Job Ref: KGH7035
Branch: Holiday Inn Taunton
Location: Holiday Inn Taunton, Taunton
Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary + unique perks + free gym membership
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Shift pattern: Multiple Shift Patterns
Hours per week: 40
Posted date: 03/04/2023
Closing date: 16/05/2023
Are you able to spin 100 plates at once? Not literally of course, but to be an incredible Line Chef, you’ll know how to safely get 10 meals from our menu out perfectly to spec at any time!
What you’ll be doing as a Line Chef
- Preparing food items from our menu
- Cooking food items by grilling, frying, sautéing, and other cooking methods to specified recipes and standards
- Supporting your Kitchen Manager in ensuring that all Health and Safety and Food Safety regulation are met
- Set up and stock food items and other supplies
- Keeping the kitchen clean and sanitised
- Facilitating special requests from guests
- Managing wastage through correct product measurement
- Completing all training to timescales and looking for ways to develop your skills and experience
- Arriving on time, in the correct uniform with a positive, can-do attitude!
What’ll make you a great fit
- Where you’ve worked doesn’t matter as long as you have experience as a Line Chef, Cook or Prep Cook and are used to working in a fast-paced environment
- You’ll have basic food hygiene
- A great understanding of cooking methods, ingredients, equipment and procedures
- Flexible and able to remain focused on results under pressure and to challenging deadlines
- Self-motivated and confident
- Hard-working but FUN!
Our amazing benefits
- Do you enjoy travelling? A fun weekend away? We've got you covered with preferential rate.
- Alternatively, if we do not have a hotel in that location, why not take advantage of our International IHG discounts?
- We also have shopping and discount opportunities in retail, restaurants, and events (because we know life isn't all about work).
- Are your family and friends envious of your deals? Why not give them a discount code for hotels throughout the Kew Green Hotels estate
- FREE membership to the Leisure Club
- Progression and room for growth, with opportunities in the UK and abroad - we have training, courses, and updates at your fingertips!
- KewFest, Employee Appreciation Week, and Awards evening are all annual events.
- Progression and room to grow, with opportunities across the UK and internationally
- Flexible attitude and working hours.
- Mental Health Support with our 24/7, 365 Employee Assistance Line
Who is Kew Green Hotels?
Whether we are passing on a sales lead, creating an on-trend specials dish or simply looking after guests and employees, here at Kew Green we believe that the details matter. We know that each and every member of our team consistently pursue outstanding – and we have a firm belief in trusting our teams to find innovative and unique ways to do this. And in return? Not only do we offer a highly competitive benefits package, but through our career opportunities and development, we also support you wholeheartedly in your own personal pursuit of outstanding.
With 55 hotels (and counting) in our portfolio and a number of brands across leading hotel chains including IHG Hotels Resorts, Marriott International, Wyndham Hotels Resorts and Hilton, what unites us all is our values.
Irrespective of whether we are finding new ways to take care of our guests or supporting departments we’ve never worked in before – here at Kew Green Hotels, our obsession over the little details is who we are.
When you join the Kew Green family, you'll be part of a fast-growing company that is going global. If you've got ambition, we can match it with endless opportunities - both in the UK and much further afield.
A convenient Taunton hotel with free parking, meeting rooms and a Health Club
Holiday Inn® Taunton M5, Jct.25 hotel is just off the M5 motorway, only 10 minutes from the town centre.
You can catch a bus into town from outside the hotel or from the nearby Park and Ride. Taunton station, 2 miles away, has direct trains to Bristol, Exeter and London. Both Bristol Airport (BRS) and Exeter Airport (EXT) are around half an hour away by car. Trace local history at the Museum of Somerset, housed in 12th-century Taunton Castle. If you prefer the outdoors, Exmoor National Park and South Devon’s beaches are within easy reach. We’re located close to local companies in Blackbrook Business Park, and you can host a conference or event for up to 250 people in one of our 11 meeting rooms, with a leafy patio where guests can take a break.