BREAKFAST CHEF

Leonardo Hotels UK & Ireland | Formerly Jurys Inn; Exeter; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading hotel as a Breakfast Chef, playing a crucial role in delivering exceptional breakfast experiences. As part of a vibrant team, you will thrive in a busy kitchen environment, enjoying professional growth through ongoing training and a variety of colleague perks. Contribute to a dynamic and supportive atmosphere within a growing hospitality group.

Benefits

Special rates on hotel rooms

Company-wide recognition scheme

Meals on duty

Talent referral scheme

Access to Company Pension Scheme

Ongoing job-related training

Employee Awards Celebration

Qualifications

• Love the busy kitchen environment.
• Keen to step up when needed.
• Aspire to grow with ongoing training.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head Chef in food preparation.
• Deliver high-quality fresh breakfasts to guests.
• Maintain excellent kitchen standards.

Skills

Thrive under pressure

Willingness to learn

Passion for food

Job description

Be Yourself – Be a Bold Team Player– Be Leonardo

As a Breakfast Chef you’ll be right in the heart of the hotel, so we want you to take pride in everything you’ll be doing to support the Head Chef and keep things running like clockwork. Take a deep breath because you’ll be stepping into a busy role! You’ll be passionate about your working area and responsibilities, and working as part of a vibrant team to deliver the best breakfast experience to our guests!

Some Of The Perks Our Colleagues Enjoy Include

• Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK & Europe: get planning that city break you’ve been dreaming of!
• Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
• Meals on duty
• Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
• We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
• The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
• Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression
  
  

If You’re Our Ideal Breakfast Chef, You Will

• Be yourself!
• Absolutely love the busy Kitchen environment
• Have a willingness to learn and adapt, and deliver the high-quality fresh breakfasts that our guests expect
• Thrive under pressure to create delicious food
• Be keen to step up when the situation demands
• Aspire to grow with us – with our amazing Learning and Development programmes, the sky is the limit!
  
  

Why come join us?

We look after our colleagues just as well as we look after our guests. Once you’re part of the team, you’re part of the Leonardo community. We have support on tap, so expect top-notch L&D programmes, practical training and clear progression within our vibrant and dynamic team.

Our Story

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we operate over 270 hotels across the United Kingdom and Europe. We look after over 55 hotels across the UK & Ireland, and being one of the fastest growing hotel groups, we have plans for major expansion over the next few years’; there’s never been a more exciting time to come join us!

About Leonardo Hotel Exeter

This contemporary hotel is 0.6 miles from Exeter Cathedral and 1.3 miles from Exeter St Davids railway station. All of the colourful, modern rooms come with free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs, in addition to desks and tea and coffeemaking facilities. Dining options include a restaurant focusing on seasonal cuisine, a laid-back bar serving light meals, and a coffee shop. There are also 7 meeting rooms.

About Leonardo Hotels

At Leonardo Hotels, our vision is very simple: to be the first choice for everyone who values genuine hospitality.

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we are part of the Fattal Hotels Group, which operates over 230 hotels across Europe and Israel. We look after over 50 hotels here in the UK & Ireland, and have come a long way since we opened our first hotel in Ireland back in 1993! With approximately 4,000 employees and multiple brands we are a dynamic, innovative and fast-growing company.

As an employer we put a big emphasis on career development and as a rule we recruit our operations team members for personality- it is all about how you interact with others and how you can demonstrate our values: Consistent, Friendly, Genuine, Positive and Willing.

At Leonardo Hotels each and every team member is individually valued and respected for who you are. All careers within our hotels offer customer interaction, a great deal of variety, and a fun and friendly working environment. We strive to make all of our hotels great places to work, and get our teams involved in activities such as summer barbecues, Christmas parties, Thank You Week and birthday celebrations!

We also offer excellent employee benefits, including huge discounts on overnight stays at our hotels as well as performance-based rewards via our Leo Points system- these range from vouchers to a well-deserved day off!