Pizza Chef
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Position Overview & Specifications
With the warmer months fast approaching, we are looking for an experienced team of pizza chefs to run our brand new outside pizza kitchen at the Telegraph in Putney Heath! if you have a passion for producing quality stone baked sour dough pizzas and want to be part of a thriving business then we’re ready for you.
There’s plenty in it for you:
Your Bread and Butter
- Basic up to £13 per hour, plus tronc (that’s your card tips that are paid into your bank)*
- Working hours: Monday – Thursday 4pm – 10pm & Friday – Sunday 11am – 10pm
- Full time and part time permanent opportunities available
The Extras
- We know you work hard so we feed you well - free meals on shift, choose from the menu!
- 30% discount for you, your friends and family across B&P and our group including Wagamama, Chiquitos and many more
- It’s never too early to start saving for the future with a NEST pension
- Share save scheme – the chance to have your cut of the profits
- Great discounts via Perkbox, saving you money on everyday purchases and more
- £1,000 referral bonus for introducing new crew to the company
Your Wellbeing – it’s is important to us
- Free 24-hour confidential helpline for you and your immediate family
- Bespoke wellbeing support offering free counselling for all crew
- Discounted gym membership
- Plenty of social get togethers – it’s not all work and no play
- Recognition platform with regular thank yous
We want you to grow with us
- Superb internal and external development programmes to support your progress
- Earn while you learn - we partner with national training provider HIT to support our work-based level 1, 2 and 3 apprentices.
- We encourage movement between our pubs so you can have a long-term career with B&P
About you...
You may have experience in catering as a chef, pizza chef, line cook, breakfast chef, section chef or chef de partie in a restaurant, gastro pub or the wider hospitality sector. As our Pizza Chef you'll be working mainly in our outside kitchen, producing fresh delicious stone baked pizzas from an Alfa Pro gas fired oven and there will be opportunity to grow the food offering. Previous experience required of making fresh pizza in a high volume and fast paced environment. You will be part of the main kitchen crew working with our Head Chef Marius, and on those rainy days you will be cross trained to work across all areas of our main kitchen. If you’re passionate about fresh food cookery you’re likely to be our kind of person and we would love to hear from you!
About us...
- A family of 79 pubs, including a growing family of 7 pubs and restaurants in London
- A company with heart, where individuality, personality and diversity are encouraged
- A company committed to reducing our carbon footprint and working sustainably
- @brunningandpricecareers #bandplife
If you want to work in a friendly kitchen where you’ll really be part of the team, apply now to be our new Pizza Chef!
- 100% of tips go to our teams. Actual tips by restaurant will vary. Tips are left solely at our guest’s discretion and are not considered as wages by the company nor are they guaranteed in any way.
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Restaurants & Cafes
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Pizza Chef roles across The Telegraph's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Restaurants & Cafes.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £16 - £16 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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