Kitchen Leader - Kings Cross Station
About The Position
As a Kitchen Leader at Pret a Manger, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the consistent preparation of delicious food that meets our high standards, while leading and inspiring your team to deliver excellence every day. You’ll act as a role model, promoting Pret’s core values and maintaining a safe, clean, and compliant kitchen environment. With a sharp eye for detail, you’ll manage stock counts and complete administrative tasks accurately to support smooth operations. Working closely with Managers, you’ll help oversee shift performance, resolve issues quickly, and ensure every customer enjoys a fresh and satisfying experience.
Requirements
- Kind, honest and generous nature
- Genuine warmth and authentic self at work
- Passion for exceptional customer service
- Ability to spread joy through small acts of kindness
- Ability to lead with purpose—driving team performance, protecting profit, and keeping customers happy through high standards and great energy
Responsibilities
- Ensuring the consistent preparation of delicious food that meets high standards
- Leading and inspiring your team to deliver excellence every day
- Acting as a role model, promoting Pret’s core values
- Maintaining a safe, clean, and compliant kitchen environment
- Managing stock counts
- Completing administrative tasks accurately to support smooth operations
- Overseeing shift performance
- Resolving issues quickly
- Ensuring every customer enjoys a fresh and satisfying experience
Benefits
- Hourly rate is £15.35 (inclusive of mystery shopper bonus)
- Earn an extra £5 per hour for any shift started between 3-5am (after initial training)
- 28 days annual leave (pro-rata if part-time)
- Pension scheme
- Life Assurance at 3x annual salary
- Virtual GP
- Healthcare cash plan
- Free food and drink while working
- Club Pret Membership (50% off food and up to 5 free Barista-made drinks a day)
- Loyalty award after 5, 10, 15, 20 years’ service
- Regular rewards and recognition for amazing standards
- Access marketplace discounts on shopping, travel, fitness, dining, tech and more
- Flexible working hours
- Comfy free shoes to wear on shift
- Opportunities for learning
- Fully funded professional qualifications – apprenticeships Level 3
- Internal transfer opportunities
- Diversity and belonging initiatives
- Community and purpose through The Pret Foundation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
