Junior Kitchen Manager | Restaurants

Butlin's; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Butlin's in Minehead is seeking a Junior Kitchen Manager to join our Restaurants Department. Reporting to the Kitchen Manager, you will support running the kitchen and lead a team of up to 15, ensuring guest satisfaction remains at the centre of every decision.

You will drive cost control, menu planning to standards, maintain food hygiene and health and safety compliance, and develop your team through training and performance plans while upholding Butlin's brand standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar level kitchen role.
• Ambition to step up into kitchen leadership.
• Hard working, reliable and focused on getting things done.
• Energetic, enthusiastic, and team-focused.
• Knowledge of food safety and hygiene compliance.

Responsibilities

• Support running the kitchen and lead a team of up to 15.
• Assist with resource planning and recruitment.
• Contribute to meeting food cost budgets through menu planning and standard cooking.
• Maintain food hygiene standards and health and safety compliance.
• Model Butlin's values and develop staff through training and performance plans.

Job description

Junior Kitchen Manager | Restaurants

Department: Restaurants & QSR

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Minehead

Reporting To: Louis Bennett

Description

About the role

We’re looking for a Junior Kitchen Manager to join the Butlin's Restaurants Department based in Minehead.

Reporting to the Kitchen Manager, you will support the running of the kitchen and support in leading a team of up to 15. Making our guests smile is at the heart of our values, and you will ensure this happens consistently by ensuring that guests remain the central focus of all operational decisions. This will include resource planning, recruitment and selection, ensuring that we have the very best team in place to deliver an amazing service.

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. 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.

About You

We are looking for individuals with experience in a similar level role. We would also love to hear from you if you're looking to step up to your next role in the kitchen.

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.

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.