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At Sam’s, we believe in creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for both our guests and our team. Our commitment to excellence in hospitality is matched by our dedication to fostering a supportive workplace where every member of the team can grow and thrive. Founded in 2019 by renowned restaurateur Sam Harrison and business partner Fanny Stocker. Our menus celebrate the finest seasonal produce from across the UK, with a focus on Anglo-French cuisine. We pride ourselves on sourcing ingredients from small artisan suppliers, ensuring quality and freshness in every dish. Complementing our food is a carefully curated wine list, handpicked by Sam himself, featuring selections from wineries he has personally visited. Sam's, Genuine Restaurants Group awards: • 2023, Caterer's 11th best place to work in Hospitality in UK!, • Recently nominated for Catey's restaurateur of the year award 2023., • Recently nominated by the public as the 2nd favourite restaurant in London in 2023, in the Harden's Guide. Role Overview: As a Host at Sam’s, you’ll be the first and last point of contact for every guest- setting the tone with a warm welcome and ensuring a smooth, professional experience throughout their visit. You’ll manage bookings, seating plans, and guest requests with confidence and care, balancing pace and precision in a fast-moving environment. With a natural sense of hospitality and attention to detail, you’ll help create the relaxed, elegant atmosphere Sam’s is known for. Pay: Pay consists of house salary + an average of tronc Benefits: • Team Festivities – We have two big celebrations every year to recognise and reward your hard work, • Friends & Family Perks – Enjoy exclusive discounts across all our venues, • Great Food for You– Free meals provided when you're on shift, • Share the Opportunity – Earn bonuses through our generous referral programme, • Here for You – Confidential support through our Employee Assistance Programme, • Incredible Discounts- Access to discounts for restaurants, retail, gyms and travel, • Cycle to Work Scheme - Save on bikes and accessories while spreading the cost, • Insider’s Pour – Wines and spirits available for team members at trade price, • Grow with Us – opportunities for progression and development, • Private Healthcare – Access to BUPA health cover after 3 years of service, • Challenge Accepted – Performance and Competition Awards and Bonuses Milestones: • New Starter Celebration- After your first month with us, you’ll be invited to dine at Sam’s Riverside to celebrate, • Anniversary Meal – Celebrate your work anniversary with a complimentary lunch or dinner for two people, every year!, • Loyalty Rewards – Earn extra holiday for every year after your third year You will need: • Bundles of passion and enthusiasm, a true love for our authentic hospitality, • To demonstrate a stable background working in a busy, high end restaurant and/or bar, • Right to Work in the UK, • Credible, positive references from former employers At Sam’s, we celebrate diversity and champion inclusion. Everyone is welcome, respected, and valued - just as they are. We’re proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities.

Rossella is expanding and we are opening a brand new site in Muswell Hill. Building on the success of our Kentish Town restaurant, voted in the Top 10 Italian restaurants in London by OpenTable and ranked in the Top 200 on Tripadvisor, we are looking for strong, fast and passionate BOH chefs to join our team from the start of this exciting new chapter. This is a great opportunity to be part of an established and growing brand, working with a close knit, motivated team using quality Italian ingredients, including products from our family vineyard in Italy. We are looking for a versatile Sous Chef who will float across the kitchen, supporting both the main section and the salad and starter section, as well as prep and service wherever needed. A minimum of two years’ experience in a similar role is required. What’s in it for you: 🏠 Closed Mondays every week 🧑‍🍳 Full time 48 hours across 4 to 5 shifts (more shifts avalible) 🍝 Free staff food and drinks when working 🤤 50% discount for you and your friends 🥳 Guaranteed birthday off 💰 £15.00 to £16.00 per hour, paid every 2 weeks 🍹 Monthly team drinks 🏋️ Ongoing training and career progression

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EatDome

Festival Unit Manager

DOME creates exciting, high-energy places where people come together, spanning nationwide festivals, meanwhile spaces on the Southbank, pop-ups, catering, and events across London, alongside our two Truffle Burger restaurants in central London. We design, deliver, and operate vibrant, food-led destinations, working with our own in-house brands and a curated network of national and international partners. Our brands are quick-service and crowd-led, known for decadent, delicious and creative menus. By bringing together independent concepts under one roof, we create memorable, high-impact experiences that activate spaces and attract diverse audiences. In the Summer season we take some mega teams on the road across the UK, from Scotland down to the Isle of Wight, who run experience-led food halls with our 6 in-house brands, at some of the country's biggest and best-loved music festivals. What starts in London's street-food scene becomes a full season of life on the road along-side 150 team members --- moving city to city, building buzzing food spaces, and delivering high-energy service to huge crowds. Festival life is intense and fast-paced, with long shifts, big volumes, and high standards, but it's also hugely rewarding. You'll live and work closely with your team all summer, sharing camps, late nights, headline artists, crew access, and the kind of moments and friendships that only come from doing something memorable together. It's hard work, high adrenaline, and completely unforgettable --- a season you'll always talk about long after the last show and service ends. As we continue to operate multiple high-volume food units at festivals across the UK, we're looking for experienced, hands-on Unit Managers to take full ownership of their brand and unit. This role is key to keeping things running smoothly day to day --- leading teams of 6, maintaining standards, and ensuring great food and service in intense, fast-paced festival environments. We're looking for: You're an energetic and experienced festival Unit, kiosk or concession manager with a background in fast paced hospitality, street food, festivals or quick service dining. You love leading, inspiring and motivating teams through the most energy fuelled shifts and take pride in running your unit to the highest standards. Hands-on and unstoppable- you embrace busy days and the excitement of life on the road, working closely with a close-knit team to deliver unforgettable festival experiences across the UK. • Running the day-to-day operation of a festival food unit, including setup, service, and close-down, • Leading, supporting, and motivating your team to deliver consistent food quality and service, • Managing stock, ordering, wastage, and costs in line with targets, • Building and managing rotas, staffing levels, and day-to-day people issues, • Working closely with operations, warehouse, and build/break teams to manage stock and equipment, • Reporting weekly on performance, costs, people, compliance, and upcoming needs What we offer: • Permanent, full-time roles with development plans to build experience, confidence and a career within festival operations, • Performance based bonuses, • Regularly arranged social occasions, • Employee Assistance Programme - free therapy sessions and financial support, • Slick and fun online and in-person training with rewards for learning and growing, • Regular 1-2-1 time with your manager for good things and challenges, • Festival starter pack - camping equipment, uniform, essentials and more, • Access to some of the biggest and best festivals in the UK, • A creative, ambitious and collaborative environment, • Seriously experienced team - with lots of support and knowledge to soak up, • Work with some well known international guest residents at pop-ups, • Opportunity to build experience and exposure with events, catering, festivals, pop-ups or restaurants, with one team.

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Big Mamma Group

Chef de Partie – Cold Section - UK

5 days ago

Full-time

London

Big Mamma is a French-Italian restaurant group founded by Victor Lugger and Tigrane Seydoux. For over a decade, we've been bringing bold Italian flavours, 100% homemade food and vibrant, high-energy kitchens to life across our restaurants worldwide. Our mission? To share authentic Italian dishes in beautifully designed spaces, always with big smiles. We're now looking for a Chef de Partie -- Cold Section to join our kitchen teams across our Central London restaurants. The Role You'll be part of a BIG MAMMA kitchen team, leading the cold section and ensuring every antipasto, insalata and fresh starter leaves the pass with precision and pride. This is a key leadership role within the kitchen, where organisation, consistency and energy drive the service. You will: • Oversee the cold section and preparation of antipasti, insalate and fresh starters, • Ensure recipes, presentation and quality standards are consistently respected, • Onboard and train new cold section and prep chefs, • Work closely with kitchen management to ensure smooth and efficient service, • Maintain high standards of hygiene, organisation and food safety, • Bring positive leadership and a problem-solving mindset to every shift, • Help create the best moment of our guests' day through every plate At Big Mamma, the first plate sets the tone - and you make sure it's unforgettable. What We're Looking For • A big smile and real passion for Italian food, • Previous experience as a Chef de Partie, • Strong leadership, teamwork and communication skills, • Great energy and proactive attitude during busy services, • Flexibility to work evenings and weekends Experience in high-volume kitchens is a strong plus. What We Offer • Permanent, full-time contract, • £ 17.71 per hour ( inclusive of tronc ), • 5 working days per week with 2 days off, • Delicious staff meals served family-style, • 15% employee discount across all Big Mamma restaurants (UK and Ireland), • Wagestream -- access your wages between paydays, • Mobility across our UK restaurants with opportunities to work worldwide BIG MAMMA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, colour, religion, national origin, disability, age or any other characteristic protected by law

We are looking for a Growth & Sales Consultant who lives and breathes marketing. You are not just an order taker—you are a consultant. You understand the pain points of business owners, you can articulate the value of our services, and you know how to close the gap between a lead and a long-term partnership. What You’ll Do: • Pipeline Management: Manage inbound leads and proactively hunt for new business opportunities., • Consultative Discovery: Conduct high-level discovery calls to understand client business models, goals, and marketing challenges., • Proposal Crafting: Translate client needs into compelling, high-converting proposals that showcase our unique value proposition., • Negotiation & Closing: Lead the sales process from initial contact to contract signature, handling objections with grace and confidence., • Marketing Insight: Stay ahead of industry trends to speak intelligently about SEO, paid media, and brand strategy during sales calls., • CRM Excellence: Maintain a clean, organized, and active pipeline in our CRM to ensure no lead is left behind. You Are a Perfect Fit If: • You are a Closer: You don’t get discouraged by a "no"—you see it as the beginning of a conversation. You have a proven track record of hitting and exceeding sales targets., • You Speak the Language: You have a solid understanding of digital marketing fundamentals (ROI, CPC, ROAS, Branding, LTV). You can explain why what we do works., • Top-Tier Communication: You are articulate, professional, and persuasive. You have high emotional intelligence and know how to build rapport with executives., • Self-Starter: You thrive in an environment where you have autonomy. You don’t need your hand held; you need a goal and the resources to smash it., • Passion for Growth: You are genuinely interested in helping other businesses succeed. You care about the results we deliver to our clients.

Looking for a chef with expertise in authentic Indian curries and veg, non-veg starters with Right to work in UK. 6 days with a day off.

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Simple Health Kitchen

Real hours. Real food. AM & PM shifts but never finish past 11pm. Location Fitzrovia - 2 min walk from Goodge Street, 4 min walk from Warren Street. 5 min walk from Euston Square. WHAT WE CAN OFFER • £13.50 / hour once passed training tests (1-4 weeks dependant on how fast you learn) £13.00 / hour before, • Guaranteed weekly hours — no zero-hours nonsense., • Free meals on shift — actual good healthy food, • Clear progression — Supervisor / Assistant Manager within reach if you want it., • Central London location — Warren Street/Goodge Street / Euston, • Part time and Full time WHAT THIS ISN'T • Not a late-night job. Latest finish is 11pm, most nights earlier., • AM shifts also, • Not a zero-hours gig. Your weekly hours are locked in., • Not a dead end. Real promotion route, signed off by the Store Manager. We are a premium health food brand in Central London. We're hiring people who want a proper hospitality job as part of a happy team — without the chaos, the midnight finishes, or the unpredictable rotas. We are busy Monday to Thursday then things for the rest of the week are more chill. This is a busy place where time flys. If you're looking for consistent shifts, a clear finish time, and a path that actually leads somewhere — read on. Team Member Plus Already have hospitality experience? This is the step up, we have a Aces in places strategy to bring out your best skills — running the protein section, owning the finish, and being the person who knows the menu inside out, being the customer service ace to bossing delivery drivers about. What you'll actually be doing We work a counter service (think subway style), we greet customers build their health box and move onto the next with a smile. Then comes the evening shift where the business really wakes up, if you want quiet and relaxed this is not it, we thrive on the busy but fun environment. We do a lot of delivery's on Deliveroo uber etc, we have a special section for that where you can demonstrate your skills from pure speed and energy to attention to detail checking bags, tickets etc. We aim to bring out the best of your skills. Your tasks are build up from Run the protein section — Presentation on every plate. Serve the salads - Portion the right weight of salad and present well Own the finish — dressings, garnishes, the final check before it goes out. Pack deliveries properly — Uber Eats and Deliveroo orders that actually look good when they arrive. Know the menu — recommend sides, explain what things are, handle the questions. Production - of grab and go items and salads Juice and smoothie station - Mix up some healthy drinks Help new starters — show people the ropes the way you were shown them. Ideally this is you • You've done hospitality before — you know the pace, you know a busy rush., • You take pride in your work — a messy dish makes you wince, not shrug., • You're solid with customers — friendly, clear and confident, • You show up for your teammates — on time, ready, consistent., • If you want to grow — this isn't the end of the road, it's the next step. Who it's not for • Anyone expecting to stand around and not do much, • Anyone not really wanting to integrate into a team but just do their own thing WHAT WE CAN OFFER • £13.50 / hour once passed training tests (1-4 weeks dependant on how fast you learn) £13.00 / hour before, • Guaranteed weekly hours — no zero-hours nonsense., • Free meals on shift — actual good healthy food, • Clear progression — Supervisor / Assistant Manager within reach if you want it., • Central London location — Warren Street/Goodge Street / Euston, • Part time and Full time WHAT THIS ISN'T • Not a late-night job. Latest finish is 11pm, most nights earlier., • AM shifts also, • Not a zero-hours gig. Your weekly hours are locked in., • Not a dead end. Real promotion route, signed off by the Store Manager. How things move from here. In store interview-> Trial shift-> Start

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At Sam’s, we believe in creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for both our guests and our team. Our commitment to excellence in hospitality is matched by our dedication to fostering a supportive workplace where every member of the team can grow and thrive. Founded in 2019 by renowned restaurateur Sam Harrison and business partner Fanny Stocker. Our menus celebrate the finest seasonal produce from across the UK, with a focus on Anglo-French cuisine. We pride ourselves on sourcing ingredients from small artisan suppliers, ensuring quality and freshness in every dish. Complementing our food is a carefully curated wine list, handpicked by Sam himself, featuring selections from wineries he has personally visited. Sam's, Genuine Restaurants Group awards: • 2023, Caterer's 11th best place to work in Hospitality in UK!, • Recently nominated for Catey's restaurateur of the year award 2023., • Recently nominated by the public as the 2nd favourite restaurant in London in 2023, in the Harden's Guide. Role Overview: As a Bartender at Sam’s, you’ll bring energy, charm, and great drinks knowledge to the heart of our bar. You’ll craft classic and signature cocktails, pour beautiful wines, serve the perfect beer, and create a warm, welcoming experience for every guest. Whether behind the bar or supporting the floor team, you’ll deliver service with a smile and keep the atmosphere buzzing. This role is ideal for someone who’s passionate about hospitality, thrives in a busy environment, and takes pride in delivering high-quality drinks with flair. Pay: Pay consists of house salary + an average of tronc Benefits: • Team Festivities – We have two big celebrations every year to recognise and reward your hard work, • Friends & Family Perks – Enjoy exclusive discounts across all our venues, • Great Food for You– Free meals provided when you're on shift, • Share the Opportunity – Earn bonuses through our generous referral programme, • Here for You – Confidential support through our Employee Assistance Programme, • Incredible Discounts- Access to discounts for restaurants, retail, gyms and travel, • Cycle to Work Scheme - Save on bikes and accessories while spreading the cost, • Insider’s Pour – Wines and spirits available for team members at trade price, • Grow with Us – opportunities for progression and development, • Private Healthcare – Access to BUPA health cover after 3 years of service, • Challenge Accepted – Performance and Competition Awards and Bonuses Milestones: • New Starter Celebration- After your first month with us, you’ll be invited to dine at Sam’s Riverside to celebrate, • Anniversary Meal – Celebrate your work anniversary with a complimentary lunch or dinner for two people, every year!, • Loyalty Rewards – Earn extra holiday for every year after your third year You will need: • Bundles of passion and enthusiasm, a true love for our authentic hospitality, • To demonstrate a stable background working in a busy, high end restaurant and/or bar, • Right to Work in the UK, • Credible, positive references from former employers At Sam’s, we celebrate diversity and champion inclusion. Everyone is welcome, respected, and valued - just as they are. We’re proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities.

If you’re experienced with: Maintenance and Repairs Oil changes Brake system repairs (pads, rotors, fluid) Tire services (rotation, balancing, replacement) Battery replacement and testing Engine tune-ups Transmission service and repair Suspension and steering repairs Exhaust system repairs Cooling system service (radiators, thermostats, hoses) Fuel system repairs Diagnostics Check engine light diagnostics Reading and interpreting OBD-II codes Engine performance diagnostics Electrical system diagnostics Noise and vibration troubleshooting Installation and Replacement Alternators, starters, and belts Air conditioning components Sensors and electronic control units (ECUs) Lights and fuses Windshield wipers and motorsbrake systems, engine diagnostics, AC repairs, Servicing, have a strong work ethic, and enjoy being part of a collaborative, hands-on environment, we’d love to hear from you. Work hours: Monday to Friday: 8am - 6pm, Saturday: 8am - 2pm If you are interested please contact us, and arrange a visit for a trial. For more information and discussion of salary please apply Address: 15 Steele road, NW107AS, London

We are a busy Central London based bar group. We are looking for a creative, proactive intern to support a series of short-term hospitality and event projects, including themed pop-ups (such as a Mediterranean Lemon Festival), wine bar concepts, and experiential brand collaborations. This role is ideal for someone passionate about design, AI tools, interiors, events, and marketing, who enjoys turning ideas into visual concepts quickly. You’ll work closely with the founder on concept creation, visuals, and presentation materials, helping bring hospitality ideas to life. Key Responsibilities Create AI-generated visuals for: Event concepts & themed pop-ups Interior décor ideas (wine bars, cafés, pop-ups) Styling, lighting, mood, and atmosphere Develop mood boards and concept decks for: Event themes (e.g. Lemon Festival, seasonal activations) Interior redesigns and décor installations Assist with marketing materials, including: Social media visuals Posters, flyers, menus, and simple animations Support event planning concepts, including: Décor layouts Visual storytelling for pitches and partners Help prepare presentation decks for landlords, brands, and collaborators Skills & Experience Essential: Strong visual eye and interest in design, interiors, and events Experience using AI design tools (e.g. Midjourney, DALL·E, Firefly, etc.) Comfortable with Canva, Adobe, or similar design platforms Good organisation and ability to manage short, fast-moving projects Nice to have: Interest in hospitality, wine, food, or experiential events Social media or content creation experience Interior design, fashion, or visual arts background Ability to quickly translate ideas into visuals What You’ll Gain Hands-on experience in real hospitality and event projects Creative freedom and direct collaboration with the founder Portfolio-worthy work across events, interiors, and branding Insight into pop-ups, partnerships, and experiential marketing Paid role with flexible working structure Who This Is Perfect For Design, interior, fashion, or creative students/graduates AI-savvy creatives wanting real-world projects Someone who loves atmosphere, storytelling, and visuals A self-starter who enjoys bringing concepts to life fast

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