Assistant Kitchen Manager

Location: Piperdam Golf & Leisure, Dundee

Salary: £32,000 per year, DOE

Hours: 40 hours per week; some evenings & weekends required

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.

Set in 650 acres of idyllic Angus countryside, Piperdam combines superb  accommodation and award winning facilities to create the ultimate Scottish Experience.  Our facilities include our Room with a View restaurant and Howie’s bar.

What you'll be doing

You will be assisting the Kitchen Manager in their daily duties. As Assistant Kitchen Manager you must be capable of looking after the kitchen in the Head Chef’s absence ensuring that service runs smoothly. This includes:

• Ensuring that food areas are set up for the day’s business
• Ensuring that staff are briefed and directed accordingly
• Helping to train the staff to quality standard
• Working closely with the Head chef to ensure that the finer details for successful service are in place
• Working closely with the Head Chef to control stock, reduce wastage and manage the cost of labour/staff hours versus revenues
• Handle guest complaints, requests and enquiries in a professional manner
• Help create a safe environment for both staff and guests and adhere to the company’s health and safety policies and procedures Key Skills and Experience

Skills, experience and qualities you’ll need 

• Have previous leadership experience in a kitchen environment
• have experience as a chef within a guest focused environment
• Have excellent knowledge of industry trends
• Show evidence of your superb people management skills
• Have an eye for detail, a head for business and a mindset for innovation
• Have knowledge and experience of catering and its many challenges
• Have energy, enthusiasm, and a positive attitude

We love progression and career development; this role would suite an experienced Assistant Kitchen Manager or Chef De Parties who feel ready to take the next step. Accommodation can be arranged for the right candidate as well as career advancing courses.

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. Have a read about it and see if you fit the bill. 

What we can offer you 

We look after you with a great range of benefits, including: 

• Discounts on Away 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 Away Resorts, check us out at www.awayresorts.co.uk/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 to bring your whole self to work!  

Good Luck! 

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