Kitchen Manager

Love Cooking, But Ready for Better Balance? Join Forest Holidays as a Kitchen Manager

• Salary: Up to £32,000 per annum
• Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week
• Working pattern: 5 days out of 7, including alternate weekends

Are you a passionate Kitchen Manager looking for something more than the usual hospitality grind?

At Forest Holidays, you can continue doing what you love while enjoying a healthier work life balance in one of the UK's most breathtaking woodland locations. Nestled within Glentress Forst, our unique retreat offers guests the chance to escape everyday life, and offers you the opportunity to lead a kitchen surrounded by nature, not city stress.

The Role

As Kitchen Manager, you'll lead all kitchen operations within our Forest Retreat - the social heart of the location, featuring a restaurant, bar and shop. Guests can dine with us or enjoy freshly prepared meals delivered directly to their cabin.

This is a hands on leadership role where you'll inspire your team, drive standards, manage commercial performance and help create unforgettable guest experiences.

Responsibilities

• Leading the day-to-day kitchen operation
• Coaching, mentoring and developing your team
• Maintaining exceptional food quality and presentation standards
• Managing kitchen compliance, HACCP and health & safety procedures
• Driving efficiency, stock control and budget management
• Creating a positive, supportive and high performing kitchen culture

We're looking for a confident and motivating leader who thrives in a busy kitchen environment and genuinely enjoys developing people.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast paced food & beverage environment
• Previous leadership or kitchen management experience
• Strong organisational and multitasking skills
• A calm, solutions focused approach under pressure
• Passion for great food and outstanding guest service
• Experience with stock control and purchasing

Most importantly, you'll be someone who leads from the front and takes pride in creating a kitchen where people enjoy coming to work.

We're not your typical hospitality business. We create memorable stays in beautiful forest locations while protecting and conserving the land around us. With over 800 colleagues across the UK, we're passionate about sustainability, wellbeing and helping people reconnect with nature.

• 31 days holiday (including bank holidays), plus extra with long service
• Annual bonus linked to customer service performance
• Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
• Subsidised meals while on shift
• Discounted Forest Holidays and Sykes Cottages breaks for you, friends & family
• One paid volunteering day each year
• Pension scheme, life assurance & health cash plan
• Long service awards, wellbeing events & team celebrations
• Hundreds of retail discounts across top UK brands

At Forest Holidays, we believe in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, we'll be happy to support you.

Note: If successful in the role, any job offer will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a basic criminal record check.

Peebles, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom