Breakfast Sous Chef Job at Peterborough PE Full Time

About the role

We’re looking for a Junior Kitchen Manager to join the Butlin’s Buffets Department based in Skegness.  

Reporting to the Kitchen Manager, you will support the running of the kitchen and support in leading a large team of amazing chefs. As well a stepping up in the Kitchen Managers absence. 

You will be passionate about exceptional experience and will monitor this regularly to develop action plans in your venue with a focus on continuous improvement. Have great leadership skills to support and grow your team, with daily briefings, handle stock controlling and review the presentation of food. 

Financial performance will play an important part in your role, and you will deliver food cost budgets through effective menu planning, cooking to standards and specification. You will also support in the accountability of food hygiene standards and health and safety, inline with legislation and company policies. 

You will be a role model for the Butlin’s unique way of working, ensuring training schedules and performance development plans are in place for your team and inspiring them to deliver a great experience to guests every time. We truly believe that variety is the spice of life and in this role you’ll have the opportunity to lead and develop the skills of a team in our main buffet restaurant serving our guests who have booked a half-board dining package.

We are looking for individuals with experience in a similar level role with large volume turn around. We can host for 3000 guests per service within our buffet department. So being able to work in a fast paced environment is a must, with good time management and organisational skills.

You will need to be hard working and determined, a reliable person who likes to get things done and who will look for better ways for the team to consistently deliver our brand standards.

We are looking for candidates who are energetic and enthusiastic, high spirited and fun loving and who will understand their role and the value they can add to the guest experience by unleashing the potential of the team, by being able to build and develop relationships with leaders and team on resort.

You must have passed your Level 3 Food Safety qualification and be confident in leading a team to continually deliver high standards in a fast paced and busy kitchen environment.

As with any chef role at this level, you will also be responsible for managing margins and controlling costs and all things health, safety and hygiene related.

We think our chefs at Butlin’s are something special and we know our guests love to keep returning to our restaurants as part of their holiday experience so the cherry on the top for the successful candidate is for them to be fun, keen to join in and work as part of a team, and is interested in ensuring our guests have a great time, every time.

This role covers a 5-day working week over 7 days covering 40 hours

Shift time from: 6am – 12:00

This role does not come with onsite accommodation.

We are looking for cleaning team members that can provide that extra bit of sparkle to our guest’s holidays by helping to keep our resort clean, tidy and pristine. If you think you can go the extra mile for our team and our guests, we’d love to welcome you to the team.

We are looking for candidates who:

-Can clean of our main venues and toilets which will include the use of electrical and mechanical cleaning equipment (full training will be given)
-Handle chemicals to clean venues (full training will be given)
-External road cleaning including emptying general waste bins and recycling bins
-Movement of furniture to allow for different activities within venues
-Cleaning and disinfecting of toilets and changing rooms

Normal working hours:
Evening shift – 5pm – 2am. Please note that due to lone working and hours required for the role, applicants will need to be over 18 to apply. Start and finish times may vary depending on the break type.

If you think you have what it takes to come and be part of our team, we’d love to hear from you.

Did you know Billy Butlin was the first person to introduce dodgems to the UK? That’s right, ‘fun’ is in our DNA, and we’ve been delighting guests for almost 90 years. Ask any of our team, past and present, and one of the best things they’ll say about working at Butlin’s is our culture.

As The Home of Entertainment, we pull out all the stops to provide our guests with an ‘Altogether More Entertaining and Fun Break’, from all-action family holidays to adult-only Big Weekenders, brought to life through our three mighty values. So, if you’re looking for a role where you can Create Smiles, where you aren’t afraid to Get Stuck In and where the team genuinely Care For Each Other, we think you’ll fit right in!