beginnings, we’ve opened kitchens in Hackney, Vauxhall, and Tooting – and we’re still growing. We believe in rewarding hard work and giving real opportunities to our team. 📍 Location: Vauxhall 📅 Start Date: beginning of November 💼 Employment Type: Full-time

Part-Time Chef – 2 Days a Week We are looking for a reliable and experienced Part-Time Chef to join our team, working 2 days per week. The role involves preparing and cooking fresh food to a high standard, maintaining kitchen hygiene, and working efficiently during busy service periods. Key requirements: • Previous kitchen/chef experience, • Good knowledge of food preparation and hygiene, • Able to work independently and as part team, • Reliable, organised and able to work under pressure, • Passion for producing high-quality food Hours: 2 days per week, with potential to transition to full time

The Hub cafe is located in Victoria park. We are after a skilled, reliable, breakfast chef for our busy cafe. Day time only, full time, weekends required. We serve fresh and high quality breakfast and lunch dishes. Consistency and portion control matter as much as taste.

Need experience breakfast brunch chef for part time position 3 days aweek and 8am till 3 clock

We are looking for a self-employed to make hot sauce & chilli jam. Though the hours are extremely flexible (you can come and make jam anytime you wish as long as our inventory is kept stocked up), you MUST be able to commute regularly to our kitchen in Hackney Wick, so East London candidates are preferred. Shift times are minimum 4 hours to get real cooking done and up to 8-10 hours a day. We estimate you will start with 10 hours per week but it can grow. Trial period is paid at £13.50 while training, then £16 afterwards. If you are training someone else, £18/hour. WE PAY WEEKLY WITH INVOICE! EVERY MONDAY WE PAY YOU THE PREVIOUS HOUR'S. You must have excellent attention to detail and be highly organised, as with batch cooking the stakes are high: one missing ingredient and you will have to chuck the entire batch (100+ bottles). Cook times are short and recipes are "simple" but perfect timings are everything so you must keep a watchful eye on all four times. No jar can go out with a crack or a hair. You must have previous batching and quality control experience. You will be expected to: • Manage 4 induction hobs at once, • Lift heavy pots and pour hot liquids into containers, • Bottle and lid jars (you will have support from a sous-chef), • Clean pots, pans, kitchen surfaces and generally maintain a clean kitchen up to food safety standards, • Have great communication -- we are a small business and looking to create a community and a fun vibe This is an extremely fun and flexible job for the right person. We are looking for someone highly energetic who is looking to grow with an exciting, young, small team. There is potentially parking on-site. There are additional work opportunities involved at London Minimum Wage (labeling, organising, packing orders) and bike courier work. Job Type: Freelance Application question(s): • Give us an example of what you think is an unforgivable error for a chef who has just started a new role, • What exactly about our job description caught your eye?, • Describe your kitchen personality in a couple of sentences. :) Work Location: In person

Full-time - London Fields / Mare Street, East London About the role We are building a new kind of hospitality space in Hackney. A curated kitchen and bar programme where chefs, bartenders and collaborators take over the space for short residencies, events and experiences. The concept is designed to constantly evolve, with a changing calendar of pop ups, dinners, tastings, private hires and social events. We are looking for a Sous Chef to help lead the kitchen and food programme day to day. This is not a traditional Sous Chef role. The right person will help run the kitchen during our in-house food programme while also working closely alongside a rotating line-up of chefs and collaborators during residencies and events. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of opening a new concept from the ground up while learning from different personalities, styles and approaches across the industry. The role will work in close partnership with our Group Head Chef to shape and execute the food offering outside of collaborations, while helping maintain consistency, standards and operational excellence across a constantly evolving programme. This role will be central to the identity and rhythm of the space. We are looking for someone who is organised, ambitious, adaptable and genuinely excited by food, hospitality and creative collaboration. About the space The venue is an intimate, industrial kitchen and bar in Mare Street, with a large open kitchen and counter seating at its heart. It is designed as a platform for rotating chefs, drinks-led experiences and social hospitality. The space is curated and operated by us. While the concepts may change, the guest experience, standards and overall feel of the venue remain consistent. The Sous Chef will play a key role in protecting those standards while helping the kitchen remain flexible, creative and well executed. What you’ll be responsible for Kitchen operations and service • Support the day-to-day running of the kitchen and lead services when required, • Work closely with the Group Head Chef to deliver the venue’s core food programme outside of collaborations and residencies, • Take ownership of kitchen organisation, prep systems, cleanliness and service flow, • Help ensure consistency, quality and strong execution across changing menus and concepts, • Support the setup and operational execution of guest chef residencies, takeovers and collaborative events, • Maintain calm and effective communication during busy services and fast-paced event nights Collaborations and events • Work alongside visiting chefs and collaborators during residencies and events, • Help support transitions between different kitchen concepts, menus and styles of service, • Assist with kitchen setup, prep coordination and operational readiness for events and takeovers, • Help ensure collaborators are supported operationally while maintaining the standards of the venue, • Contribute ideas and feedback to improve the overall guest and kitchen experience across the programme Team leadership and development • Support and mentor junior kitchen team members, • Help coach and develop a positive, accountable and professional kitchen culture, • Lead by example during prep and service with strong standards and attention to detail, • Support training and onboarding as the team grows Health, safety and compliance • Take ownership of kitchen health and safety standards, • Ensure the kitchen consistently operates in line with food safety and hygiene requirements, • Maintain strong systems around cleanliness, storage, labelling and HACCP procedures, • Help monitor stock rotation, wastage and kitchen organisation to maintain efficient operations, • Identify operational risks early and proactively solve problems before they affect service What we’re looking for We are looking for someone with strong kitchen fundamentals who is excited by the idea of helping build something new and working in a constantly evolving environment. You likely have: • Experience working as a Sous Chef or strong Junior Sous Chef in a quality-led restaurant, • Confidence running kitchen services and supporting day-to-day operations, • Strong understanding of kitchen organisation, prep systems and food safety, • Experience mentoring or supporting junior chefs, • A calm, solutions-focused approach during busy services, • Strong communication and organisational skills, • An interest in modern hospitality, collaborations and creative food concepts We think you’ll thrive if you are: • Excited by learning from different chefs and styles of cooking, • Comfortable working in a venue where things evolve regularly, • Adaptable, organised and proactive, • Passionate about hospitality and guest experience, • Motivated by helping build a kitchen and concept from the ground up, • Interested in being part of a creative and collaborative environment Ideal profile This role could suit someone who has worked as: • a Sous Chef looking for a more creative and varied environment, • a Junior Sous Chef ready to step into a broader leadership role, • someone excited by being part of opening and shaping a new venue from the beginning Other details • Full-time role based in Mare Street, East London, • Evening and weekend availability required, • Salary: £38,000 to £45,000 including tronc, • Opportunity to help shape a new hospitality concept from the ground up, • As the business continues to grow, there will also be opportunities for development and progression into more senior kitchen leadership roles across the wider group. About us We’re the team behind Crudo and Tiny Wine, two independent hospitality concepts we’ve built in London over the past few years. Crudo opened in 2019 and has grown into a group of restaurants built around modern Latin American food, strong atmosphere and warm, energetic service. Tiny Wine came out of our love for smaller, more intimate drinking spaces, with a big focus on personality, curation and creating a place people genuinely want to spend time in. A big part of what we’ve learnt through both brands is that people come back for more than just the food or drinks. They come back for the feeling of the place, the team behind it, and the sense that something thoughtful is being built. Rocola Studio is the next step in that. It gives us the opportunity to create a more flexible space built around a changing programme of chefs, drinks, events and collaborations. A space that can evolve constantly, while still being run with a clear point of view and strong operational standards. We’re excited by the idea of building something that feels social, current and full of life. Somewhere guests want to return to regularly, and somewhere chefs and collaborators are genuinely excited to be part of.

Join the Bocca Bocca Team! We’re looking for an experienced (Full time) Italian Chef to join us at Bocca Bocca, an authentic Italian restaurant. What We’re Looking For: • Experience as an Italian Chef – Strong background in preparing traditional Italian dishes, • Creativity – Ability to create new dishes, daily/weekly specials, and a menu of the day., • Versatility – Skilled in preparing fish, meat, and vegetable mains., • Quality & Consistency – Focus on fresh, high-quality ingredients and excellent presentation., • Teamwork – Ability to work well in a fast-paced kitchen environment. If you’re passionate about Italian cuisine and have the experience to match, we’d love to hear from you!

Kitchen Porter – Full Time Pizzeria Bel-Sit | Woodford Green We are looking for a hardworking, reliable and enthusiastic Kitchen Porter to join our friendly team at Pizzeria Bel-Sit, a well-established, family-run Italian restaurant that has been serving the local community for over 45 years. We are a busy, fast-paced restaurant with a fantastic, hardworking team who take pride in what they do. We're looking for someone who enjoys working in a team, has a positive attitude and isn't afraid of hard work. Key Responsibilities • Washing dishes, pots, pans and kitchen equipment, • Keeping the kitchen and washing-up areas clean and organised, • Maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene, • Assisting the chefs with basic kitchen duties when required, • Supporting the kitchen team during busy services, • Ensuring all cleaning duties are completed to a high standard What We're Looking For • A reliable, punctual and hardworking individual, • Someone who can work efficiently in a busy, fast-paced environment, • A positive attitude and strong team spirit, • Good attention to detail and cleanliness, • Previous kitchen experience is preferred but not essential Working Hours Full-time position – approximately 51 hours per week Tuesday to Saturday (split shifts): • Morning: 9:45am – 2:30pm, • Evening: 5:30pm – 11:00pm Days off: Sunday and Monday What We Offer • A friendly, welcoming and supportive team, • A stable position in a well-established, successful family restaurant, • A positive working environment where everyone plays an important role, • Competitive pay, dependent on experience Apply Now If you're hardworking, dependable and looking to become part of a great team in a busy, much-loved local Italian restaurant, we'd love to hear from you! Apply with your CV and a brief introduction about yourself.

Pizza Chef, Papi's Munchies at The North Star, Leytonstone £13.50-16.00 per hour, plus tips and bonuses throughout the year Papi's Munchies started in our backyard during lockdown and grew into an award-winning Neapolitan pizza business, twice recognised in Europe's Top 50 Pizzerias. We're looking for a pizza chef to join the kitchen at The North Star in Leytonstone. The role • Stretch, top and bake Neapolitan pizzas to our standards, service after service, • Organise and manage stock, keeping it rotated, labelled and ordered on time, • Plan and complete the prep of the day so the kitchen is ready for service, • Run a busy kitchen smoothly, staying calm and organised at peak times, • Be a real team player and support your colleagues whenever they need a hand, • Keep kitchen clean and safe at all times About you • Experience on pizza, ideally Neapolitan, • Good organisation and time management, • Calm, fast and careful under pressure, • Reliable, positive and happy to help others, • Food hygiene knowledge and the right to work in the UK What we offer • £13.50-16.00 per hour, depending on experience, • Tips shared with the team, • Bonuses through the year, • A friendly team and a chance to grow with an award-winning brand

Production Supervisor (Kitchen Operations) Planthood is the UK’s highest-rated plant-based meal kit company, on a mission to enable people to live healthier lives and have a meaningful impact on the planet by eating more plant-based whole foods. From our London kitchen, we cook delicious food from scratch and deliver it to thousands of customers across the UK every week. Since launching from Hilary & Will’s kitchen in 2020, we’ve cooked more than 5 million meals, and we’re continuing to grow. We’re now looking for an ambitious and proactive Production Supervisor (Kitchen Operations) to join us at an exciting stage of our journey. Salary: £32,000-£34,000 per annum, depending on experience, plus two annual bonus opportunities of up to 5% each Contract: Permanent, full-time Location: Planthood, Units D10-D11, Leyton Business Centre, Argall Avenue, London, E10 7QP Work location: On-site The Role Our Kitchen team is a crucial part of what makes Planthood different. It’s where our chefs prepare the sauces, garnishes and other chef-made components that go into our meal kits and bring our dishes to life. As one of three Production Supervisors in Kitchen Operations, you’ll lead our team of chefs and Kitchen Porters while working closely with your fellow Supervisors, other department leaders and our Production Managers. You’ll be an important part of a wider management team where we share ideas, solve problems, support each other and get things done together. This is a hands-on role, combining leadership on the production floor with the opportunity to make a wider impact. As Planthood grows, we want you to bring ideas, spot opportunities and drive improvements, while we support your own development and progression within the business. What You’ll Be Doing • Run great production days: Work with your fellow Supervisors to organise the team, set priorities and keep food preparation and cooking running smoothly against the production plan., • Lead and develop the team: Coach, support and motivate our chefs and Kitchen Porters, creating a great working environment with clear expectations and high standards., • Maintain quality and food safety: Make sure our chef-made components are consistently delicious and produced safely, accurately and to specification, maintaining high standards of hygiene, allergen controls and HACCP., • Keep performance on track: Stay on top of production flow, timings and productivity, stepping in to solve problems and keep the day moving., • Improve how we work: Spot inefficiencies and recurring issues, bring forward practical ideas and turn agreed improvements into action., • Work as one Production team: Collaborate with other Supervisors, department leaders and Production Managers to solve problems and deliver the wider production plan. About You You might already be supervising a production kitchen, or you could be an experienced chef ready to take the next step into a broader leadership role. Most importantly, you love good food and take real pride in producing it to a high standard. At Planthood, we’re all about bringing restaurant-quality food into people’s homes, so we’re looking for someone who cares about flavour, consistency and the details that make a dish great. You’ll bring: • Strong professional cooking experience at Chef de Partie level or above, with the confidence to be hands-on in the kitchen when needed, • Experience leading, coaching or motivating others in a professional kitchen or food production environment, • Strong organisation and the ability to stay calm and make decisions during a busy production day, • A good understanding of cooking at volume, including recipe scaling and yields, • High standards for food quality, hygiene and food safety, with a good understanding of allergens and HACCP, • Plenty of initiative, with a natural instinct to solve problems and find better ways of working, • Confidence using digital tools and keeping accurate production records, • A collaborative approach and the ambition to grow with the role and with Planthood Experience in a high-volume commercial kitchen, central production kitchen, catering operation or food manufacturing environment would be particularly valuable. What You Get • Free lunch: Enjoy delicious food prepared by our chefs while you’re at work., • Free food: Take home leftover meal kits and products when available. All we ask for is your feedback!, • Team socials: Seasonal parties, celebrations and team events throughout the year., • Development and progression: We’re big believers in internal progression and supporting people to develop as the business grows. Ready to Join Us? If you love great food, enjoy leading people and want to make an impact in a growing food business, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to join the Planthood team.

The Hub cafe is located in Victoria park. We are after a skilled, reliable Chef de Partie for our busy cafe. Day time only, full time, weekends required. We serve fresh and high quality breakfast and lunch dishes. Consistensy and portion control matter as much as taste.

About OhMyFood Join OhMyFood as we launch London’s first home‑cooked food marketplace. This role begins with a 45‑day remote training period, designed to help you learn our systems and outreach processes. On your 30th day, we’ll conduct a formal review and discuss conversion into future full‑time opportunities based on performance, business needs, and role availability. You’ll help us grow area‑by‑area by reaching home chefs, building community partnerships, and supporting early customer acquisition. Ideal for someone confident, people‑friendly, organised, and excited to help build a food‑tech startup from the ground up. What You’ll Do • Reach out to home chefs, food creators, community leaders, and local partners., • Explain the OhMyFood opportunity and support chef onboarding., • Build relationships with student groups, residential communities, South Asian networks, and local organisations., • Support customer acquisition through online/offline outreach., • Research high‑potential London areas for Phase 1 launch., • Manage outreach trackers, leads, follow‑ups, and partnerships., • Work with marketing on referral campaigns and community engagement., • Collect feedback from chefs and communities to improve launch strategy., • Represent OhMyFood professionally in all conversations. What We’re Looking For • Experience in BD, sales, partnerships, community growth, marketing, operations, hospitality, or startups., • Strong communication and people skills., • Comfortable reaching out via LinkedIn, WhatsApp, email, calls, and communities., • Organised, proactive, and able to take ownership., • Interest in food, community, startups, or marketplaces., • Knowledge of London communities is a plus. Why Join Us • Build the growth engine of a real marketplace business., • Work directly with the founder + core teams., • Hands‑on experience in BD, partnerships, community growth, and launch strategy., • 30‑Day HR Review → discuss continuation, extended responsibilities, or conversion., • Conversion Pathway → potential full‑time roles as we scale., • Certificate of Completion + Letter of Recommendation for exceptional performance., • Be part of a brand built on food, community, and everyday comfort.

We are looking for an experienced Chef de Partie to join our busy breakfast team at Dobar. You must have previous breakfast experience, work well as part of a team and be confident cooking eggs to perfection. You will assist the Head Chef in ensuring food is prepared to a high standard and orders go out quickly during our fast-paced service. You must also be comfortable working on the grill, keeping your section organised and covering the Head Chef on their days off. We’re looking for someone reliable, organised and able to stay calm and efficient during a very busy breakfast service.

🍽️ Sous Chef 📍 Location: Seven Sisters, N15 💷 £36,500 – £38,500 per annum 📆 Full-time | 45 hours per week 🌟 BENEFITS FOR YOU • 24/7 online private GP support — your wellbeing matters, • Free meals & soft drinks on every shift — because food is love, • Birthday gift vouchers, • Staff discounts when dining with friends & family (up to 3 guests), • Fun, inclusive team socials — karaoke, bowling, roller disco, and more, • A collaborative, values-driven culture where you can be yourself, • A rare chance to help shape an award-winning, fast-growing restaurant brand 🧑🏽‍🍳 YOUR ROLE As Sous Chef, you’ll play a vital role in supporting our Head Chef and leading the kitchen team day-to-day. You’ll set high standards, keep the kitchen running smoothly, and help create a positive, growth-focused culture. Your responsibilities will include: • Running service and leading the pass when required, • Supporting the Kitchen Leader with kitchen compliance and stock management, • Training, motivating, and supporting junior team members, • Maintaining Food Safety & Health & Safety standards, • Managing wastage and contributing to COGS control, • Acting as a Chuku’s ambassador — bringing energy, passion, and culture into the kitchen 🧠 WHAT YOU'LL BRING • 3+ years’ chef experience, with at least 1 year in a supervisory role, • Confidence in running a section and stepping up to lead when needed, • Experience with supplier management and stock control (or willingness to learn), • Strong organisational skills and calm communication under pressure, • A team-player mindset — lifting up those around you, • A genuine love of food and people No need to know Nigerian or West African cuisine — just come hungry to learn. We’ll teach you the flavours; you bring the passion. 🎉 WHO WE ARE Chuku’s is about culture, community, and cuisine. What started 10 years ago as a brother-and-sister pop-up with a dream to share the spirit of Lagos in London has grown into a flagship restaurant in Tottenham — full of colour, energy, and afrobeats, serving vibrant Nigerian dishes made for sharing. With big ambitions and a second site on the horizon, now’s the perfect time to join a team that believes in new possibilities — building something bold, joyful, and lasting. Every dish is a conversation. Every guest is family. Every team member matters. We support each other, value everyone, and make real connections — through our food, with each other, and the world around us.