Kitchen Assistant

3 months ago


Ventnor, United Kingdom Away Resorts Full time

**Location**: The Lakes Rookley, Ventnor, Isle of Wight

**Hours of work**: 30 hours per week; Seasonal variable contract

**Salary**: £11.44 per hour

**What we need in a nutshell**

We’re looking for a kitchen assistant who can deliver delight to our guests. You will be helping the kitchen team to run a safe, efficient and profitable food and beverage operation.

**Who are we?**

**What you’ll be doing**

You will be working in the engine room of the kitchen ensuring guests receive a memorable experience through excellent service and food quality.
- Ensuring the food preparation areas, equipment and floors are clean and hygienic.
- Washing utensils and dishes and making sure they are stored appropriately.
- Accepting deliveries, ensuring ingredients are stored correctly and date rotated.
- Washing, peeling, chopping, cutting and cooking foodstuffs and helping to prepare other items on the menu.
- Work alongside front of house and kitchen team to maximise food margins and minimise wastage
- Ensuring compliance with Health and Safety, Food Hygiene and COSHH regulations

**Skills, experience and qualities you’ll need**

If you can demonstrate the following, we’d love to hear from you:

- Excellence in customer service with evidence of previous successes
- Good written and verbal communication, organisational and leadership skills
- A passion for food and hospitality
- Resilience, energy, enthusiasm and a positive attitude

It’s the icing on the cake if you have a Level 3 Hygiene certificate and experience in the holiday sector, but don’t worry if you haven’t, we provide plenty of training.

It’s about your values too. We have a can-do, fun-loving, people-centered ethos here at Away Resorts, which is captured by our holiday heroes’ mantra of Attentive Amazing Lovers - have a read about it on our website and decide if it describes you.

**Want to join our team? Here’s how to apply**

**Good Luck**

**#INDHP