Junior Teaching Chef

The Jamie Oliver Cookery School is on a mission to the best Cooking School in the UK. We deliver fun, immersive experiences which have food, cooking skills and learning at the core.

We have two schools; our flagship in John Lewis Oxford Street, and our lovely school in our HQ, Islington.

Why we need you: You're here to support our team in running excellent cookery classes, and quickly begin a path to teaching your own.

You'll assist the Teaching Chefs throughout the day to day running of the school. As you gain exposure to classes, you'll quickly begin teaching them yourself. Your love of food and passion for people will ensure every guest has an excellent experience with us. Your drive and hunger will ensure shifts are run professionally and efficiently.

Performing this role excellently will serve as the perfect training and preparation to fulfil your ambition - becoming a fully fledged Teaching Chef.

What you're here to do: Each shift will carry a wide range of demands and responsibilities that will require sound multitasking. Organisation is critical to every shift, and to your role in general.

As Junior Teaching Chef there are five key pillars of your role:

Excellent Food Preparation

• A natural cooking ability.
• Sticking to run plans.
• The ability to follow run plans or instructions given, and deliver with reliability.
• Attention to detail.

Excellent operation

• Kitchen management: Organising deliveries, fridges, and following food hygiene standards.
• Lesson assistance: Helping (and contributing) to demonstrations. Supporting guests as they cook.
• Turnarounds and closes: Supporting the Teaching Chef in turnarounds between classes and opening/closing the school.

Teaching Classes

• People skills: a winning way with all of our customers.
• Confident, charming and positive.
• Communication and presentational skills:
• You'll demonstrate great potential as a communicator and presenter.
• Welcoming & Hosting: You'll be confident welcoming guests to our school and delivering excellent customer service throughout.

Food Safety, Hygiene & Health and Safety:

• Food safety: you must adhere to what you've learned at all times.
• HACCP & Health and safety: You will follow all HACCP guidelines
• Hygiene and presentation.
• You'll have a high level of respect and care for the businesses, and your own hygiene and presentation.

Embody Team Culture: 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 our high-performance culture.
• An intense pursuit of excellence.
• Always striving to grow, develop and improve - at a personal, team and business level.

What we're looking for:

We're looking for candidates who love food, love people and have the tenacity and ambition to develop into a fully fledged Teaching Chef. Although it helps, you don't necessarily need a background in hospitality or cheffing.

You'll be a confident cook, and even more confident around people. You'll be a solid communicator, and a natural talking about food. You'll be tenacious, positive, and share our love of teaching and experiences.

If the above sounds like you, you could be our perfect candidate. We'll train you on everything you need to support the running of our school and our classes. And together, we'll plan how you develop into a Teaching Chef at our school.