Why Join Pine Trees Hotel?
You'll receive a warm welcome at Pine Trees on joining us as a Sous Chef and become not only an integral part of the team here in Pitlochry but join our extended family as Pine Trees is owned and operated by Apex Hotels.
We genuinely care about our guests and each other and we show this through our family values of Trust, Passion, Friendliness and Teamwork. It is these values that support you to be yourself here at Pine Trees. By bringing your own personality, passion, and ideas to the role, you will add a new dynamic to our innovative and supportive Operations Team. We believe it is our personality, style and friendliness that makes Pine Trees
Role Overview:
This is a great time to join our team as a Sous Chef, as you will assist in spearheading a new culinary experience and assist in driving our approach in delivering a high-quality food offering. You will be results driven with a passion and flair for food. You will assist the Head Chef working closely with developing our supply chain partners.
As a Sous Chef, you will ensure the smooth running of the hotel kitchen team and assume full accountability in the absence of the Head Chef, acting in their capacity, and as directed by the General Manager.
As you are joining Pine Trees Hotel at this exciting time of company growth you will embrace every opportunity to create extra special moments for our guests and provide a personal experience our guests will want to share.
Main Responsibilities:
- Assist the Head Chef in developing a multi skilled culinary team.
- To be highly visible at key service periods focusing attention to detail on culinary delivery
- Maintain team focus on the Customer's need' with service personalisation.
- Analyse, and present monthly profit and loss commentaries with follow on corrective activity as directed by the Head Chef
- Assist with Daily / weekly payroll and food cost analysis in accordance with forecasted and materialised revenue levels to ensure optimal performance with overspend corrected within the same trading period and as directed by the Head Chef
- To consistently conduct time in motion studies across all kitchen functions in accordance with technology and process adoption identifying incremental efficiencies without impact to the culinary brand proposition, and as directed by the Head Chef
About you:
We love to welcome people with different experiences and from different places into our Apex family. We want to ensure you get the best experience from the role you begin your journey with us in. To excel within this role, you will have:
- Clear and influencing communicator with the ability to interact across all levels
- Ambition to assist in building and developing a guest centric team culture
- Ability to identify and manage best resources to assist in achieving targets.
- Food Safety Management and Professional Cookery qualification at level 2 or above
- Coaching, supporting, challenging mentality that delivers operational results.
- Possess a sales and profit driven mind set.
You will meet great people, have fun at work, develop new friendships, learn new skills, and of course you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes:
- 29 days holiday
- Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial Wellbeing App Wagestream, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date
- Inhouse company interactive employee communication APP
- Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools
- Healthy meals to enjoy while you're working
- Training and development from day one
- Employee events and celebrations
- £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team
And once you smash your probation, you'll also receive
- Contributions to a pension scheme
- Critical Illness & Death in Service cover
- Access to our employee of the quarter and annual recognition schemes
- Long service recognition
- 50% discount in our restaurants
- Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family
- Spa discount
We encourage you to bring your true self to work. We'll provide great training and development opportunities, allowing you to flourish in a fulfilling career, reaching your dreams and aspirations. Our family can never be too big, there's a place here for you. We have one ask - that you bring your personality, ideas, and spark. We're an innovative, thriving business and we want you to be part of our exciting journey.
If you are interested, click apply. We look forward to hearing from you!
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