Kitchen Assistant

Chef/kitchen assistant

Welcome Break, Pizza Express - Cobham Motorway Services M25, KT11 3DB

Immediate start and full-time or part-time flexible positions available up to £13.00ph plus tips!

Fantastic benefits & discounts, free parking & great career opportunities

Are you a friendly, welcoming person? Ready to join a hard-working kitchen team and build a career? If that’s you, you could make a fantastic Chef at a Welcome Break Pizza Express.

The role of a Chef (Pizzaiolo) is to make sure that our food exceeds customer’s expectations. What really matters is that you’re a hard worker who’s always willing to get stuck in and support your team. Excellent communication skills are a must too, plus plenty of enthusiasm and a passion for providing a superb customer experience.

In return for giving customers great food experiences, we will support you on your own career journey. We offer bespoke training, recognised qualifications, and exciting career paths. Work hard and you’ll go far!

As a Chef, you’ll support the kitchen by:

• Ensuring food is stored, prepped, cooked, and served to standard.
• Follow all opening and closing kitchen procedures.
• Carry out daily and weekly cleaning tasks.
• Working across the kitchen in all sections.

Key benefits for Chef:

• Up to £13.00 per hour plus tips
• £1 meals and free coffee, tea and fizzy drinks during your shifts
• Flexible working patterns to fit your lifestyle including seasonal hours
• Immediate start in customer service roles and overtime available
• Employee discounts (50% off onsite KFC, BK, Starbucks and Pizza Express to name a few)
• My Welcome Break discounts - savings at hundreds of retailers 
• Bonus & Incentive Schemes
• Career progression from Customer Service to Management through brilliant training programmes
• Holiday entitlement that increases with service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free onsite parking

Due to responsibilities within the Chef role, applicants will need to be 18 years of age or over. Hourly rate of pay for the Chef role will differ for under 21’s. Please note internally we call this role a Pizzaiolo.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We are committed to hiring great Team Members from a wide variety of backgrounds ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued and celebrated for what they bring to our business. If you share our values and our passion for great customer service, your career could be Made at Welcome Break.