Catering Manager - Chichester Lakeside Holiday Park - Chichester, West Sussex

Catering Manager - Chichester Lakeside Holiday Park - Chichester, West Sussex

Contracted Hours: Full Time

Job Type: Regular / Permanent 

Hours Per Week: 43.5

Salary/Rate of Pay: £27,000 per annum

A catering manager is responsible for overseeing the catering services, planning, developing & implementation of new working policies for increasing business and meeting the requirements of the customers by maintaining the hygiene standards.  Making arrangements for the raw material, maintaining discipline within the team and executing the approved standard policies are some of the basic job duties of a catering manager.  A catering manager should pose excellent interpersonal skill, management abilities and experience to handle the high-profile parties, etc. Therefore, a catering manager plays a vital role in improving the catering standards. 

Main responsibilities include but are not exclusive to: 

• Good communication skills, managing proper catering arrangements for ensuring the satisfaction level of customers. 
• Ability to coordinate with the chef & kitchen staff and demonstrating the prepared menu for a particular function by considering the client’s requirements. 
• Experience of generating business from the existing clients, maintaining the health & safety standards, contacting the raw material suppliers and attending the meetings with the potential clients, etc. 
• To appreciate how different departments within the Company operate and inter-relate. 
• To accept the importance of maintaining and improving standards in the business 
• To enlist the appropriate expertise to deal with technical problems. 
• To read and work to all notices in your work area. 
• To assist the Head Chef/Chef in providing the highest standard of cooking and services in all catering areas 
• To work to menus and receipts as advised by the Head Chef/Chef. 
• To take delivery and store food items as directed by Head Chef/Chef. 
• To complete temperature checks as directed by Head Chef/Chef. 
• To comply with portion control as per menus and record all waste. 
• Cleaning duties as per cleaning requirements/specifications. 

Required Education, Skills and Qualifications 

• Relevant Food Hygiene Certification required. 
• Proven experience working within a kitchen environment required. 

Benefits 

• 20% friends and family discount on holidays booked with Park Holidays. 
• 50% staff discount on meals in our onsite restaurants. 
• Great staff referral scheme. 
• 28 days holiday leave per annum. 
• Progression Programme within the Company. 

The Company: 

With 56 caravan parks situated throughout the UK we are now one of the largest providers of Holiday parks covering England, Scotland and Wales. We offer great value family holidays and short breaks, with a small selection of touring and camping too, along with a wide range of static caravan holiday homes and luxury lodges for sale.