Cook / Chef — Thrift Taco

Full-time · Flexible shifts · London Living Wage minimum, higher for the right person depending on experience (£14.80–£18.50/hour)
Hoxton, East London

Do you love pubs, breweries, and busy services? Interested in cooking serious food without fine dining attitude? Want to be part of a small independent food business where you can genuinely help shape the kitchen as the company grows?

Thrift Taco is an East London food brand serving serious food in busy pubs and breweries. We’re a small team focused on high-quality tacos, housemade sauces, good ingredients, and creating a fun, welcoming environment without taking ourselves too seriously.

We’re looking for a reliable, hard-working cook/chef to help deliver high-quality food in small, fast-moving kitchens with a focus on consistency, prep, cleanliness, and strong team energy.

We’re looking for an all-rounder — someone comfortable moving between prep, service, organisation, and occasionally interacting with front of house and customers when needed. Flexibility, teamwork, and willingness to help wherever necessary are essential.

The role includes:

• prep and service
• maintaining quality and consistency during busy shifts
• cleaning and organisation
• stock management and receiving deliveries
• helping maintain kitchen systems and standards
• working closely with a small, collaborative team

This is hands-on work in small, busy kitchens. We care as much about attitude, reliability, emotional intelligence, ownership, curiosity, and willingness to improve as we do about fancy CVs.

The right person is:

• calm under pressure
• reliable and organised
• low ego and easy to work with
• comfortable in fast-moving services
• genuinely interested in food and hospitality
• willing to help wherever needed
• comfortable interacting with customers and front of house when needed
• interested in growing with the business

Perks:

• staff food
• flexible scheduling
• opportunity to grow with the company over time
• casual working environment
• East London locations near transport links

If your experience and availability look like a good fit, we’ll be in touch to arrange the next stage. Due to the volume of applications, we may not be able to respond to everyone individually.

Pay: £14.80-£18.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule

Work Location: In person