Kitchen Manager / Head Chef

Center Parcs Careers; Warminster; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality firm in Warminster is seeking a Kitchen Manager / Head Chef for its Indian cuisine restaurant. The role involves leading the kitchen team to deliver high-quality food and service, managing operations effectively, and ensuring cleanliness and hygiene standards. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership and financial skills, with experience in a large kitchen environment. Attractive benefits include a management bonus scheme, pension, and discounts.

Benefits

Management Bonus Scheme

Pension Scheme with Life Assurance

Leisure facilities access

Discounted Center Parcs breaks

20% discount in restaurants and retail

Employee Assistance Program

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team in a busy kitchen environment.
• Strong financial awareness including stocktaking and wastage analysis.
• Previous experience with full management responsibility for kitchen team.

Responsibilities

• Control and coordinate kitchen activities to meet standards.
• Ensure high guest satisfaction through food and service quality.
• Manage cleanliness and hygiene standards in the kitchen.

Skills

Team leadership

Financial awareness

Mentoring

Empathy

Job description

Rajinda Pradesh is our contemporary Eastern-inspired restaurant serving freshly made dishes, from mild and creamy to rich and fiery, using real ingredients inspired by tastes from India and across Asia.

KITCHEN MANAGER / HEAD CHEF – INDIAN CUISINE

Circa £40,700 per annum plus 12% bonus scheme

All colleagues working in the following restaurants – Rajinda Pradesh, Huck's American Bar and Grill, The Pancake House, Sports Café, The Lakeside Inn, Foresters' Inn and Vitalé Café Bar – will benefit from the discretionary service charge we add to bills. The majority of our guests are happy to reward our colleagues for their excellent service.

We are now looking to appoint a Kitchen Manager / Head Chef to lead a team dedicated to providing first‑class service and excellent food quality to our guests.

Responsibilities

• Effectively control, coordinate and plan the activities of your kitchen to outlined standards of procedure.
• Maintain high guest satisfaction levels through culinary leadership, ensuring quality of service, quality of food & drink, value for money, and that budgeted financial targets—including cost of sales—are met and exceeded.
• Be responsible for the daily management of your kitchen and your team, ensuring cleanliness and hygiene standards are achieved as per Company and legal requirements.
• Report directly to the Restaurant Manager and work together to ensure the continued growth and success of the business.
• Support with facilitating and developing a culture that promotes and encourages the general wellbeing, motivation, and morale of your team, while ensuring effective performance management strategies are in place and your team are actively contributing.

Hours of Work

Working straight shifts, you will be contracted to work 160 hours per 4-week period on a flexible basis. This means your days and hours of work may vary each week, but you will always receive at least your contracted hours each period.

As our village is open 365 days a year, your working hours will include public / bank holidays and during Christmas and / or New Year on a rota basis.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications

Essential requirements

• Ability to lead a team in a busy kitchen environment
• Strong financial awareness – stocktaking, working schedules, wastage analysis and controls
• Previous experience in a large organisation with full management responsibility for the kitchen team
• Experience in training and developing a kitchen team
• A motivational approach towards colleagues and work
• Empathetic and supportive approach to leading a team
• Able to coach individuals to be accountable for their own performance

Desirable requirements

• Experience of back‑of‑house systems for stock management and ordering

Benefits

• Management Bonus Scheme
• Pension Scheme with Life Assurance
• Colleague Recognition and Reward Scheme – offering a choice of Center Parcs and High Street vouchers
• Free use of our leisure facilities
• Discounted Center Parcs breaks
• 20% discount in our restaurant and retail outlets
• Access to Perks at Work Portal – offering a wide range of retail and leisure discounts
• An Employee Assistance Program – providing support on financial, health and legal matters
• Excellent opportunities for career development and progression with the opportunity to gain externally recognised qualifications

If this sounds like your ideal job, we'd love to see your application.

Interviews

Ongoing

Please note this vacancy may close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. Early submission of your application is encouraged.

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