Junior Sous Chef

Location: Gara Rock Hotel, Salcombe, Devon

Salary: £34,000 per annum

Job Type: Full Time – Permanent

Accommodation Available

What we need, in a nutshell

As a Junior Sous Chef you will help to lead the kitchen team, creating amazing dishes and working to the highest standards. We’re looking for someone who is ready to share their  passion for cooking and food with the team and help to train and develop them.

Who are we?

We are a dynamic and growing company, shaking up the Great British holiday. At our amazing UK resorts we pull out all the stops and add the bells and whistles to give our guests the holiday of a lifetime. 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. Find out more about our holiday experience on our website: http://www.awayresorts.co.uk.

What you’ll be doing

In this role you will be helping to motivate and inspire the kitchen team to produce consistently amazing meals, working alongside your colleagues and ensuring it’s all done within budget, safely and hygienically, and in an organised manner. This includes:

• Supporting the Head Chef in 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 managing the day-to-day BOH operation, ensuring dishes comply to agreed specifications and that the Chefs de Partie, Commis Chefs & Kitchen Porters are properly deployed and working to the best of their ability
• Supporting the Head Chef 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
• Liaising between the restaurant, and conference & banqueting personnel to ensure events run seamlessly
• Standing in for the Head Chef in their absence to lead daily briefings, manage the kitchen, prepare rotas, forecast wages and check and complete the Time and attendance system to ensuring that staffing levels are correct and within budget

Skills, experience and qualities you’ll need

We are looking for someone who isn’t afraid of hard work, has a positive energy, and is a great team player who will support their colleagues. If that sounds like you and you can match the skills, experience and qualities listed below, we’d love to hear from you:

• At least Level Two Hygiene Certificate, ideally Level 3
• Experience of leading a team in a fast-paced and busy kitchen
• Exceptional communication and organisational skills
• A real passion for food, and a customer service ethos
• Resilience under pressure

It’s the icing on the cake if you have worked in a busy kitchen on a holiday park and you have experience of coaching and developing the individuals within a team.

We have a can-do, people-centred ethos at Away Resorts, 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
• Life Insurance
• Discounts on Away Resorts Holidays
• On Park Discounts
• Awards and Recognition

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. After all, wouldn’t it be boring if we were all the same? In short, we want you to bring your whole self to work!

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 Away Resorts check us out at www.awayresorts.co.uk/careers.

Good Luck!

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