We are looking for great people!
At The Lost Kitchen, we are passionate about serving the best quality products at our restaurant and with that goal in mind, we want to invest in elevating our artisanal bakery and pastry offerings. We make everything in-house, using organic and British flours, and ethically sourced produce.
The seed that eventually grew into The Lost Kitchen was planted over 15 years ago when George and Aurora started working with wood-fired food. They realised the importance of supporting local, ethical, small, and organic-farmed produce/rs in the food business. What began as a simple passion for real food and offering something unique in the local environment has now transformed into The Lost Kitchen as we know it today. A year after its opening, The Lost Kitchen started sourcing household goods and homewares for a small shop that supports female-led artisans and entrepreneurs. The range will soon include a dedicated garden boutique.
We are pleased to announce that applications for a Lead Baker/Pastry Chef are now open. We welcome candidates with different levels of experience, but we are primarily seeking someone who is passionate about baking and has at least two years of experience. The ideal candidate should also possess competent administrative skills. They should be interested in creating naturally elegant and delicious pastries, celebration cakes and desserts, and expanding their role to include a small selection of European breads and developing upon what we do.
The ideal candidates have:
2 years experience within a bakery setting is preferred, along with Food Safety Level 2 (or equivalent).
A Bakery NVQ Level 2 Diploma is beneficial.
Enjoy supporting your team in making the best desserts, ice creams and cakes.
Focused and detail-oriented with an ability to work with initiative.
Keen to expand your knowledge of mixing and baking artisan breads as well as your knowledge of pastry products, ice cream and confitures, and laminated doughs.
When on the shift you will have the ultimate responsibility of the bakery so must have a positive, problem-solving solving and mature attitude.
Amazing if you already have:
Experience working with vegan and gluten bakes we have a small range but like to do it with taste and care in mind.
Like to get the best out of good quality ingredients.
Knowledge of confitures and preserves
Knowledge or desire to develop ice cream recipes.
Baking/Pastry Certification- preferable but not necessary.
A full UK driver’s license is required as we are in a rural location, though some staff do walk and cycle if they live in the nearest town.
Contracted hours: 45 hours – Full Time
This role benefits from daytime working hours.
Supported by an experienced and creative team, our successful candidate will be the senior baker on shift providing only the most delicious bakes for The Lost Kitchen.
The salary for this position is c £28,000 per annum, plus tips, holiday pay, pension provision
A typical day will include:
The planning and execution of production schedules with senior food managers.
Mix, shape, bake and decorate a range of desserts and cakes with care and consistency.
Place, log and accept stock orders from suppliers accounting for waste as necessary throughout production.
Assist the TLK team as needed in other food production and the packing/management of outgoing orders.
Assist in the training of other staff on bakery lines.
Maintain quality control in the bakery/pastry section, making certain that our menu items are made to spec and with the utmost care- every time.
Managing food safety compliance and helping ensure all relevant production and traceability paperwork is completed as well as helping ensure our company Health and Safety guidelines are practised.
Please visit our website and Instagram to get a feel for what we do, send in your CV and short cover letter to George & Jason at eat@lostkitchen.co.uk
Waiting Staff - enquiries always welcome
We are currently looking for friendly Waiting Staff to join our Restaurant Team. Our team are encouraged to provide a fun and fine dining experience to our guests.
You’ll play a key role within Lost Kitchen restaurant with this role. You will need to introduce, note, and serve our seasonal menu to our wide range of guests as well as clear tables and lay up the restaurant for upcoming events when needed. You’ll need to make sure your service remains high at all times, look after our guests, and be fast, friendly and genuine.
You will need to be able to work in a busy environment, have initiative and be organised during both the restaurant service and behind the scenes.
Experience within a similar role is preferred and on-the-job training will be provided.
We are dedicated to making The Lost Kitchen an inspiring, exciting and fun place to work from small groups to birthday parties and everything in between, every guest needs to be made to feel welcome and receive incredible service!
The applicant must be able to work during our open times: currently daytimes Wednesday to Sunday, Friday and Saturday nights. Applicants will need to specify their availability upon application and be able to travel to The Lost Kitchen. Competitive salary, an equal share of tips and staff lunch provided.
Please apply directly to George by e-mailing eat@lostkitchen.co.uk with your CV and cover letter.
Breakfast Chef /Baker - were on the lookout for a passionate pastry chef/baker.
We are currently looking for a dedicated and highly organised Breakfast Chef/Cook to join our growing kitchen team. We are looking for an enthusiastic person with a passion for modern European/Mediterranean cooking to work alongside our breakfast chef/baker. You’ll be cooking delicious, wholesome quality food for a small seasonal menu.
As Breakfast Chef for us, you will be running the breakfast service from 8 am until 11 am.
Ensuring all standards are maintained on made-to-order food. You will be responsible for of prep for the next day and providing the staff lunch.
Previous experience is preferable, training in our dishes and style of cooking will be given, we need you to be reliable and committed to the early starts. Currently, your working days would be across Tuesday to Sunday.
Competitive salary and staff food included. You will need to be able to travel to The Lost Kitchen. If you feel you’d be perfect for this role, then please apply directly to George by e-mailing eat@lostkitchen.co.uk with your CV and cover letter.
KP - enquiries always welcome
We are a modern European, busy independent local restaurant looking for reliable KPs to work in a great team within an open kitchen: This can be a mixed KP role and a great chance to get into the catering industry, however, if you are happy to do an important job well, and happy within the specific KP the role, that great. Ideally suited for someone who has initiative, is flexible in their work and can come into the front of the house if required.
You’ll join a friendly mixed-aged team, working in a beautiful restaurant.
Your responsibilities will include:
·Ensure basic cleaning jobs are carried out to great standards.
·The washing of pots and pans.
·Cleaning food preparation areas and equipment, in addition to crockery and cutlery.
·Assisting with food and equipment deliveries.
·Occasionally involve simple food prep/ helping waiting staff serve a tables
·Keeping work surfaces, walls and floors clean and sanitised as required.
The applicant must be able to work during our open times: daytimes Wednesday to Sunday. They will need to specify their availability upon application and be able to travel to The Lost Kitchen. Competitive salary and staff lunch provided.
Please apply directly to George by e-mailing eat@lostkitchen.co.uk with your CV and cover letter.
Senior Chef Role - This role is now filled.
An excellent and unique opportunity for a talented, passionate, and experienced Head / Senior Chef to join The Lost Kitchen Team in our gorgeous wood-fired restaurant; working with a friendly team to deliver a wood-fired seasonal menu in an open kitchen environment in rural mid-Devon.
Amazing if you already have wood-fired cooking skills, but we fully appreciate that a passion for fire and wood-fired cooking with experience in a professional kitchen environment is a great start, and we would be happy in working with you to create great seasonal menus using quality local and fine produce.
We cook seasonal Mediterranean and modern & classic inspired European comfort food with light and clean flavours with many ingredients from the southwest, all meat is local outdoor reared, milk and eggs from neighbouring farms, fish from Devon and Cornwall, and scallops are hand-dived.
You will ensure the smooth running of operations, including monitoring stock, maintaining daily production levels and food safety standards, developing and creating new seasonal dishes alongside senior management, and ensuring that guidelines are followed. working with the management team to create and test dishes, we already have year-round seasonal have menus but are keen to develop and be creative with fire.
Competitive salary starting at £35,000 upwards depending on experience,
Above living wage employer
Benefits include
Staff food
An equal share of tips
Christmas & Boxing Day off
Open kitchen in a beautiful location
A set of two days off per week
50 hr working week, or close to
The restaurant is popular with a good reputation, and we are looking for the right chef to grow that, showcase the beauty of wood-fired cooking with the ingredients from the southwest, embrace seasonal cooking, refine and take it to the next level whilst respecting provenance and relaxed dining environment.
With an open kitchen ideally, you’d be a true people person that enjoys working with others and is happy to lead a team. An interest in local produce and seasonal food, with keen attention to detail & flavour. Foraging and butchery skills are an absolute bonus.
If you feel you’d be perfect for this role or would like a chance to work with fire then please apply directly to George by e-mailing eat@lostkitchen.co.uk with your CV and cover letter.
Take a look at the website where you can view our menus.
CDP Chef - vacancy filled
We are a modern European local independent wood-fired restaurant looking for a CDP Chef to work in a great team within an open kitchen: We would love a true people person, that’s has an interest in local produce and seasonal food, with a keen attention to detail that enjoys working with others.
You’ll assist with a variety of different sections in the kitchen. This will include assisting in monitoring stock and maintaining smooth service in a busy daytime restaurant. Preparing quality dishes for a wood-fired dining experience.
Currently, your working days would be Thursday, Friday, and one weekend day, with a vision to increase this to Tuesday to Saturday as our restaurant opens more during the week. You will need to specify your availability upon application and be able to travel to The Lost Kitchen.
We offer a competitive salary including staff food. If you feel you’d be perfect for this role or would like a chance to develop your skills working in a wood-fired kitchen then please apply directly to George by e-mailing eat@lostkitchen.co.uk with your CV and cover letter.
The Lost Kitchen is a fun, fast-paced restaurant. Our kitchen team make everything from scratch using local produce, meat from our neighbouring farms and vegetables from the kitchen garden.
We’re looking for friendly attentive staff who share our passion for using locally sourced ingredients that taste amazing. We can offer part-time hours, competitive pay and equally shared tips, salary is dependent on experience.
If you would like to join our expanding team in our restaurant, whether you are experienced or believe you have the potential to be a great part of our team, please take a chance to view the available roles below and send your CV and cover letter to eat@lostkitchen.co.uk
Barista - vacancy filled
Experienced barista/ bar team member looking to work in our busy, rural independent restaurant alongside our head barman. We want to develop our range of in-house syrups, cordials, cocktails and fermented drinks so an interest in that would be a real asset.
We have created positive energy and atmosphere in our teams and with our customers and are looking for a team member that can embrace and maintain this at a real welcome point of our restaurant, along with having good initiative and attention to detail. The team member will be responsible for engaging with customers courteously, proactively taking orders, making coffees & keeping organised and maintaining an organised and presentable bar.
Your responsibilities will include:
Producing fabulous espresso-based coffees. Our drinks taste fantastic and must look gorgeous (latte art would be great!)
Delivering exceptional customer service
Working behind the bar making drinks or serving.
Keeping the bar clean and tidy
Till/Cash handling
Following our opening and closing procedures
General cleaning duties (during and at the end of the shift)
Previous experience as a barista is required. The ideal candidate will be well-presented and passionate about selling great coffee, drinks and food.
Front of House Manager - vacancy filled
We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic, and engaging hospitality professional who can help take The Lost Kitchen’s hospitality business to the next level. We have set our sights on offering exceptional service & experience to our customers in every aspect of what we do. We are proud of our fantastic wood-fired menu inspired by the seasons and reflective of artisan produce from the South West, as well as gems from further afield. We are based in a modern and attractive converted barn space with beautiful views just outside of Tiverton.
Passionate about using as many quality producers local to the restaurant as we can. We are innovative and circular in our approach to food and waste, for example, our coffee grounds are going into developing our mushroom growing house, fertiliser for the garden bed in which we grow garden menu ingredients.
We have a dynamic and forward-thinking management team in place, and we are looking for the perfect person to finish off that team and help us reach our goals of offering exceptional service through our food and beverage business.
If you are an open, friendly, and welcoming hospitality professional with an excellent eye for detail and an ability to lead from the front, we would love to meet you. As well as ensuring that the front-of-house team deliver exceptional service day in and day out, you will work closely with the management team to devise, implement and review new ideas and initiatives that help set us apart as a business and grow our food and beverage business.
Experience in a front-of-house role and a hospitality setting is a must and an understanding of, and appreciation for small independent producers, wood-fired cooking, ethical produce, seasonality in food, and sales in an f&b environment is a definite advantage. This said personality and professionalism are key in this role as we are happy to work together to support the right person in developing their skills.
This role requires the individual to be exceptionally skilled at welcoming, serving and interacting with customers, we want to maintain a happy work environment. Know how to manage and work in a team. The front-of-house manager may also need to intervene in any conflict that may arise or resolve a range of problems. Be a good manager, know how to make the right decision and anticipate needs to meet profitability and business model objectives.
If this sounds like you, and you'd like to be a part of an upbeat and exciting workplace then please email your CV with a cover letter to George.
