We are looking for a talented and motivated Kitchen Team Leader to lead the Kitchen at The Dragonfly Hotel in Bury St Edmunds, working with the hotels management team to maximize guest experience.  In a new era in hospitality, make your mark and really drive it forwards, embracing our ‘Ownership with Personality’ values.

As we expand the hotel to 100 rooms, this exciting growth presents an opportunity to be part of a dynamic team that is set to enhance the overall guest experience and elevate the hotel's offerings. 

With the historic town centre just a few minutes stroll away, there is easy access to top Bury St Edmunds shopping, stunning parks and annual festivals. There really is so much to do in the local area!

Join our welcoming team and help ensure a stay with us is as effortless as it is enjoyable.

You will be tasked with cooking food to an outstanding level to provide to all of our customers and we are looking for experience in either a hotel or pub environment.

We are looking for our Kitchen Team Leader to have:

• Excellent team leader qualities
• Works calmly under pressure, great interpersonal skills and initiative
• Great food quality and presentation- creating food to be proud of
• The ability to deliver high standards consistently
• Outstanding attention to detail
• High standards of food safety, health and hygiene
• Clear communication skills

Kitchen Team Leader responsibilities for this role will include but aren't limited to:

• Preparing and cooking to established recipes and quality standards
• Support with the management of deliveries- produce, food stuffs, equipment and audits
• Managing the Kitchen Department including team, events and budgets with support from the General Manager
• Maintain the freshness and quality of ingredients as per Company Standards and Food Hygiene Standards.
• Complying to Food Safety and other Regulations and Rules as set out by the business
• Organising and labelling the kitchen and it's storage
• Monitoring portion and waste control to maintain profit margins.

We offer you:

• Access to Employee Assistance Programme – helping our hospitality team through any difficult times 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• WageStream – we offer the ability to access your wages as you earn them, or save as you earn too!
• Retail and Supermarket discounts
• Discounted meals & stays across all of the groups hotels around the UK, up to 50% off
• A development programme to continue your rise to becoming a “Hospitality Superstar”- We love to promote from within our teams - including apprenticeships, accredited and professional training.
• Bike to work scheme
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Bus Saving Scheme
• Flexible working hours
• Inclusion in tronc scheme
• Increasing annual leave

As a Company within Flying Trade Group's family of businesses we own and run 13 hotels and bars throughout East Anglia and Surrey. We're a diverse and dynamic Group, come join us!

Stay. Explore. Discover.

We are looking for a talented and motivated Kitchen Team Leader to lead the Kitchen at The Dragonfly Hotel in Bury St Edmunds, working with the hotels management team to maximize guest experience.  In a new era in hospitality, make your mark and really drive it forwards, embracing our ‘Ownership with Personality’ values.

As we expand the hotel to 100 rooms, this exciting growth presents an opportunity to be part of a dynamic team that is set to enhance the overall guest experience and elevate the hotel's offerings. 

With the historic town centre just a few minutes stroll away, there is easy access to top Bury St Edmunds shopping, stunning parks and annual festivals. There really is so much to do in the local area!

Join our welcoming team and help ensure a stay with us is as effortless as it is enjoyable.

You will be tasked with cooking food to an outstanding level to provide to all of our customers and we are looking for experience in either a hotel or pub environment.

We are looking for our Kitchen Team Leader to have:

• Excellent team leader qualities
• Works calmly under pressure, great interpersonal skills and initiative
• Great food quality and presentation- creating food to be proud of
• The ability to deliver high standards consistently
• Outstanding attention to detail
• High standards of food safety, health and hygiene
• Clear communication skills

Kitchen Team Leader responsibilities for this role will include but aren't limited to:

• Preparing and cooking to established recipes and quality standards
• Support with the management of deliveries- produce, food stuffs, equipment and audits
• Managing the Kitchen Department including team, events and budgets with support from the General Manager
• Maintain the freshness and quality of ingredients as per Company Standards and Food Hygiene Standards.
• Complying to Food Safety and other Regulations and Rules as set out by the business
• Organising and labelling the kitchen and it's storage
• Monitoring portion and waste control to maintain profit margins.

We offer you:

• Access to Employee Assistance Programme – helping our hospitality team through any difficult times 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• WageStream – we offer the ability to access your wages as you earn them, or save as you earn too!
• Retail and Supermarket discounts
• Discounted meals & stays across all of the groups hotels around the UK, up to 50% off
• A development programme to continue your rise to becoming a “Hospitality Superstar”- We love to promote from within our teams - including apprenticeships, accredited and professional training.
• Bike to work scheme
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Bus Saving Scheme
• Flexible working hours
• Inclusion in tronc scheme
• Increasing annual leave

As a Company within Flying Trade Group's family of businesses we own and run 13 hotels and bars throughout East Anglia and Surrey. We're a diverse and dynamic Group, come join us!

Stay. Explore. Discover.