Commis Chef

Location: Gara Rock Hotel, Salcombe, Devon

Hours of work: Permanent Contract - 48 hours per week

Salary: £30,560 per annum 

What we need in a nutshell

We love creating exciting dining concepts across our holiday parks and finding talented chefs to take them forward. This is a head chef role that, unusually for a high volume catering operation, has a lot of scope for you to use your talents for fresh, from-scratch cooking and menu creation.

Who are we?

We’re part of Away Resorts, a dynamic and growing company, shaking up the Great British holiday at award-winning resorts across the UK.  Gara Rock is a stunning cliff-top boutique hotel in South Devon with panoramic sea views. With a wellbeing spa, a 10-seater cinema and a restaurant overlooking the sea, it’s a truly special place.

Want to find out more about our holidays? Check out our website: http://www.ariaresorts.co.uk.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be leading and inspiring the kitchen team, creating freshly cooked dishes and working in partnership with our Front of House team to deliver delight to guests and maximise profits in our busy restaurant. This includes:

• Overseeing all aspects of the Back of House (BOH) operation, ensuring guests receive an exceptional level of service and delicious meals, freshly cooked
• Leading key shifts and taking control of the day-to-day BOH operation, ensuring dishes comply to agreed specifications and the team are suitably deployed
• Supporting the F&B Manager in recruiting, managing and inspiring the kitchen team
• Controlling food margins through effective stock management
• Championing and implementing Health and Safety and Hygiene policies to ensure team and guest safety
• Consulting with, and learning from, the Group executive Chef to create your own seasonal, local specials where you source suppliers and products and put your mark on the menu

One more thing…holidays happen at holiday times, so you’ll need to work your magic on bank holidays and weekends too, but that’s made easier because we this role comes with onsite accommodation (subject to availability).

Skills, experience and qualities you’ll need

We are looking for motivated leader with excellent chef skills who can demonstrate the following:

• At least Level Two Hygiene Certificate, ideally Level 3
• Experience of leading a team as a head chef in a fast-paced and busy F&B kitchen environment
• Well-versed in managing and delivering financial KPIs within budget requirements
• Exceptional communication and organisational skills
• A real passion for food, and a customer service ethos
• Resilience

It’s the icing on the cake if you have worked in a similar role on a holiday park.

As part of Away Resorts, we have a can-do, people-centred ethos, and we look for certain qualities in our team members. Have a read about it and see if you fit the bill.

What we can offer you

This is an exciting role as part of our F&B management team, and we look after you with a great range of benefits, including:

• Competitive Pension
• Bonus Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Life Insurance
• Discounts on Away Resorts and Aria Resorts Holidays
• On Park Discounts
• Awards and Recognition

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

Just click on the Apply Now button and follow the instructions. To find out more about what it’s like to work for Aria Resorts, check us out at www.ariaresorts.co.uk/aria-careers.

Our promise to you

Holiday Heroes come with all sorts of different super-powers, 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 forever strive, not just for our product to be unique, but our people too. In short, we want you to bring your whole self to work!

Good Luck!

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