Kitchen Manager Permanent

We are now recruiting for experienced Kitchen Manager for A Small Hotel in the Leigh Area close to East Lancs Road.

The Hotel has a small pub connected to it that serves a small selection of Bar food Breakfast is served buffet style, lunch from the Bar menu and dinner is served Buffet style for around 20-40 guests depending on business. The weekend comprises off occasional weddings or birthday celebrations with this in mind some banqueting experience may be beneficial you are supported by one other chef on a 5-day week and also a Permanent Breakfast chef breakfast chef. Fresh produce and locally sourced meats are used you will have full support of the management team and have full control of the buffet menu.

Are you an experienced and passionate Chef or 2nd Chef looking for a new challenge in a family run hotel environment? We are looking for someone who will drive our restaurant to help to develop the food offering and keep pace with an ever changing customer demand? One of the main objectives is to work alongside the Restaurant Manager to deliver a new and innovative Gastro Menu to excite and entice our customers. We are looking for someone to work hand in hand with our new Manager to deliver that authentic honest fresh food.

Our company vision is about a fair and positive working environment, efficient, knowledgeable, and professional hospitality, and high standards. This Role would suit a chef who has some pub experience or A Sous chef looking to take a step up the ladder and put their experience to the test.

This is not the most glamourous of hotels, it is basic and so is the food offering. Would suit someone who has worked as a pub chef or a kitchen manager in a chain restaurant or someone looking for an easier life. please be aware that your skills as a chef do not have to be rosette standard just honest good food done right. Social hours and some weekends off maximum hours would be 40 hours per week.

Our ideal Chef will have the following experience and skills:

Requirements

• To ensure the consistent smooth running of food production areas within the Kitchen
• To ensure effective control of stock purchasing, receipt, storage, preparation and service with regard to quality, quantity and safety
• To ensure, that all food production areas are operating to the required standards throughout the designated opening hours
• Maintaining a high level of food quality and production with the aim of exceeding our guest’s expectations
• To ensure that the food operations are controlled in a manner which reaches the desired cost of sales and maximising potential and optimising resources
• Ensuring the security of all foods, chemicals and equipment by maintaining procedures laid down by the Health and Safety Policy
• To ensure that at all times cleanliness, food safety and all other Health and Safety matters are adhered to so as not to breach any legislative points within the Food Safety Act 1990 or the Health and Safety at Work Act
• Organise orders
• Complete the staff rotas
• Menu planning together with creating new dishes
• To ensure all Training & Development is completed together with health & safety regulations

Skills

• You will demonstrate excellent cooking skills
• A thorough understanding of produce and ingredients
• An ability to write menus that are creative and profitable
• You will demonstrate good management and leadership skills and an ability to motivate your team
• You will demonstrate an ability to impart your skills on all other members of your team
• You will need to cope well under high levels of pressure
• You will have good organisational skills and be able to maintain all relevant paperwork
• You will a wide understand profit margins and how to maintain them.
• Good team player, hardworking and enthusiastic
• Passionate about food
• You will need extensive previous experience of working in a busy kitchen environment
• You will need all relevant health and safety and food hygiene qualifications

In Return you will get the following

• Salary of up-to £25,000 per year
• Free use of hotel facilities including spa, Gym and pool
• Discounted food and drinks for you friends and family
• All training and support from Senior managers