Kitchen Manager (Head Chef)

Butlin's Conferences & Events; Bognor Regis; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Job summary

Butlin's Conferences & Events in Bognor Regis seeks a Kitchen Manager to lead a kitchen team of up to 15, drive training and development, and ensure health and safety and food safety compliance. You’ll manage margins, rosters, and stocktakes in a busy, high-volume setting within the Buffets department, with opportunities to support other kitchen teams and events.

The role is permanent, full-time, onsite at Bognor Regis, offering a bonus scheme and a dynamic team culture at a seaside resort known

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar level role within a volume restaurant environment.
• Level 3 Food Safety qualification required.
• Able to lead a team and deliver brand standards in a fast-paced kitchen.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of up to 15 chefs and kitchen porters.
• Oversee recruitment, training, development and retention.
• Manage stocktakes, rosters, timesheets, and safety/compliance.

Skills

Team leadership

Recruitment

Training

Development

Retention

Stock management

Rostering

Timesheets

Health & safety

Food safety

Budgeting

Cost control

Education

Level 3 Food Safety

Job description

About The Role

We’re looking for a Kitchen Manager to join the Butlin's Team based in Bognor Regis.

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 our team in one of our fantastic food venues. A Butlin’s resort is the home of getting stuck in and no trip to the seaside would be complete without great food and we offer this to every guest, every time in our restaurants.

Working in one of our guest's favourite places to dine, being a Kitchen Manager you will be leading a team of up to 15 chefs and kitchen porters, taking part in all aspects of team from recruitment, training, development and retention for the team. You will be accountable for stocktakes, rosters, timesheets, health & safety compliance and food safety compliance for the kitchen you lead and form a close working relationship with the Venue Manager and front of house team to provide an all‑round service.

The role is part of the Buffets department and there may be times that you support other kitchen teams and take part in our event work should a conference take place on resort.

Department Buffets Employment Type Permanent - Full Time Location Bognor Regis Workplace type Onsite

About You

We are looking for individuals with experience in a similar level role within a volume restaurant environment. 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.

You should have also 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.

Typical working hours: working five days over seven, covering 40 hours per week and are part of a bonus scheme.

About Butlin's

Did you know Billy Butlin was the first person to introduce dodgems to the UK? That's right, 'fun' is in our DNA, and we've been delighting guests for almost 90 years. 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.

As The Home of Entertainment, we pull out all the stops to provide our guests with an 'Altogether More Entertaining and Fun Break', from all-action family holidays to adult-only Big Weekenders, brought to life through our three mighty values. So, if you're looking for a role where you can Create Smiles, where you aren't afraid to Get Stuck In and where the team genuinely Care For Each Other, we think you'll fit right in!