Cafe Chef - The Jamie Oliver Cookery School

Jamie Oliver is launching a Cafe in spring 2025, on Oxford Street in John Lewis. The Cafe will be part of the flagship Cookery School which will also launch in Spring. Our cafe will offer a simple yet beautiful menu of salads, sandwiches and other treats. The food will be of high standard using brilliant produce. We're looking for a Cafe Chef to work alongside the Lead Cafe Chef to deliver the Jamie Oliver Cafe menu to our exceptional standards. WHAT YOU'RE HERE TO DO As Cafe Chef, you'll deliver the the John Lewis cafe menu - with 5 core pillars of your responsibilities: Food Preparation & Menu Delivery

• Ensure all food is prepared to the specified recipes, presentation guidelines, and quality standards set
• Working collaboratively with the cafe chef, ensure all food for the cafe is prepared to spec, compliant to our food safety standards.
Guest Experience
• Ensure the cafe counter is always clean, organised, visually appealing and reflects the high standards of our brand.
• Ensure that the entire cafe, including the dining area, kitchen, and counter, is maintained to impeccable hygiene and cleanliness standards, creating a welcoming environment for guests.
Kitchen Management
• Dispatch of all produce and deliveries in an organised manner, following FIFO, checked against purchase specifications and purchase order.
• Keeping the fridges clean, organised and following food hygiene standards.
• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly cleaning duties are carried ensuring the company cleaning guide is followed as instructed by senior chefs
• A good management of stock, rotation and replenishment
Food Safety & Compliance You are responsible for our compliance with food safety, HACCP, H&S, and hygiene in the cafe.
• Food safety. You'll follow all food safety requirements, and ensure all food handling in the cafe is compliant.
• HACCP & Health and safety. You will follow all HACCP guidelines, and healthy and safety requirements.
• Hygiene and presentation. You'll have a high level of respect and care for the businesses, the teams' and your own hygiene and presentation.
Embody Team Culture At Jamie Oliver's Cookery Schools, our ambition is to become the best cookery school in the UK. We want to inspire people to cook more, and immerse people into world class food experiences. To achieve this, we have a strong team working culture, that everyone plays a part in. You should embody our culture of:
• An obsession with the world of food. A curiosity to learn more and more.
• A passion for people. And a motivation to deliver memorable experiences.
• A drive for hard-teamwork. An intense pursuit of excellence. Always striving to grow, develop and improve - at a personal, team and business level.
  
  We're looking for someone who's obsessed with food, passionate about people, and hungry to learn, develop and grow.
• Ability to work under pressure and be organised.
• Positive, flexible and proactive attitude
• Maintain good working relationships with your colleagues and all departments
  
  ANYTHING ELSE
• Working week: 40 hours per week
• The successful candidate will be able to work in and around Central London
• Our benefits package includes Health cash plan with Bupa, including 24/7 professional mental health support, pension via NEST and competitive holiday entitlement