Kitchen Assistant

14 hours ago


Bala, United Kingdom John Lewis Full time

Bala Lake Hotel, Activity Base and Spa it’s our Place in the Mountains. Situated in the beautiful Snowdonia National Park looking out across spectacular mountains and just a short stroll from Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake), it's a magical place to work.

If you are looking for a hotel with a difference, this could be it. You’ll be surrounded by a team of passionate and dedicated hospitality Partners to give our guests the best experience possible. What is different about our guests though, is that they are Partners, their friends and family. As co-owners in the business, you’ll see this difference in the way your teammates and you approach your job and carry out your responsibilities.

The hotel offers both activity and relaxation in beautiful surroundings, guests can spend their stay taking part in one of the many activities such as Segways; Crossbows; Archery; Field Archery; High Ropes Aerial Challenge; Gladiator Challenge and Leap of Faith; Low Ropes Course with Zip Wire; Laser Clay; Monster Trucks; Bala's own Escape rooms and Cyber Tag or relaxing and pampering themselves in our luxurious Spa overlooking Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake) towards the Arenig mountain.

With all of these activities and facilities on offer you can guarantee that our guests will be hungry and looking to recharge with the fantastic food offering we give them.

**What you can expect in this role?**

Working in the hotel, you’ll be surrounded by a team of passionate and dedicated hospitality Partners to give our guests the best experience whether they are with us for the day or a longer stay. What is different about our guests though, is that they are Partners, their friends and family. As co-owners in the business, you’ll see this difference in the way your teammates and you approach your job and carry out your responsibilities.

As a Kitchen Assistant, you’ll be assisting on basic food preparation for the chefs and ensuring that the kitchen remains efficient and profitable through being responsible for food deliveries, stock rotation, completion of cleaning schedules and temperature checks. You’ll be supporting the high quality customer service we offer to our guests and maintaining the high standards associated with the hotel by demonstrating and complying with hygiene and food safety standards at all times.

The role will offer you opportunities to display your talent and provide you with development opportunities and the progression routes.

**What can we offer you?**

The Partnership puts it’s Partners first in every area of the business. Working at the hotel, you will get to work in a beautiful location with some of the best views and countryside around. You’ll be entitled to the great benefits that our Partners receive such as paid holiday, discount in our Waitrose & John Lewis shops and many other benefits designed to allow our Partners a great work / life balance.

You’ll be working on a rota basis allowing you time to take advantage of the benefits.

We will offer on the job training and investment in your skills, providing you with progression opportunities and an extra level of support and encouragement.

You will receive free meals on duty.

**What do you need?**

Hospitality is an ever changing environment with a real focus on great customer service and providing an experience for our guests. This is achieved through each Partner being motivated, creative and great teamwork.
- Proactive
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment

**What else could you bring?**
- Knowledge and/or experience of hotel operations

**Additional Information**:
We have a number of different ways to work flexibly so at your interview feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you. There are no guarantees, however, it may open the door to not only a new role but a new way of working.
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