Pizza Pilgrims are coming to Cardiff in summer 2024!
Our mission is to make people happier one pizza at a time. Pizza Pilgrims is a BCORP & Multi award-winning group of pizzerias started by brothers Thom & James 10 years ago by driving a Piaggio ape Tuk Tuk all the way from Sicily to London on a “Pizza Pilgrimage” to learn the secrets of perfect Italian pizza. They went on to set up a market stall in Soho with an oven in the back of the van & have grown steadily into one of the UK’s most respected Neapolitan pizza companies.
We now have pizzerias in London, Cambridge, Brighton, Leeds & Nottingham. We use the best ingredients from Naples including Caputo flour, fresh fior di latte, salsiccia e friarielle , to make the best Neapolitan pizza every day.
As a BCORP, we actively challenge ourselves to to make our people happier one pizza at a time; our teams, our guests and our community. Which means making small, incremental changes which actually make a difference to a happier world.
As Second Chef your role is to support the Head Chef with the overall management of the kitchen team, ensuring that everyone is fully trained, supported & developed.
What's there for you?
Rate of pay up to 35K per year + tronc + bonus
Serious career development - We are opening 4 pizzerias this year & next.
Industry-leading “Pizza Academy” in Camden to develop your skills both in & out of the kitchen.
On top of the standard 28 days holiday, you will get an extra day for every year you work for us (up to 5 Years)
1 extra day holiday as “Happiness Day’ so you can do something you are passionate about outside of work
Pizza Perks:
As much Espresso as you like!
Free food every day - whole menu available & also deals with other restaurants, Free after-work drinks, 2 huge company-wide parties every year to celebrate Christmas and Ferragosto (We close all the pizzerias for these!). Free pizza when you visit any Pizza Pilgrims when you are not at work for you & up to 3 friends.
At Pizza Pilgrims, we aspire to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves, feel genuinely cared for and have equal opportunities for growth and progression. We are committed to building a diverse team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives; which creates proper happiness, just like our pizzas do!
In 2012, founders Thom & James decided to quit their jobs and fly to the toe-end of Italy, pick up a three-wheel Piaggio Ape van and drive the 4,500km back to London, learning all they could about the true art of pizza making.
In 2023, we built an even more ridiculous pizza wagon – THE PIZZA VESPA - and took part in a 10-day trip, visiting the icons of the Napoli pizza scene, as well as suppliers and friends they have made over the last 10 years.
11 Kingly St, Carnaby