Thai Restaurant jobs in Hertfordshire

About Us:

Smoking Goat is an open-fire Thai barbecue restaurant and bar, serving food inspired by the street food of Bangkok and the laab stalls of northern Thailand. We’re a busy restaurant that works closely with exceptional farmers and offers a daily-changing menu. Our drinks programme includes unique beers, natural wines and a growing vinyl record collection.

We welcome people who want to learn, grow and be inspired. Thai cooking experience isn’t required - just a passion for great food, a willingness to learn and a team-focused attitude.

What you’ll be doing:

• Collaborate closely with our senior kitchen team to maintain consistently high standards of food preparation and presentation, ensuring guest satisfaction.
• Oversee and manage your assigned kitchen section, coordinating daily prep schedules and ensuring smooth operations.
• Lead daily briefings for your section team to set expectations and assign responsibilities.
• Develop and implement comprehensive training plans tailored to the needs of junior staff, focusing on essential skills such as food preparation, presentation, and efficient workflow.
• Monitor progress and assess training effectiveness, adjusting programmes as needed to ensure continuous improvement and high performance.
• Conduct routine inspections of your section to ensure compliance with internal and external hygiene and sanitation standards.
• Ensure that all team members strictly adhere to food safety practices, including proper handling, storage, and labelling of ingredients.
• Serve as primary support to Sous Chefs during high-volume service periods, providing backup and troubleshooting as required.
• Address any issues that arise during service quickly and efficiently to maintain consistent quality.
• Maintain knowledge of our produce and suppliers to ensure high-quality ingredient selection.
• Ensure a strong understanding of food safety standards and legislative requirements to uphold a 5-star EHO rating.

What you’ll bring:

• Passion and knowledge of restaurants, good cooking, good sourcing of food and drink are a great headstart. But most important is the appetite to learn, grow and be a part of building the most exciting restaurant group in London.
• 2 years of experience in a fast paced kitchen, where excellence is consistent on every plate.
• You’re confident in training and developing junior team members.
• A love for cooking and creating unique dishes.
• Flexibility to work varied shifts across 5 out of 7 days.
• Full UK right to work documents.

What’s in it for you:

• Get hands-on with exceptional ingredients and deepen your knowledge of seasonality, provenance and produce.
• Explore beyond the restaurant with supplier visits, farm trips, harvests and travel.
• Grow your career with genuine opportunities to learn, develop and progress across the group.
• Learn from industry experts, chefs, producers and suppliers through regular briefings and training.
• Access courses, resources and training to build your skills and expertise.
• Enjoy a generous staff discount across all 6 Super 8 restaurants and external restaurants.
• Great benefits, including enhanced maternity leave, pension, subsidised mental health support, cycle-to-work scheme and a Refer a Friend bonus.
• Enjoy complimentary staff meals and paid breaks while you’re on shift.

About SUPER 8

Smoking Goat is part of Super 8, a group of critically acclaimed restaurants including Kiln, Brat, Climpson’s Arch, Impala, Mountain and Smoking Goat. The group is known for high-energy, creative teams, close relationships with exceptional suppliers, and a love of live-fire cooking and outstanding British produce, with accolades including a Michelin star and recognition from World’s 50 Best.

We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcome, included, encouraged and challenged, with genuine opportunities to learn, develop and progress their career.

If you’re passionate about cooking, love working with great ingredients and want to grow with an ambitious team, we’d love to hear from you.