Food & Beverage Team Leader

17 hours ago

Ringwood, Hampshire, United Kingdom Away Resorts Full time

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

Hours of work: Permanent Contract - 40 Hours per week

Salary: £27,675 per annum

What we need in a nutshell

We love creating exciting dining concepts across our locations and finding talented chefs to take them forward. In this Kitchen Team Leader role you will be preparing and cooking for a busy restaurant and helping to manage a team of Line Chefs, Kitchen Assistant and Kitchen porters.

Who we are?

Sandy Balls Holiday Village is a world away from your day to day, with more trees than you can… well, shake a stick at. We have resident alpacas, a bush-craft school and forest laser tag, along with the usual holiday heroes of cycling and swimming. But New Forest holidays are also about tranquillity, which is why our Retreat spa and cosy, cottage-style lodges and caravans are here to help our guests unwind.

Part of the Away Resorts family, with 27 self-catered parks which all have their unique appeal Check them out on our website for more information:

What you'll be doing

You will be in the thick of the action with your team, ensuring that meals are prepped, cooked and served to our exacting standards, to deliver delight to our guests. This includes:

  • Supporting the kitchen management team in overseeing all aspects of the Back of House (BOH) operation and being the main point of contact on shift
  • Preparing and cooking meals with the assistance of Line Chefs and Kitchen Assistants and ensuring the team comply to the agreed specifications of all the dishes
  • Helping to control food margins through effective stock management
  • Championing and implementing health and safety and hygiene policies to ensure team and guest safety
  • Identifying the development needs of team members and providing coaching and support to them

One more thing…holidays happen at holiday times, so you'll need to work your magic on bank holidays and weekends too.

Skills, experience and qualities you'll need

We are looking for an enthusiastic team player with a real passion for food, who can demonstrate the following:

  • At least Level Two Hygiene Certificate
  • Experience of working as a chef in a busy, fast-paced kitchen
  • Experience of stock control and ordering
  • Exceptional communication and organisational skills
  • An eye for detail and able to think on your feet
  • A customer service ethos
  • Resilience under pressure

It's the icing on the cake if you have worked in a busy kitchen on a holiday park and you have experience of supervising others.

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.

Rewards & Benefits

  • Industry Leading Training & Development
  • Competitive Pension
  • Bonus Scheme
  • Life Insurance
  • Personalised uniform
  • Regular incentives, rewards and recognition
  • Holiday Hero discounted menu
  • Discounted holidays across all our parks
  • On Park Discounts

Want to join our team? Here's how to apply

Just click HERE and follow the instructions. To find out more about what it's like to work for Away Resorts, check us out at

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

Good Luck

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