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Posting date: 19 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: Competitive with Excellent Benefits!
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 05 May 2024
Location: None, None, OX141TU
Company: Tesco
Job type: Temporary
Job reference: tesco/TP/2993118/880894

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Summary

About the role

We’re now on the lookout for an efficient, enthusiastic Cook / Chef who\'s looking for a job which offers a great work life balance.

Our kitchens are fast paced so it can be challenging, although shifts go quickly when your cooking mouth-watering food for our dedicated Tesco shoppers!

If you’re a Cook / Chef who would like a job with no late nights or long weekends and are passionate about food, this may be the job for you!

Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.

You will be responsible for

  • Cooking to spec and knowing the menu inside out
  • Helping to ensure a full shift runs efficiently
  • Ensuring the team have everything they need to deliver an outstanding customer experience.
  • Prioritising a high volume of order tickets
  • Making outstanding quality food that is ‘picture perfect’ every time
  • Prepping in advance to get our dishes out in 10 minutes or less!
  • Being a champion of brand standards
  • Responsible for maintaining the highest cleanliness and health & safety standards

You will need

  • To be 18 years of age or older.
  • Experience working as a Cook, Assistant Cook, Chef or Chef de Partie
  • To be efficient and have a high level of attention to detail
  • To be skilled using kitchen equipment including grills and fryers
  • Experience cooking and preparing food in a kitchen with a high volume of orders
  • To take pride in delivering good looking, tasty dishes every time
  • Some work with specs & brand standards in a commercial kitchen
  • Level 2 in Health & Safety and Food Hygiene is a bonus

What’s in it for you

Alongside a fantastic work life balance, we offer excellent benefits that help make The Cafe a great place to work. These include but aren’t limited to::

  • Colleague Clubcard after 3 months service - 10% increasing to 15% after every pay day for a four-day period, off most purchases at Tesco
  • Request flexible working from day one
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Life Assurance
  • Access to free wellbeing services with a range of resources to support your mind, body, and life
  • An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for the home
  • Uniform provided and policies to support you for all of life’s moments, big and small
  • Holiday starting at 28 days (Including Bank Holidays)
  • Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here.

About us

Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.

It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.

We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.

But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.

We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers

Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.

For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com

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