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Job Post Details

Chef - job post

Coffee Barker, Cardiff
2.3 out of 5 stars
Grangetown CF10 1BU
From £13.11 an hour - Permanent, Part-time, Full-time
Responded to 75% or more applications in the past 30 days, typically within 1 day.

Job details

Pay

  • From £13.11 an hour

Job type

  • Part-time
  • Permanent
  • Full-time

Location

Grangetown CF10 1BU

Benefits

Pulled from the full job description

  • Paid training
  • Referral programme
  • Employee discount
  • Company pension
  • Discounted or free food
  • Company events

Full job description

Coffee Barker is our daytime coffee shop in Cardiff’s Castle Arcade, serving brunch, coffee and busy café services with a friendly, constant buzz. We’re hiring a Chef who can bring consistency, good energy and pride in the small details that make a kitchen run properly.

This is a hands-on role across prep, cooking the café menu and keeping the kitchen clean, organised and service-ready throughout the day.

Location: 1-13 Castle Arcade, Cardiff, CF10 1BU

Pay: £13.11 per hour

Hours: Full-time and part-time available

Experience: Kitchen experience required

What you’ll be doing

  • Preparing and cooking the café and brunch menu to Coffee Barker standards
  • Running the kitchen smoothly and keeping food going out consistently through busy services
  • Managing prep, portioning and presentation to spec
  • Taking deliveries, rotating stock and keeping waste down
  • Maintaining hygiene, food-safety and health-and-safety standards
  • Supporting the wider team when service gets busy

Who we’re after

An experienced, reliable chef who takes pride in doing the fundamentals brilliantly. You are calm under pressure, organised through a busy service and happy to muck in wherever the kitchen needs you. You’ll need to keep standards up when the café is full and play your part in the friendly daytime atmosphere Coffee Barker is known for.

Benefits and rewards

Money on top of your wage

  • 100% of the tipjar goes to the team, paid weekly through payroll
  • £100 Employee of the Month, voted by the team
  • £100 staff referral bonus
  • £50 Castle Arcade gift card for a named Google or TripAdvisor review praising your service
  • Stage 1 training paid at your hourly rate, plus a £25 completion bonus

Food and drink on us

  • 25% staff discount across every VTC venue
  • Free food while you’re on shift
  • Free coffee, hot drinks and juice, on or off shift

Time off and team culture

  • Guaranteed birthday off
  • Christmas Day and New Year’s Day off, every site closes
  • Paid breaks
  • Two staff parties a year, plus regular socials

Training and growth

  • Off-shift kitchen training, supplier tastings and product knowledge sessions
  • Funded qualifications where appropriate
  • Length-of-service reward, a Champagne three-course dinner for two at Maison de Boeuf
  • Genuine career progression across the VTC group
  • Company pension scheme
  • A non-corporate, people-first culture

How to apply

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Pay: From £13.11 per hour

Benefits:

  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Discounted or free food
  • Employee discount

Work Location: In person

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