Junior Kitchen Manager - Buffets

Butlin's; Winthorpe; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment resort in Skegness is seeking a Junior Kitchen Manager to support kitchen operations and lead a team of chefs. Responsibilities include adhering to food safety standards, managing financial performance, and providing training to ensure a high-quality guest experience. Candidates must be energetic with leadership skills and hold a Level 3 Food Safety qualification. This position covers a 5-day working week totaling 40 hours, including evenings and weekends without onsite accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Support the kitchen management and lead a team of chefs.
• Monitor food hygiene standards and health and safety.
• Manage financial performance and food cost budgets.
• Provide training and performance development plans.

Skills

Leadership skills

Time management

Organizational skills

Team building

Financial awareness

Education

Level 3 Food Safety qualification

Job description

Description

About the role

We’re looking for a Junior Kitchen Manager to join the Butlin's Buffets Department based in Skegness. Reporting to the Kitchen Manager, you will support the running of the kitchen and support in leading a large team of amazing chefs. As well as stepping up in the Kitchen Manager's absence.

You will be passionate about exceptional experience and will monitor this regularly to develop action plans in your venue with a focus on continuous improvement. Have great leadership skills to support and grow your team, with daily briefings, handle stock controlling and review the presentation of food. Financial performance will play an important part in your role, and you will deliver food cost budgets through effective menu planning, cooking to standards and specification. You will also support in the accountability of food hygiene standards and health and safety, inline with legislation and company policies.

You will be a role model for the Butlin’s unique way of working, ensuring training schedules and performance development plans are in place for your team and inspiring them to deliver a great experience to guests every time. We truly believe that variety is the spice of life and in this role you’ll have the opportunity to lead and develop the skills of a team in our main buffet restaurant serving our guests who have booked a half-board dining package.

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for individuals with experience in a similar level role with large volume turn around. We can host for 3000 guests per service within our buffet department. So being able to work in a fast-paced environment is a must, with good time management and organisational skills.

You will need to be hard working and determined, a reliable person who likes to get things done and who will look for better ways for the team to consistently deliver our brand standards.

We are looking for candidates who are energetic and enthusiastic, high spirited and fun loving and who will understand their role and the value they can add to the guest experience by unleashing the potential of the team, by being able to build and develop relationships with leaders and team on resort.

You must have passed your Level 3 Food Safety qualification and be confident in leading a team to continually deliver high standards in a fast-paced and busy kitchen environment.

As with any chef role at this level, you will also be responsible for managing margins and controlling costs and all things health, safety and hygiene related.

We think our chefs at Butlin’s are something special and we know our guests love to keep returning to our restaurants as part of their holiday experience so the cherry on the top for the successful candidate is for them to be fun, keen to join in and work as part of a team, and is interested in ensuring our guests have a great time, every time.

This role covers a 5-day working week over 7 days covering 40 hours, including evenings and weekends. This role does not come with onsite accommodation either.

About Butlin's

At Butlin’s, we’re all about fun, excitement, and adventure by the bucketload! For over 80 years we’ve been delighting hundreds of thousands of guests each year, whether on a non-stop action family break or our epic Adult only Big Weekenders.

Ask any of our team, past and present, and one of the best things they’ll say about working at Butlin’s is our culture! We’re all about providing our guests with an Altogether More Entertaining and Fun Break, brought to life through our three mighty values.

So, if you want a role where you Create Smiles, where you aren’t afraid to Get Stuck In and where the team genuinely Cares For Each Other – this could be the perfect fit for you.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Butlin’s!