Kitchen Team Leader

Away Resorts Ltd; Swanage, Humberston Grange, Tattershall; On-site; Part time

Job summary

Away Resorts Ltd is seeking a Kitchen Team Leader for a seasonal role at Tattershall Lakes in Lincolnshire. You will lead the back-of-house team, ensuring high standards in meal preparation and kitchen operations, while managing food safety and hygiene. Ideal candidates are passionate about food and excel in a fast-paced kitchen environment, with proven leadership skills.

Benefits

Regular incentives, rewards, and recognition

Discounted holidays across all our parks

On Park Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience working as a chef in a busy, fast-paced kitchen.
• Experience in stock control and ordering.
• Ability to think on your feet and manage food margins.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and cooking meals with line chefs and kitchen assistants.
• Championing health and safety policies to ensure team and guest safety.
• Controlling food margins through effective stock management.

Skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Resilience under pressure

Education

Level Two Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Location: Tattershall Lakes, Lincolnshire

Role: Park Management

Transport Provided: No

Accommodation: No

Hours: Seasonal contract - Variable hours

Salary: £13.00 per hour - Paid weekly!

What we need in a nutshell

We love creating exciting dining concepts across our locations and finding talented chefs to take them forward. In this Kitchen Team Leader role, you will be preparing and cooking for a busy restaurant and helping to manage a team of Line Chefs, Kitchen Assistants, and Kitchen Porters.

Who We Are?

We’re a dynamic and growing company, shaking up the Great British holiday at our award-winning UK resorts. St. Ives Bay Beach Resort has private access to three miles of sandy beach, spectacular sea views, luxury accommodation, and excellent facilities, making it one of the best holiday parks in Cornwall and a great place to work. Want to find out more about our holidays? Check out our website: http://www.awayresorts.co.uk.

What you’ll be doing

You will be in the thick of the action with your team, ensuring that meals are prepped, cooked, and served to our exacting standards, to deliver delight to our guests. This includes:

• Supporting the kitchen management team in overseeing all aspects of the Back of House (BOH) operation and being the main point of contact on shift
• Preparing and cooking meals with the assistance of Line Chefs and Kitchen Assistants, ensuring the team complies with the specified standards of all dishes
• Helping to control food margins through effective stock management
• Championing and implementing health and safety and hygiene policies to ensure team and guest safety
• Identifying the development needs of team members and providing coaching and support to them

One more thing… holidays happen at holiday times, so you’ll need to work your magic on bank holidays and weekends too.

Skills, experience, and qualities you’ll need

We are looking for an enthusiastic team player with a real passion for food, who can demonstrate the following:

• At least Level Two Hygiene Certificate
• Experience working as a chef in a busy, fast-paced kitchen
• Experience of stock control and ordering
• Exceptional communication and organisational skills
• An eye for detail and the ability to think on your feet
• Resilience under pressure

It’s the icing on the cake if you have worked in a busy kitchen on a holiday park and have experience supervising others.

We have a can-do, people-centred ethos at Away Resorts. Read about it and see if you fit the bill.

• Training & Development
• Regular incentives, rewards, and recognition
• Discounted holidays across all our parks
• On Park Discounts

Want to join our team? Here’s how to apply

Holiday Heroes come with all sorts of different superpowers, and we welcome them all! After all, wouldn’t it be boring if we were all the same? We embrace diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities. We love that everyone comes from different backgrounds, allowing us to grow and inspire each other. We’ll never accept any form of discrimination, and we’ll strive for our product and our people to be as unique as possible. In short, bring your whole self to work!