The Restaurant

Each BAO location represents a different slice of culture in Taiwan.

The original BAO located in the heart of Soho on Lexington Street is a poetic translation of Taiwanese Xiao Chi houses.

BAO Soho has been awarded the Michelin Bib Gourmand for eight consecutive years.

The Position

As Restaurant Supervisor, you be responsible for providing a warm and genuine welcome to our guests, delivering an exceptional standard of service and memorable customer experience, and you will continually lead and inspire the front of house team to do the same.

If you have the following, then we want to hear from you:

• Prior experience as a Restaurant Supervisor or Head Waiter/Waitress within a fast-paced restaurant;
• Eagerness to roll your sleeves up and get stuck in;
• A creative approach with impeccable attention to detail;
• Passion for about food and hospitality, along with the eagerness to continually learn;
• The desire to develop your career within an ambitious and trend-setting restaurant group;
• Good knowledge of or experience in Asian cuisine and culture is a bonus!

The Benefits

We want to create a great place to work that mirrors the soft fluffy embrace of a BAO

• We have a commitment to work life balance. Our rotas are based on 6 shifts over 5 days, with a maximum of 1 double. You will get 2 weeks rotas in advance so you can have a life outside of work.
• Your development is important to us. Within your first year with us, you’ll have three reviews, giving you the platform to tell us how we can support you better, and to identify development opportunities.
• We’re serious on our education, meet School of BAO. Learn Mastery, Discover Artistry. A meticulously crafted calendar of events, workshops, talks.
• Our perks, hands down the best hospitality discount in London.
• 50% off food and drink across all of BAO and JKS restaurants, plus some rotating restaurant discounts.
• We have our own currency, meet BAOcoin. A reward scheme where you earn BAOcoin by displaying BAO behaviours, and cash in prizes from the BAOshop.
• There are other ways to earn some cash with the BAO Pyramid Scheme. Sell the BAO dream to your friends, and earn up to £500 for a referral.
• We’re serious about our parties. Our record turnout for our parties speaks for itself. At the beginning of the year we have a huge Wei Ya Party paired with our Annual Awards Ceremony.Our second large party is our Moon Festival BBQ in September. For good measure we throw in a handful of Karaoke Parties in the middle.

The Group

BAO was founded by Shing, his wife - Erchen and Shing’s Sister - Wai Ting. Following a trip to Erchen’s homeland Taiwan, and having an mind bending experience when eating Gua Bao, the trio came back to London to perfect the Bao recipe and kick-started BAO as a street food stall in East London in back 2013 to now 7 restaurants across Central London.

Over the years we have been fine turning our people culture. We try hard every day to craft a great people experience that translates through to how we treat the employee journey just like we would the customer journey. We’re proud that BAO was recognised in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024.