Kitchen Team Leader

Kitchen Team Leader

We are now recruiting for our 2025 summer season across various roles on our beautiful Lincolnshire based holiday park, join our large team of hospitality professionals today.

Location: Tattershall Lakes Country Park, Lincolnshire

Salary: £13.77

Job type: Seasonal

About the role

We are looking for Team Leaders to join us in our Tattershall Lakes Country Pub. 

We need someone who understands that food and drink are central to a happy holiday. Someone who can look after our guests when they eat, drink, and relax in our bars and restaurants. We need someone who can be an asset to the team in the kitchen, Experience is not necessary as full training will be provided. A can-do attitude and attention to detail are essential. Being available to work evenings and weekends including bank holidays are also essential.

Tattershall Park Pub is a vibrant, welcoming venue open to guests, holiday homeowners, and the public alike. With a fresh, in-house-made gastro pub menu served for both lunch and dinner, it’s the perfect blend of classic charm and modern flair. The beautifully designed interior and stunning garden area create a warm, lively atmosphere—and as a full-service restaurant, it’s an exciting place to work for anyone who loves great food, great people, and a buzzing pub vibe.

A can-do attitude, attention to detail and excellent people skills are essential. Being available to work evenings and weekends including bank holidays are also essential.

What you will be doing

We need someone who understands that a first-class guest experience is an essential part of their stay at Tattershall Lakes. Here are some of the things you will be doing:

• Open up or close down of the kitchen
• Managing the shift and team in the kitchen
• Assisting the management team in coaching and training
• Working as part of a team you will be responsible for food preparation and cooking.
• Ensuring presentation of menu items to a high standard.
• Adhering to operational cleanliness and food hygiene
• Supporting team members to help them be the best they can be
• Ensuring restocking at the end of a shift
• Complying with all the legal requirements

And who knows what else you may find yourself doing. If you are happy to help even when it is ‘not your job,’ you are our sort of person.

Skills, experience, and qualities you will need

We have high standards! We will train you up, but it would be nice if you had:

• Experience in a role as a Chef de Partie, Kitchen team leader or something similar
• Passion for food and delivering excellent service
• Experience supervising a team
• Ability to think on your feet and deal with problems
• Experience with stock control and working to a budget

It’s about your values too. We have a can-do, fun loving, people centred ethos here at Away Resorts, which is captured by our holiday heroes’ mantra of Attentive Amazing Lovers – if that’s fired up your curiosity, have a read about it here and decide if it describes you.

Nice to have but not essential

It would be great if you tick some of these boxes too (but we will not hold it against you if you don’t).

• Level 2 or 3 food hygiene qualification
• Kitchen management or team leader experience
• Experience of working in the holiday sector

What we can offer you

Enjoy some great benefits, including:

• Training & development
• Regular incentives and rewards
• Discounted holidays across all our parks

Want to join our team?

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Our Promise to You

Holiday Heroes come with all sorts of different super-powers, and we welcome them all!

We embrace diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities. From our investors to our teams 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 forever strive not just for our product to be unique but our people too. Afterall, wouldn’t it be boring if we were all the same? In short, we want to bring your whole self to work!

Good Luck!

INDLP