Job Ref: MAI3113
Branch: Estelle Manor
Location: Estelle Manor, Eynsham Park, North Leigh, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 6PN
Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Posted date: 10/09/2025
Closing date: 12/10/2025

WHO ARE WE?

Estelle Manor is a rural retreat set on an 85-acre estate in Oxfordshire. The manor has four restaurants, an extraordinary 3,000 sq metre Roman-inspired spa- Eynsham Baths, 108 bedrooms and a gym with class studios and padel courts. Plus, there’s a kids’ club for the little ones and a workspace. As the countryside companion to Maison Estelle, the manor is also a ‘hosted home’, bringing people together that have plenty to say and nothing to prove.
We’re looking for a Pizza Chef with a real passion for dough—a true dough geek who’s always chasing perfection. At Estelle Manor, we use only the best ingredients to create pizzas that are bold, full of character, and proudly crafted. In this role, you’ll prepare high-quality pizzas using both traditional and modern techniques, while supporting the senior kitchen team in upholding food standards, health and safety, and consistent service delivery. You’ll play a key part in ensuring every guest experience lives up to Estelle Manor’s high standards.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR?

• Proven experience working in the Kitchen departments in a luxury / lifestyle multi-outlet food and beverage operation.
• Stays up to date with current food trends and best practices.
• Must be able to work flexibly including evenings and weekends due to the operational hours of the club.
• Excellent communication skills and comfortable talking to colleagues, senior management and coming front of house to talk to members.
• A genuine passion for hospitality and hosting.

• Producing of all items, with the correct recipe card and procedure, correct quantity and of good quality.
• Delivering a fresh, high quality food offer for our members club.
• Working and assisting across all food sections in the kitchen, as required.
• Ensuring the highest possible standard of presentation cleanliness in all areas of the kitchen (both in the kitchen itself and back of house areas).
• Maintaining a clean and orderly cooking station.
• Showing full support to senior staff, the goals and ideals of the operation, working continually towards the betterment of our member’s expectations.
• Controlling the wastage and the costs of their section, and meeting budget specifications.
• Storing of food and provisions including raw material quality checks.
• Allocating duties to demi-chef de parties.
• Supporting and participating in activities, which may serve to improve our operations or the efficiency of the business.
• Keeping all HS and Food safety documentation and reporting up to date including – temperature records, retained cooked, food logs, delivery standards and probe calibrations
• Ensuring that the kitchen, stock rooms are cleaned to a high standard.
• Assisting the BOH Manager in ensuring the kitchen equipment is properly maintained and report any faults with equipment to him.
• Preparing and assisting with regular stock takes.
• Ensuring that, in general, all stock is secure and there is no stock loss from the Kitchen