This is a great opportunity to take the first steps in your hospitality career and work part of a team with Surya Hotels, working with the hotels Senior management team to maximise guest experience.  In a new era in hospitality, make your mark and really drive it forwards, embracing our ‘Ownership with Personality’ values.

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. Our family hotel offers a personalized experience at an extremely affordable price.

As a Line Chef in small kitchen team 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 you to be a Chef with:

• Fantastic cooking knowledge- a real enthusiasm for all things food!
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills
• The ability to work well under pressure
• The ability to deliver food to high standards consistently
• Outstanding attention to detail
• High standards of health and hygiene
• Clear communication skills

The Line Chef role will require:

• Preparing and cooking items on the menu- to company specifications and recipe cards
• Deliver great dishes in good time
• Complying with food safety and other health and hygiene regulations, and rules as set out by the business
• Organising and labelling the kitchen and it's storage
• Managing and ordering in stock
• Keeping wastage to a minimum

As a Line chef in our team, we offer you:

• Your share of tips/ Tronc
• Flexible shifts and working patterns
• Access to wages as you earn, savings ports and financial updates too
• Up to 50% off stays and restaurants in the Group!
• Retail and Supermarket discounts
• Training and development opportunities- including qualifications and apprenticeships
• Increasing annual leave
• Bike to work Scheme
• Bus Savings Scheme
• AE Pension
• Complimentary Parking
• Increased holiday

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.

This is a great opportunity to take the first steps in your hospitality career and work part of a team with Surya Hotels, working with the hotels Senior management team to maximise guest experience.  In a new era in hospitality, make your mark and really drive it forwards, embracing our ‘Ownership with Personality’ values.

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. Our family hotel offers a personalized experience at an extremely affordable price.

As a Line Chef in small kitchen team 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 you to be a Chef with:

• Fantastic cooking knowledge- a real enthusiasm for all things food!
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills
• The ability to work well under pressure
• The ability to deliver food to high standards consistently
• Outstanding attention to detail
• High standards of health and hygiene
• Clear communication skills

The Line Chef role will require:

• Preparing and cooking items on the menu- to company specifications and recipe cards
• Deliver great dishes in good time
• Complying with food safety and other health and hygiene regulations, and rules as set out by the business
• Organising and labelling the kitchen and it's storage
• Managing and ordering in stock
• Keeping wastage to a minimum

As a Line chef in our team, we offer you:

• Your share of tips/ Tronc
• Flexible shifts and working patterns
• Access to wages as you earn, savings ports and financial updates too
• Up to 50% off stays and restaurants in the Group!
• Retail and Supermarket discounts
• Training and development opportunities- including qualifications and apprenticeships
• Increasing annual leave
• Bike to work Scheme
• Bus Savings Scheme
• AE Pension
• Complimentary Parking
• Increased holiday

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.