Head Pizza Chef

BOH Management · London

Head Pizza Chef

Great career progression opportunities 🚀

🔥 Pizza Pilgrims is opening more pizzerias across London...and we're looking for talented Head Pizza Chefs to join the team 👇

🚀 Fancy earning up to £60,000 a year, making people happier one pizza at a time? 💚

If you love proper Neapolitan pizza, enjoy leading a great kitchen team and take pride in making people genuinely happy, this might just be the job for you. 🍕

What we're looking for:

• Experience working with Neapolitan style pizza
• Previous experience as a Head Chef

In 2012, Thom & James drove a Piaggio ape Tuk Tuk all the way from Sicily to London on a 'Pilgrimage' to learn the secrets of perfect Italian pizza. They went on to set up a market stall in Soho with an oven in the back of the van before opening their first actual pizzeria on Dean Street. If you think that sounds as ridiculously cool as we do, and you love pizza, then read on…

Nowadays we have over 20 award-winning pizzerias across the UK, we’ve got our own Pizza Academy where we run training workshops every day, and we’re also a BCORP - something we’re extremely proud about achieving. We pride ourselves on using the best ingredients from Naples including Caputo flour, fresh fior di latte, salsiccia e friarielle , to make the best Neapolitan pizza every day.

At Pizza Pilgrims, we aspire to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves, feel genuinely cared for and have equal opportunities for growth and progression. We are committed to building a diverse team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives; which creates proper happiness, just like our pizzas do!

We work hard because we think pizza makes people happier.

As a Head Chef, you’ll be a specialist in creating the best Neapolitan Pizza’s, and for every guest to leave with a full belly, and already planning their next visit. You’ll also be accountable for:

• Team Management & engagement.
• Recruitment, training, and succession planning.
• Heath & safety compliance.
• Stock management.
• Successful guest pizza launches.
• Kitchen maintenance management.
• Food quality auditing.
• Reporting.

Whilst skills are important, representing our values is just as important too. These shape our team culture.

• ‘Push Yourself’ because we believe learning new skills and coming out of your comfort zone will help us improve as a team.
• ‘Be Yourself’ means you can bring your own personality to work. Your hair colour is yours, not ours. We think tattoos are cool. And we love hearing about your interests outside of work.
• ‘Respect Others’ because everyone is welcome at Pilgrims and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where people feel they belong.
• ‘Enjoy Yourself’ because hospitality is an industry we love, and we want every Pilgrim to create happiness for each other and to have fun at work.

What's in it for you?

• up to £46.500 salary + tronc + bonus.
• 45hr week over 5 days.
• Serious career development - We are opening 4 pizzerias this year & next.
• On top of the standard 28 days holiday, you will get an extra day for every year you work for us (up to 5 Years).
• After 5 years with us, you get a paid 4-week sabbatical on top of your 33 days holiday!

Some of our favourite Pizza Perks include...

• 1 extra day holiday as “Happiness Day’ so you can do something that you love and makes you happy about outside of work.
• Team trips to Naples & beyond to meet suppliers & try new pizzerias
• A tasty bonus every time you refer a friend to join.
• Free food & espresso every day - whole menu available & also deals with other restaurants
• A free after-work drinks (soft, beer or gin)
• 2 huge company-wide parties every year to celebrate Christmas and Ferragosto (We close all the pizzerias for these!)
• Free pizza when you visit any Pizza Pilgrims when you are not at work for you & up to 3 friends.

So, if you’ve got this far down the job advert, it might mean that we’re a perfect match. Click the apply button and one of the team will reach out to you soon.

Department

BOH Management

Role

Head Chef

Location

London

Salary

£40,000 - £46,500/year

Contact Davide Riccio Recruitment Partner – Pizzabase

London

Pizza Perks

• Free Pizza
• Every shift you work, have a free pizza on us
• Team Parties
• We host two company wide parties a year to celebrate Ferragosto & Christmas
• Happiness Days
• Take a day off every year fully paid to do something that makes you happy
• Paid Sabbatical
• After 5 years working at Pizza Pilgrims, you get 4 weeks off work fully paid - it's our way to say thanks!
• Family and Friends Discount
• Every month bring three friends or family to any Pizza Pilgrims - the food is on the house
• Volunteering Days
• Each year you can take a day off fully paid to give something back in your local community
• Trips to Naples
• We take all our General Managers and Head Chefs to Naples to visit our suppliers and friends

PIZZA PEOPLE

Our mission is to make people happier one pizza at a time. Thom and James started their pilgrimage by driving a Piaggio Ape around Naples for six weeks learning how to make pizza from some of the best Neapolitan pizza chefs. If you think that sounds as ridiculously cool as we do, then you'll fit right in here.

About Pizza Pilgrims

Pizza Pilgrims serve slow proved Neapolitan pizza in our pizzerias, at events across the UK and in Pizza in the Post. All of our dough is made fresh, daily, sourcing the best ingredients Italy has to offer in order to bring you the best possible pizza base going. As any Neapolitan will tell you – it’s all about the crust.

Founded in 2012

BOH Management · London

Head Pizza Chef

Great career progression opportunities 🚀

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