We are looking for a talented and motivated Kitchen Manager to lead our Kitchen operation at The Dragonfly Hotel at Ardleigh, just outside Colchester.

The Dragonfly Colchester hotel offers a relaxing and comfortable place to stay whether travelling for business or leisure. With Colchester’s historic City Centre just a few minutes away and the beautiful Essex countryside close by, it’s the ideal base from which to explore the local area.

As Kitchen Manager 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, whilst leading the other chef(s) to maintain similar standards.

We are looking for our Kitchen Manager to have:

• Fantastic cooking ability
• Experience leading a kitchen, including costings, stock ordering, audits, team rotas and reducing wastage
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills
• The ability to work well under pressure
• The ability to deliver high standards consistently
• High standards of health and hygiene
• Great teamwork

The Kitchen Manager role requires:

• Preparing and cooking items on the menu- to specifications
• Organising and labelling the kitchen and it's storage
• Managing and ordering in stock
• Keeping wastage to a minimum
• Food safety Level 3
• Confidence in using computerised ordering, rotaing and compliance applications
• Managing the kitchen, its operation and cleanliness
• Complying to food safety and other regulations and checks as set out by the business operations

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

If you feel your experience is a match for this Kitchen Manager role, we encourage you to apply today!

Surya Hotels is one of the UK’s leading niche hotel groups, with a rapidly expanding portfolio of outstanding properties, situated in some of the UK’s most idyllic settings, from historic Suffolk and Norfolk towns, Essex City or coastal resorts to picturesque Surrey villages.

Our hospitality family has a ‘best in class’ ethos to exceed our guest expectations; creating experiences that embrace our heritage locations, our people and the communities we work within.

We aim to consistently deliver best in class experiences with personality and warmth. From our warm welcome, to our ‘See-you-again-soon’ Goodbye.

Stay. Explore. Discover.

We are looking for a talented and motivated Kitchen Manager to lead our Kitchen operation at The Dragonfly Hotel at Ardleigh, just outside Colchester.

The Dragonfly Colchester hotel offers a relaxing and comfortable place to stay whether travelling for business or leisure. With Colchester’s historic City Centre just a few minutes away and the beautiful Essex countryside close by, it’s the ideal base from which to explore the local area.

As Kitchen Manager 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, whilst leading the other chef(s) to maintain similar standards.

We are looking for our Kitchen Manager to have:

• Fantastic cooking ability
• Experience leading a kitchen, including costings, stock ordering, audits, team rotas and reducing wastage
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills
• The ability to work well under pressure
• The ability to deliver high standards consistently
• High standards of health and hygiene
• Great teamwork

The Kitchen Manager role requires:

• Preparing and cooking items on the menu- to specifications
• Organising and labelling the kitchen and it's storage
• Managing and ordering in stock
• Keeping wastage to a minimum
• Food safety Level 3
• Confidence in using computerised ordering, rotaing and compliance applications
• Managing the kitchen, its operation and cleanliness
• Complying to food safety and other regulations and checks as set out by the business operations

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

If you feel your experience is a match for this Kitchen Manager role, we encourage you to apply today!

Surya Hotels is one of the UK’s leading niche hotel groups, with a rapidly expanding portfolio of outstanding properties, situated in some of the UK’s most idyllic settings, from historic Suffolk and Norfolk towns, Essex City or coastal resorts to picturesque Surrey villages.

Our hospitality family has a ‘best in class’ ethos to exceed our guest expectations; creating experiences that embrace our heritage locations, our people and the communities we work within.

We aim to consistently deliver best in class experiences with personality and warmth. From our warm welcome, to our ‘See-you-again-soon’ Goodbye.

Stay. Explore. Discover.