Kitchen Manager

Location: Sandy Balls Holiday Village, Fording bridge SP6 2JZ

Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum- DOE 

Hours: 40 Hours Permanent Contract 

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 a dynamic and growing company, shaking up the Great British holiday at our award-winning UK resorts. At Sandy Balls, guests step away from the ordinary and into the extraordinary, where the natural beauty of the New Forest is the amazing backdrop to our famous brand of holiday fun. Want to find out more about our holidays? Check out our website: http://www.awayresorts.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. 

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 
• Employee Discount Scheme - Perkbox 
• Enhanced Family Benefit.
• 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! 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!  

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!