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Breakfast Chef
Dakota Edinburgh
Breakfast Chef
Dakota Edinburgh
Full Time
2
Years
Experience
Up to £14.55 / Hour
Breakfast Chef
Dakota Edinburgh
Full Time
2
Years
Experience
Up to £14.55 / Hour
Skills
Safe Food Handling
Fast-Paced Experience
Breakfast Service
Food Safety
Food Preparation
Description
Dakota Hotel based in South Queensferry currently have a desirable vacancy available within our Kitchen team where external opportunities are infrequently available and highly sought after. We are seeking a hard-working individual and skilled Chef who has a strong desire to take the next step within their career and would like to join our Kitchen Team in the role of Breakfast Chef. This role is ideal for those who have commitments in the evening as working hours will typically cover our breakfast service until 5pm.
CONTRACT AND PAY RATE
Earnings are competitivley £14.55 per hour, paid weekly equating to an annual salary of £30,250 (inclusive of the anticipated tronc payment) before overtime.
This is based on the role carrying a permanent contract of a minimum of 40 hours per week over 4 days. Typical working days will be Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
PRIMARY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
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BENEFITS
In addition to being part of a culture infused with positivity and opportunity for ongoing development, tangible benefits you could enjoy when you join our team include:
- 40 per cent off stays at any Dakota
- 25 per cent off drinks and dining at any Dakota
- Access to our Employee
Assistance Program which includes
- free private mental health support and counselling sessions
- video GP consultations and private prescription services
- access to daily rewards to be cashed out for shopping vouchers - Access to discounted gift card platform
- Support from our inhouse Mental Health Champions
- Additional holiday day on the first anniversary of your employment.
- Family-friendly flexible working options
- Meals on duty and uniforming
- £200 bonus to recommend a friend to join our team
- £10 bonus every time you are mentioned on Trip Advisor
- Free bi-annual eye testing for users of display screen equipment
- Accredited, certified compliance training given on employment such as in Food Hygiene, Alcohol Responsibility, Data Protection, and Health & Safety
- Access to a suite of external, certified resources via our Learning Management System
- Supportive continuous professional development culture with an annual appraisal and objectives, or a Personal Development Plan.
- Opportunities to undertake
both internal and external training courses, including potential for
in-house Apprenticeships.
Full terms on our benefits can be found in our Handbook.
ABOUT DAKOTA HOTELS
Dakota is a growing UK-based lifestyle brand, known for our stylish hotels, bustling brasserie Grills and upscale cocktail Bars. Dakota’s story started with two boutique hotels on the outskirts of Edinburgh, in South Queensferry, and Glasgow, in Eurocentral. We have now expanded into prime city centre locations in Glasgow, Leeds, and Manchester, with Newcastle coming in 2025 and more in our pipeline.
Dakota is synonymous for delivering attentive and genuine guest service. We attract hard-working individuals who are passionate about working to the highest standards and have been voted within The Caterer’s Top 15 Best Employers in Hospitality for the last five years in a row. We were also featured within the Top 10 employers in the 2024 Sunday Times Best Places to Work in the UK, as well as being awarded the Spotlight Award for Best Places to Work for LGBTQIA+ employees.
As recent winners of The Cateys ‘People Team of the Year’, we have award-winning internal training programmes within Dakota Academy fostering continuous development and ongoing training. As a result, over 75% of our leaders have been promoted internally and, for four consecutive years, a member of our team has won a prestigious Acorn Award awarded by The Caterer to the ‘Top 30 under 30’ in the industry, demonstrating our success in developing talent.
Eurocentral | Edinburgh | Glasgow | Leeds | Manchester | Newcastle
Our location, Ferrymuir, Queensferry, South Queensferry EH30 9QZ is easily accessible by train (15min walk from Dalmeny Train Station) and bus (frequent stops at Ferrymuir Retail Park).
We also offer complimentary parking for both employees and guests. We at Dakota Edinburgh are a 130-bedroom boutique hotel with a destination cocktail Bar and brasserie-style Grill, as well as three events spaces.
APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS
The successful applicant will have/be:
- A minimum of 2 years professional cooking experience in a full-service restaurant as a Breakfast Chef, Demi Chef or Chef de Partie.
- Willing and able to work all early morning shifts – being a morning person is advantageous!
- You are often working service singlehandedly and will need to work at pace and keep calm under pressure.
- Have experience and the ability to carry out food preparation of fish and meats.
- Demonstrate a passion for quality food and preparation.
- Previous qualifications in Food Safety are preferred, although training in Health & Safety, Allergens, and Food Hygiene standards and procedures will be given.
- Be hardworking and a team-player.
- Be able to be physically active in your role, standing for much of your shift and working at pace.
- An enthusiastic individual who will promote our culture of positivity.
- Be task oriented with a great pride for the work they do and attention to detail.
- Flexible with shift patterns and available around the needs of our business.
- Successful candidates must demonstrate having researched our brand and a genuine desire to be part of our team.
APPLY
Please send us your up to date CV.
Visit our Careers page to learn about current opportunities and find your #DreamRolesAtDakota – we’d love to hear from you!
For more information on our luxury hotel, please visit our:
Dakota Hotel based in South Queensferry currently have a desirable vacancy available within our Kitchen team where external opportunities are infrequently available and highly sought after. We are seeking a hard-working individual and skilled Chef who has a strong desire to take the next step within their career and would like to join our Kitchen Team in the role of Breakfast Chef. This role is ideal for those who have commitments in the evening as working hours will typically cover our breakfast service until 5pm.
CONTRACT AND PAY RATE
Earnings are competitivley £14.55 per hour, paid weekly equating to an annual salary of £30,250 (inclusive of the anticipated tronc payment) before overtime.
This is based on the role carrying a permanent contract of a minimum of 40 hours per week over 4 days. Typical working days will be Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
PRIMARY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
|
BENEFITS
In addition to being part of a culture infused with positivity and opportunity for ongoing development, tangible benefits you could enjoy when you join our team include:
- 40 per cent off stays at any Dakota
- 25 per cent off drinks and dining at any Dakota
- Access to our Employee
Assistance Program which includes
- free private mental health support and counselling sessions
- video GP consultations and private prescription services
- access to daily rewards to be cashed out for shopping vouchers - Access to discounted gift card platform
- Support from our inhouse Mental Health Champions
- Additional holiday day on the first anniversary of your employment.
- Family-friendly flexible working options
- Meals on duty and uniforming
- £200 bonus to recommend a friend to join our team
- £10 bonus every time you are mentioned on Trip Advisor
- Free bi-annual eye testing for users of display screen equipment
- Accredited, certified compliance training given on employment such as in Food Hygiene, Alcohol Responsibility, Data Protection, and Health & Safety
- Access to a suite of external, certified resources via our Learning Management System
- Supportive continuous professional development culture with an annual appraisal and objectives, or a Personal Development Plan.
- Opportunities to undertake
both internal and external training courses, including potential for
in-house Apprenticeships.
Full terms on our benefits can be found in our Handbook.
ABOUT DAKOTA HOTELS
Dakota is a growing UK-based lifestyle brand, known for our stylish hotels, bustling brasserie Grills and upscale cocktail Bars. Dakota’s story started with two boutique hotels on the outskirts of Edinburgh, in South Queensferry, and Glasgow, in Eurocentral. We have now expanded into prime city centre locations in Glasgow, Leeds, and Manchester, with Newcastle coming in 2025 and more in our pipeline.
Dakota is synonymous for delivering attentive and genuine guest service. We attract hard-working individuals who are passionate about working to the highest standards and have been voted within The Caterer’s Top 15 Best Employers in Hospitality for the last five years in a row. We were also featured within the Top 10 employers in the 2024 Sunday Times Best Places to Work in the UK, as well as being awarded the Spotlight Award for Best Places to Work for LGBTQIA+ employees.
As recent winners of The Cateys ‘People Team of the Year’, we have award-winning internal training programmes within Dakota Academy fostering continuous development and ongoing training. As a result, over 75% of our leaders have been promoted internally and, for four consecutive years, a member of our team has won a prestigious Acorn Award awarded by The Caterer to the ‘Top 30 under 30’ in the industry, demonstrating our success in developing talent.
Eurocentral | Edinburgh | Glasgow | Leeds | Manchester | Newcastle
Our location, Ferrymuir, Queensferry, South Queensferry EH30 9QZ is easily accessible by train (15min walk from Dalmeny Train Station) and bus (frequent stops at Ferrymuir Retail Park).
We also offer complimentary parking for both employees and guests. We at Dakota Edinburgh are a 130-bedroom boutique hotel with a destination cocktail Bar and brasserie-style Grill, as well as three events spaces.
APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS
The successful applicant will have/be:
- A minimum of 2 years professional cooking experience in a full-service restaurant as a Breakfast Chef, Demi Chef or Chef de Partie.
- Willing and able to work all early morning shifts – being a morning person is advantageous!
- You are often working service singlehandedly and will need to work at pace and keep calm under pressure.
- Have experience and the ability to carry out food preparation of fish and meats.
- Demonstrate a passion for quality food and preparation.
- Previous qualifications in Food Safety are preferred, although training in Health & Safety, Allergens, and Food Hygiene standards and procedures will be given.
- Be hardworking and a team-player.
- Be able to be physically active in your role, standing for much of your shift and working at pace.
- An enthusiastic individual who will promote our culture of positivity.
- Be task oriented with a great pride for the work they do and attention to detail.
- Flexible with shift patterns and available around the needs of our business.
- Successful candidates must demonstrate having researched our brand and a genuine desire to be part of our team.
APPLY
Please send us your up to date CV.
Visit our Careers page to learn about current opportunities and find your #DreamRolesAtDakota – we’d love to hear from you!
For more information on our luxury hotel, please visit our:
Breakfast Chef
Full Time
2
Years
Experience
Up to £14.55 / Hour
Skills
Safe Food Handling
Fast-Paced Experience
Breakfast Service
Food Safety
Food Preparation
Queensferry, South Queensferry EH30 9QZ, UK