Catering Team Leader

PGL; Cromer; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading adventure camp organization in the UK is seeking a Catering Team Leader to manage the catering team and ensure guests are well-fuelled. The role requires strong interpersonal skills and a Level 3 Food Safety qualification. Enjoy benefits like 20 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, a focus on employee well-being, and career development opportunities. Join us to create rewarding experiences while promoting our core values of fun, safety, quality, inclusivity, teamwork, and respect.

Benefits

20 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Free/discounted PGL breaks

Access to WellbeingHub

Qualifications

• Three or more months experience in a catering role.
• Experience of working with young people and supervising a team is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Catering Assistants.
• Ensure dining room cleanliness and inviting atmosphere.
• Maintain excellent food safety standards and procedures.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership ability

Food safety standards

Education

Level 3 or above qualification in Food Safety

Job description

Overview

Earn £13.78 per hour (our pay system is benchmarked and fair). Fixed Term Contract from February to November 2026.

Use your catering skills to fuel adventure! PGL is a world where children achieve the ‘impossible’. Our residential adventure camps create extraordinary breakthroughs through life-affirming experiences in the great outdoors. We’re part of PGL Beyond, a group of inspiring companies with a shared purpose to deliver enriching and transformative experiences to the next generation. Will you join us?

Role

Make a difference as a Catering Team Leader. Our catering team is responsible for the essential job of keeping our guests and colleagues fuelled and hydrated, ready for the adventure that awaits them!

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Front of House Manager, you’ll be leading a team of Catering Assistants to ensure the dining room is clean and inviting, the food tasty and appealing, and our guests happy and well looked after.

Person specification

Is this you? You’ll need great interpersonal skills to connect with our guests, leadership ability to inspire and lead your team, and confidence to handle complex dietary and allergen requirements and maintain excellent food safety standards and procedures.

We’re looking for individuals with three or more months experience within a catering role and a level 3 or above qualification in Food Safety. Experience of working with young people and supervising a team is a bonus, but not essential for this position.

Above all, it’s our core values of FUN, SAFETY, QUALITY, INCLUSIVITY, TEAMWORK and RESPECT that unite us.

Why PGL

A place to thrive. No matter your background, ethnicity, sexuality/gender identity, SEND, neurodivergence or anything else… PGL is a place to be yourself, have fun, use your valuable skills for good and celebrate what makes you brilliantly unique.

Benefits

• On top of your 20 days annual leave (+ 8 bank holidays), you’ll also enjoy your birthday off, have paid volunteering days to help worthwhile causes and the option to purchase additional holiday.
• A career with ongoing growth, aided development, mentoring, multiple pathways and opportunities to work across different UK or French locations.
• 24/7 access to our WellbeingHub alongside our Employee Assistance Program
• Sector leading family friendly policies and a contributory pension
• Access to our financial wellbeing platform where you can borrow or save directly from your salary.
• Free/discounted PGL breaks for your family & discounts at 800+ retailers.

For a full Job Description and Personal Specification please click here. For any enquiries specific to this role please email [e-mail]

We hire the best talent and value a diverse, inclusive team; so, we are dedicated to ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone and are happy to provide helpful adjustments to make it easier to complete. Simply email or call us with detail around the adjustments you need. However, our top priority is the safety of the guests on our centres. Therefore, all centre based employees and some specific Head Office employees must undergo an Enhanced criminal record check (known as DBS or PVG), which we pay for. You will need to provide a 5-year address history and ID (such as passport/birth certificate). Convictions related to violence, drugs, or safeguarding may affect your application. Not all convictions will disqualify you, as we assess each case individually.