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How lovely to see you here. We’re excited that you might want to come work with us.

All current vacancies can be found below. Please send any emails regarding recruitment to [email protected]. Because of the automated way that many recruitment sites work nowadays (and the volume of CVs we get), we ask that you include a cover note with your CV, telling us why you want to work with ScandiKitchen – and why this role is perfect for you.

If you don’t see your perfect role here, you can still email – and please be specific about what it is you want to do. As a growing company, roles do come up from time to time that are not advertised here.

Please note we’re not set up to sponsor roles via the VISA route. This means you need to have settled, pre-settled, UK/IE passport (or other form of work visa) in order to apply to work with us.

Current Vacancies

  • Chef / Head of food prep

  • Café Manager for Scandinavian Café in London

  • BARISTA for our cafes in London (SK Fitz and SK Vicky)

  • People’s Champion (Customer Team)

Chef / Head of food prep

Sick of evening work? Want to manage nice people, have fun, make pretty food – and have actual business input? It might be YOU that we’re looking for. This role has lots of scope to grow and take more responsibilities across the different cafes and work closely with our Founders and Hospitality Ops Manager.

A bit about us: We’re ScandiKitchen. Been around as a café/deli for almost 18 years – and have now also opened another one, with plans for more. Our cafes serve Scandi café food made in our prep kitchens on site: pretty open sandwiches, meatballs, salads, rolls, buns and cakes – as well as Scandi inspired breakfast.

In this role, your main responsibilities will be:

  • Manage the day-to-day kitchen teams across both locations and assist the team with daily prep and planning in this hands-on role.
  • Oversee the running of the kitchens and ensure we stay effective, efficient and that our offering continues to be great tasting and innovative.
  • Responsible for kitchen stock and ordering as well as managing ongoing costings.
  • Responsible for kitchen Health & Safety
  • As part of the management team, you will assist with menu development, business planning and team recruitment.

What you look like:

  • Solid experience of working in a professional kitchen is essential.
  • Experience of managing or supervising a team
  • An understanding /interest of Nordic food culture
  • You’re full of energy – with excellent attention to detail – and can think outside the box.
  • Clean and tidy and able to work in an organized manner.
  • You don’t stress easily, and you bring a positive attitude to work.
  • An absolutely team player: You know that when the team clicks, everyone wins.
  • Knowledge of a Nordic language is helpful (but not essential).

Finer details:

  • Place of work is central London (Fitzrovai and Victoria).
  • Daytime hours only (yes, there is weekend work because we ALL share the weekends to make it fair for everyone).
  • Full time (by this, we mean around 40 hours). This role is not offered part time.
  • You need to have the right to work in the UK to apply.

What's on offer:

  • Competitive annual salary
  • 28 days holiday (20+8 bank holidays) – plus a week’s extra holiday if you get married/civil partnership.
  • Pension scheme
  • Generous discount in our Scandinavian grocery shop
  • Free food while you work at the cafe (50% discount off café at other times)
  • Referral scheme (up to £500 per person)
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity package (after qualifying period)
  • Potential for bespoke study package for those who wish to continue learning.
  • Opportunities for training and career progression within our company.
  • Team events and fun stuff are added on top of all this – and (of course) you’ll be part of an inclusive and kind team of really great people.

To apply, send your CV and cover note* to Emma via [email protected].

*Why send a cover note?

It makes you stand out from the other applicants. We want to know not just what things you have done but also who you are. Why do you want to join us? What made you feel that this is the role for you when you read the description? How important is the right team and people to you? How much do you love ABBA? A few paragraphs will do. Thank you.

Café Manager for Scandinavian Café in London

We’re looking for an experienced Café Manager to help us run things at ScandiKitchen.

Reporting into the Hospitality Ops Manager, you’ll oversee the day to day running of one of our cafes in London. Each café has a team of 12 lovely people, serving breakfast, lunch and coffees. Our cafés are located in Victoria and Oxford Circus.

This is a really great role, coming into the business just as we have opened our 2nd café. Things are growing and we really want to find the right person to join the senior team, someone who can really help us cement the team and growth of the business as we find out feet in our new place.

Responsibilities:

  • Management of day-to-day café operations
  • Responsible for customer service delivery of both café and retail
  • Management of the team (from performance to assisting with training, inductions and general performance management).
  • Management of retail in the café – ordering, display and sales targets
  • Oversee local café’s weekly marketing execution
  • Responsible for H&S at the café

Skills & Experience:

  • Relevant experience in a similar hospitality role (you may currently be operating as a senior AM now, ready to move up)
  • Good barista skills (as you will be doing quality control and training others)
  • Solid people / interpersonal skills – both as a people manager and dealing with customers.
  • You enjoy taking charge in getting towards goals and targets and have strong leadership skills.
  • Able to cope with stressful and busy situation, keeping a level calm head
  • Positive and outgoing – able to gel with most people and are a full-on team player
  • Logic and problem-solving skills – you can think on your feet and made decisions
  • Some experience of kitchen work and/or retail work would be useful.
  • Knowledge of Nordic food / language very useful in this role, but not essential
  • Some knowledge of Excel and basic office packages

What we offer:

  • A competitive, salaried package
  • 28 days holiday (20+8 bank holidays) – plus a week’s extra holiday if you get married/civil partnership.
  • Private healthcare
  • Pension scheme
  • Potential for bespoke study package for those who wish to continue learning in relevant fields
  • Opportunities for training and career progression within our company.
  • Generous discount in our Scandinavian grocery shop
  • Free food while you work at the cafe (50% discount off food in our café at other times)
  • Referral scheme (up to £500 per person)
  • Team events and fun stuff are added on top of all this – and (of course) you’ll be part of an inclusive and kind team of lovely people.

We all share the weekend shifts so you will be working 5 days a week across 7 days (shifts vary, as we work it out fairly as a team so we all get some weekends off – and work on others).

This role is full-time and ongoing, daytime hours. The role is vacant now (but we will wait for the right person).

Want to know more about us? Peek here www.instagram.com/scandikitchen.

To apply, send your CV and cover letter to [email protected]

BARISTA for our cafés in London (SK Fitz and SK Vicky)

We are currently looking for full-time Baristas for our Café & Shops in London (Oxford Circus and London Victoria), starting in a few weeks.

We’re looking for a keen and enthusiastic barista who has excellent people skills and are team players. It’s a nice, varied role with scope to learn and progress.

Essential skills and experience:

– Experience in the hospitality sector – café, restaurant or similar – would be great.
– Barista experience
– You’re a hard worker with a can-do attitude and an eagerness to learn.
– Great customer service skills and full of positivity.
– Work in an organized and tidy manner.
– Have a strong logical approach and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
– A Nordic language or obsessions with all things Nordic is helpful, but not essential.
– A love of ABBA/Eurovision is probably a good thing.

What's on Offer:

  • Hourly starting rate is £13.10 an hour, rising with experience
  • Food provided when you’re on shift (and 50% off café food when you are not working + generous discount in our grocery shop).
  • Enhanced benefits, such as maternity – and extra holiday if you get married.
  • 28 days holidays per year (inc. bank holidays)
  • Training provided – and an opportunity to learn about management of both hospitality and retail.
  • Team events and fun stuff

As we are a daytime café, there’s no late evening work in this role. The role is full time (around 40 hours a week).

To apply, please send a CV and a short cover letter to us [email protected]

At the moment we only have full time vacancies (however, we would be happy to consider full time over the summer and going part time from mid September when Uni starts back up again – meaning this would work for someone on a student visa).

People's Champion (Customer Team)

We have a full-time opening for a Customer Service Administrator. In this office-based role, you’ll be looking after all inbound calls/emails/chats from our customers – both private customers as well as clients such as cafes and other shops we supply. Your main tasks are to action incoming queries and make sure they are dealt with efficiently and in a timely manner – and in a lovely way.

In this role you will:

  • Be the first point of contact for our customers, private as well as wholesale.
  • Respond to all enquiries, requests and issues and ensure everyone has a great experience and that queries are resolved in an efficient way.
  • Help with the admin that goes into managing our customer relationships, from arranging promos, sending information and samples as needed and help manage the B2B product catalogues.
  • Assist with processing the daily orders to our system and work with our fulfilment team to ensure these are shipped on time.
  • Actively engage with our customers (both Business to Business and Business to Consumer) by phone and email to ensure they are supported with best possible product selections and information.

Skills and experiences for this role:

  • Graduate (or previous experience in a customer or sales focused role). This role would suit a recent grad or someone with some experience in sales or customer service, looking to get more experience in an office based role.
  • Good logic and problem solving: You think on your feet and you work well when things are busy and you’re able to think creatively to find solutions to problems. You’re not scared to chat to people and you’re confident in your approach to customer service.
  • Strong admin skills: You’re organised and have great time management.
  • Great people skills, both on phone and in writing. Our working language is English but you will be dealing with people from all over the Nordic countries as well, which means clear communication is important.
  • Knowledge of a Nordic language is a bonus (and/or knowing about Nordic foods), but not essential.

What's on Offer:

  • Competitive annual salary
  • 28 days holiday (20+8 bank holidays) – plus a week’s extra holiday if you get married/civil partnership.
  • Pension scheme
  • Generous discount in our Scandinavian grocery shop
  • Free food while you work at the cafe (50% discount off café at other times)
  • Referral scheme (up to £500 per person)
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity package (after qualifying period)
  • Potential for bespoke study package for those who wish to continue learning.
  • Opportunities for training and career progression within our company.
  • Team events and fun stuff are added on top of all this – and (of course) you’ll be part of an inclusive and kind team of really great people.

To apply, send your CV and cover note* to Emma via [email protected].

*Why send a cover note?

It makes you stand out from the other applicants. We want to know not just what things you have done but also who you are. Why do you want to join us? What made you feel that this is the role for you when you read the description? How important is the right team and people to you? How much do you love ABBA? A few paragraphs will do. Thank you.

Note: You must have permission to live and work in the UK to apply for this role. This role is vacant from 1 August 2025. Our office is based in Park Royal (NW10 7QQ). This role is office-based Monday to Friday. Due to constant dealings with our warehouse team, it is not possible to do this role from home.

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