Kitchen Team Leader & CDP — Own Your Section

Village Hotels; Swansea; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gym Membership

Hotel Stays

Food & Drink

Friends & Family

Retail & Lifestyle

Mental Health Support

Job summary

Village seeks a Kitchen Team Leader and Chef de Partie to own your section during busy services, while helping the wider brigade and ensuring every plate leaving the pass meets our exact standards for quality, temperature and presentation.

You will lead on the kitchen floor, supervise junior team members, enforce food safety and brand delivery, manage portion control and stock par levels, and keep the monthly stock paperwork up to date.

Responsibilities

• The Kitchen Floor: Operating as a hands on Chef de Partie. You will run your own section flawlessly while controlling the wider flow of work, monitoring portion sizes, and jumping in to assist other chefs when the tickets pile up.
• The Standards: Driving an obsession with food safety and brand delivery. You will ensure deliveries are temperature checked, dishes are cooked to FRESH specifications, and strict HACCP and EHO directives are met without compromise.
• The Brigade: Supervising and coaching junior kitchen team members and Kitchen Porters. You will translate strategy into action, keeping the team safe around heavy equipment and fostering a culture where everyone is passionate about the menu.
• The Commercial Reality: Protecting the gross profit. You will manage stock to precise par levels, ensure minimal wastage, and keep all relevant paperwork completely up to date for the monthly stock take.

Job description

Village seeks a Kitchen Team Leader and Chef de Partie to own your section during busy services, while helping the wider brigade and ensuring every plate leaving the pass meets our exact standards for quality, temperature and presentation.

You will lead on the kitchen floor, supervise junior team members, enforce food safety and brand delivery, manage portion control and stock par levels, and keep the monthly stock paperwork up to date.