Sushi Kitchen Team Member - CPU

Founded in 2003 Wasabi's vision is to lovingly create and serve delicious Asian food for a busy nation. Wasabi now has 41 thriving restaurants across London and major UK cities and 4 in New York and in 2019, we introduced Wasabi Home Bento the grocery channel, launching exclusively in Sainsbury s. Building on that success, the grocery business broadened its reach to Tesco in September 2022, followed by exciting launches in Co-op and Morrisons in 2024. Wasabi grocery has seen phenomenal growth and is now a £62m RSV brand. Wasabi proudly stands as the No. 2 chilled ready-meal brand in the market, consistently attracting new customers to the category through an innovative East Asian range. Wasabi s menu is celebrated for its unique character, exceptional freshness, and bold flavours. Our diverse range is designed to delight a wide audience, delivering both comfort and excitement with every bite.
We have an ambitious 5-year growth strategy, focusing on new restaurants, franchise partnerships, and international expansion. We are looking for Sushi Kitchen Team Members to join our Central Production Unit - Sushi Kitchen. You will play a pivotal role by ensuring our customers receive amazing customer service that wows every time. You will ensure our hot food is prepared, packaged and displayed to the highest possible standards, whilst complying with all quality checks and food safety control measures. This is a day shift role, working from 06:00 AM to 16:00 PM.
This is the chance to be a part of something innovative, inspirational and exciting!

About you Sushi Kitchen Team Members play a vital role within Wasabi by ensuring our food is produced to the highest possible standards, whilst complying with all quality and food safety requirements.
You are also responsible for ensuring the efficiency in production, cleaning as well as other tasks throughout your shift in accordance with Wasabi s policy and guidelines.

Key Responsibilities:

Food quality

• Ensuring the food portioning are always in line with the product specification.
• Ensure recipe and presentation requirements are met at all times in line with the company policies
• Ensure delivery shipping are handled with care to preserve the food quality.

Safety

• Wearing the appropriate uniform and/or PPE supplied by the company in line with company policies
• Ensuring you always follow Health and food safety procedures.
• Ensure goods receiving process are followed (H & F safety checks and place the items in the right place)
• Ensuring that all products are produced complying with Wasabi H&F safety specification.
• Ensure correct labelling process is followed for finished products as well as ingredients
• Complete all relevant Health and food safety paper works in line with company policies (E.g., Temperature checks)
• Ensure ingredients preparation process are followed in line with food safety policies.
• Cleanliness must be kept at the highest standard and you may be carrying out specific cleaning required by management.
• The kitchen and your work area must be kept tidy and clean as you go in place.
• Kitchen Opening and Closing procedure are followed.
• Reporting any maintenance issues as soon as it is noticed.
• Attending any training and or meetings as required by the company.
• Ensuring the correct use of all equipment supplied in line with training and guidance
• Take care to minimise damage to machine as well as accidents to people.
• Maintaining awareness of any security threats and informing the relevant manager/s of any security breaches

Stock control

• Ensure the recipe is followed during production
• Adhering to all waste control measures in line with company standards and relevant procedures
• Assist the management with stock control checks.
• Waste is reported fully and accurately.
• Stock First in First Out is followed at all time.

Productivity

• Maintaining punctuality and an exemplary attendance record
• Meeting productivity targets (production, cleaning, etc) set by the business and management team.
• Ensure the delivery to branches are dispatch in time set out by the business and management team.

People

• Representing the company and yourself in a professional manner
• Participating in performance reviews around personal performance objectives with your line manager
• Adhering to all statutory company policies and procedures
• Taking responsibility of your tasks.
• Carrying out any other reasonable tasks that may be required by management from time to time

Our Requirements:

Experience: Has previous experience as a Team Member within a fast-paced production or kitchen environment. Safety & Quality: Well-groomed and knowledgeable of Health & Safety, Food Safety, Food Quality, and Environmental requirements. Problem-Solving: Ability to use data to drive decisions and continuously improve operations. Attitude: Positive, Passionate, adaptable, have a can-do attitude and hands-on approach. Also, able to work flexible shift patterns according to the business needs Skills: Able to work well within the team and good verbal communication.

In return we provide:

• A great working environment
• Pension scheme
• Refer A Friend Scheme
• Free meals on shift
• 50% discount in our Restaurants
• Additional Leave after 2 years
• Employee Assistant Programme
• Wagestream - a financial wellbeing benefit that lets you access your pay as you earn it in real time and manage savings
• Long Service Awards
• Cycle To Work
• Life Assurance
• A variety of discounts (shopping, food & drink, entertainment and health & fitness) through Perkbox and
• The opportunity to develop your skills within a growing company.

If you're looking for an exciting challenge and this sounds like the job for you please apply today as we can't wait to hear from you.
COME ROLL WITH US!