Head Pizza Chef

Yard Sale Pizza are on the search for an experienced Head Pizza Chef who is a collaborative team leader with excellent pizza making skills to join our amazing team!

Responsibilities

Leading and mentoring a hard working team of chefs in a busy environment; running all areas of the kitchen on site; ensuring the smooth running of the kitchen whilst keeping a positive working environment; overseeing and providing excellent pizza quality, kitchen speed and service; training and maintaining a competent chef team with regular appraisals; hitting successful GP and portioning figures; maintaining 5* Food Hygiene standards; managing team rota in alignment with budgeted staff costs; stock ordering and rotation

Requirements

Masterclass pizza-making skills with real passion for pizza; highly skilled in Neapolitan-style pizza, making and stretching dough, and baking in a stone-based marana oven; previous experience leading and developing a team; excellent communication skills; first-class organisation skills and attention to detail; good knowledge of risk assessments, food safety and hygiene within a commercial kitchen; Casual Dining Experience; Safe Food Handling; Kitchen Safety; Staff Scheduling; Fast-Paced Experience; Fluent in English

Benefits

Loyalty incentive - extra 50p per hour paid after 1 years continuous service; Paid overtime; Holiday paid in days off or in cash; Career progression with Yard Sale Pizza - Shop Head Chefs earn monthly bonuses based on KPIs; Working with a brilliant team in a fast-growing company; Free pizza on shift and brilliant discounts to enjoy with family and friends; Staff parties throughout the year; Uniform and other merchandise to celebrate milestones working with us