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🔥 LOVE BBQ, FIRE, AND GOOD VIBES? WE’RE HIRING. 🔥 Back9 Barbecue & Braai at Hainault Forest Golf Club is looking for a Smokehouse Chef / Kitchen Manager to help lead our busy BBQ kitchen. If you know your way around smokers, grills, great food, and great guests, we want to hear from you. Start date: March / April for the right candidate. ✅ Big personality & natural leader ✅ Genuine passion for BBQ & smokehouse cooking ✅ Grill/smokehouse experience a big plus ✅ Cool under pressure & runs a tight kitchen ✅ Comfortable cooking & working with pork products ✅ Can mix a solid cocktail & engage with guests ✅ Driving licence / own transport essential Please note: if you can’t Braai, don’t apply:) Join a growing BBQ brand with room to make your mark. 📩 Message us or send your CV and tell us why you’re the right fit for Back9

🍽️ Chef 📍 Location: Seven Sisters, N15 💷 £12.50 – £13.25 per hour 📆 Part-time | 20 – 25 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 a Chef, you’ll take ownership of your section and play a key role in keeping the kitchen running smoothly. You’ll support the Sous and Head Chef, develop your skills, and help deliver the high standards that make Chuku’s special. Your responsibilities will include: • Leading on food prep - preparing and cooking dishes to Chuku’s standards, • Supporting with mise en place, accepting deliveries and completing daily checks, • Taking ownership of your role during service and running it with confidence when required, • Maintaining Food Safety & Health & Safety standards, • Assisting with stock rotation and reducing wastage, • Helping to train and support junior chefs and team members, • Bringing positive energy, teamwork and passion into the kitchen 🧠 WHAT YOU'LL BRING • 2+ years’ experience working as a chef in a busy kitchen, • Confidence in taking ownership during service and supporting the team with consistency, • Strong attention to detail and pride in delivering quality dishes, • Good organisation and communication skills, even under pressure, • A willingness to learn, grow, and support your teammates, • A genuine love of food and people No need to know Nigerian or West African cuisine — just bring your curiosity and passion. We’ll teach you the flavours; you bring the dedication. 🎉 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.

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🍽️ Sous Chef 📍 Location: Seven Sisters, N15 💷 £35,000 – £36,250 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 Head Chef 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.

Yard Sale Pizza is on the search for a Deputy General Manager to join our amazing team. In return you will receive a competitive base salary up to £34,000 per annum plus a generous bonus and excellent benefits! £31,000 - £34,000 OTE - £37,000 Who are we? Yard Sale Pizza fired up the oven in 2014, starting with weekly supper clubs from our backyard in Hackney. We now offer delivery, dine-in and takeaway in 15 of our favourite neighbourhoods. Known for our collaborations, we've teamed up with illustrators, musicians, international chefs local eateries- all on the quest for the perfect pie! We've won London's most-loved restaurant in Time Out's 2016 Love London awards, were awarded Best Cheap Eats in the Observer Food Monthly Awards in 2017, and were voted London's favourite pizza in Time Out's inaugural Clash of the Slices in 2022. We're a young and fast-growing company who offer plenty of career progression for hard working and talented individuals. Walthamstow -- set in a beautiful old glass factory -- opened in January 2017 and was our first shop with an actual yard (well, we say 'yard', its more of a deck!). Our biggest shop to date, Walthamstow is a real hit E17ers, serving up our infamous pizza for dine-in, takeaway and delivery. What will I be doing? • Supporting the General Manager in all aspects of running the shop during peak, busy shifts. • Running your own shifts in the General Managers absence., • Keeping the team motivated and bringing great energy to each and every shift!, • Managing customer expectations, always going above and beyond., • Assisting with weekly reports, shop orders and team appraisals and development. What are we looking for? • Someone who has at least one years' experience as a Deputy Manager, ideally within a fast-paced, casual dining setting., • Someone who has great knowledge of both food hygiene and health and safety procedures., • An enthusiastic team leader and motivator who is a real people person with exceptional interpersonal skills., • It would be advantageous if you have previously worked within a takeaway setting., • An ambitious individual who would love to progress to a General Manager in the near future! What's on offer: • Monthly bonus which is based on KPIs (after probation is passed), • 40-hour contract, we love to promote a great work-life balance!, • 28 days holiday., • Christmas Closure., • Loads of room for progression!, • Uniform and other merchandise to celebrate your milestones working with us., • Free pizza on shift and brilliant discounts for family and friends across all sites!, • Staff parties throughout the year., • Cycle to work scheme., • Tech scheme., • Hospitality Action's Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offers free independent, expert, support and advice 24/7 to all YSP staff. If this sounds good, then we can't wait to hear from you! Pizza \& Love, YSP

Sushi Chef (Freelance / Development Stage → Ongoing Work) PUSHI is a new, premium food concept launching in the UK, specialising in push-pop sushi — a modern, fusion take on sushi designed for events, pop-ups and private catering. I am currently at the development and testing stage of the business and am looking to connect with an experienced Sushi Chef to collaborate on creating a small tasting menu (4 signature push-pop sushi flavours) to finalise recipes, flavour profiles and presentation. This initial phase is a paid tasting / development session, with the intention of progressing into ongoing freelance, event-based and pop-up work once the brand officially launches and orders begin. This role would suit a chef who enjoys creative development, modern fusion flavours, and flexible freelance work rather than a traditional restaurant setting. What the role involves? Stage 1 – Development (Immediate): • Collaborating on a 4-item push-pop sushi tasting menu, • Helping refine flavours, textures and portioning, • Advising on prep efficiency and consistency Stage 2 – Launch & Growth (Post-Launch): • Preparing sushi for pop-ups, private events and catering orders, • Freelance / ad-hoc work as bookings come in, • Potential for regular collaboration as the business grows and the opportunity to lead a team in the kitchen as demands and orders grow What I’m looking for? • Experience as a Sushi Chef (restaurant, catering or freelance), • Comfortable with fusion flavours and modern presentation, • Reliable, professional, and open to working with a startup brand, • Food hygiene certified (or willing to obtain), • UK right to work, • A passion for sushi and for becoming a leader playing with flavour and fashion What’s on offer? • Paid development / tasting session, • Ongoing freelance, event-based paid work, • Opportunity to be involved from the early stages of a UK-first food concept, • Creative input while the brand is being shaped Important to note This is not a full-time position at this stage. It is ideal for chefs who: • Freelance, • Work part-time elsewhere, • Enjoy pop-ups and events, • Want to be part of a growing concept from the start and grow with the business How to apply Please get in touch with: • A brief summary of your experience, • Your availability, • Any social media / portfolio (if available) The ideal candidate I am looking for someone who is passionate about sushi and has a fun energy to work with who is passionate about flavour and progressing with this brand and business