Kitchen Manager

Kitchen Manager

Application Deadline: 30 August 2026

Department: Food & Beverage

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Holiday Inn Express - London Gatwick-Crawley

Reporting To: Feras Mawas

Compensation: £30,000 / year

Description

As a Chef, you'll bring passion, precision, and reliability to every service. From mise-en-place to plating, you'll prepare and organise fresh ingredients, maintain the highest health and safety standards, and keep the kitchen running smoothly. With your planning skills and eye for detail, you'll play a key role in delivering the outstanding dining experiences to our guests.

What You Will Do In This Splendid Role:

Our team are the heart and soul of all we do. Here's what you'll be up to:

• Preparing, organising, and maintaining mise-en-place to keep the kitchen service-ready.
• Upholding Health & Safety and Food Hygiene standards at all times.
• Supporting smooth kitchen operations through clear planning and preparation.
• Managing and checking orders with diligence to maintain quality and consistency.
• Collaborating with the kitchen team to deliver exceptional dining experiences

What Makes You Splendid:

We live by our values - and we'd love you to bring them to life every day:

• Open - We're proud to be a place where people can bring their whole selves to work.
• Nimble - If you're someone who enjoys solving problems quickly and creatively, you'll fit right in.
• Brilliant - We're looking for someone who's passionate about doing great work and always looking for ways to improve.
• Honest - You'll be part of a team that believes in doing the right thing.

Bring your personality, positivity and passion for people and we'll give you the training and support to shine.

Our Splendid Benefits:

When you join Splendid, you will enjoy a reward package to support your lifestyle, wellbeing and career. Here are just some of the benefits on offer:

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)- confidential wellbeing support whenever you need it with 24/7 access to remote GP appointments.
• Hotel Room Discounts - stay with us or our partner hotels at special team rates including discounted rates for friends and family.
• Food & Beverage Discounts - enjoy meals and drinks at reduced prices across our hotels.
• Life Assurance - peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Salary Sacrifice - Car Scheme - our team members can enjoy the ultimate benefit of driving a brand new, fully insured and maintained car for a fixed monthly amount taken from their salary.
• Stream - access your earned wages up to 50% whenever you need them giving you financial flexibility and Highstreet discounts available.
• Pension - auto enrolment into the company pension scheme.
• Learning & Development - opportunities available to progress your skills and career.