Kitchen Manager | Restaurants

Butlin's Conferences & Events; Minehead; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Butlin's Conferences & Events in Minehead is seeking a Kitchen Manager to lead a fast-paced kitchen, develop the team and deliver high standards of service. The role is full-time, onsite, and reports to the venue management.

You will drive menu planning, ensure cost control and uphold health and safety standards to meet brand expectations and guest satisfaction. The successful candidate will bring Level 3 Food Safety and a passion for delivering exceptional guest experiences in a lively resort

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar level kitchen leadership role.
• Level 3 Food Safety qualification.
• Able to lead a fast-paced kitchen.
• Willing to recruit and develop staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the kitchen team to deliver brand standards.
• Manage food cost budgets through menu planning and cooking to standards.
• Ensure health and safety and food hygiene compliance in line with policy.

Skills

Team leadership

Food safety

Resource planning

Budget awareness

Education

Level 3 Food Safety

Job description

About The Role

We’re looking for a Kitchen Manager to join the our team in Minehead. 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 restaurant.

Department Restaurants & QSR Employment Type Permanent - Full Time Location Minehead Workplace type Onsite Reporting To Helena Perry

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.

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.

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.

We think our Restaurants Team 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.

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!