Apprentice Deputy Kitchen Manager
KEW GREEN HOTELS (COLCHESTER) LIMITED
Colchester (CO6 3QL)
Closes in 17 days (Wednesday 13 August 2025)
Posted on 24 July 2025
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Summary
An opportunity for a candidate to enrol as an Apprentice Deputy Kitchen Manager as part of their job application. In this role, our Deputy Kitchen Manager are responsible for delivering an efficient, effective and profitable kitchen service that complies with all Health & Food Safety requirements. You will lead, develop and motivate your team.
- Wage
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£27,492.92 a year
- Training course
- Senior production chef (level 3)
- Hours
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Breakfast shift is normally 5.30am-2pm.
Dinner shift 2pm-10.30pm.
Sometimes the shifts can me middle shifts at weekends, this is when we have weddings on etc, but still finish no later than 10.30pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Tasks could include but are not limited to:
- To ensure that the preparation and presentation of the food is of a high standard, and complies with food safety regulations.
- To supervise, train and motivate the team to achieve company standards, and also to comply with Food and Health & Safety regulations.
- To achieve budgeted food gross profit.
- To ensure all food is served to the required company standard.
- To aid the Head Chef in planning and implementing all new menus.
- To ensure that all commodities are on site, at appropriate stock levels to service the hotel guest.
- To ensure that a high standard of cleanliness is maintained in the kitchen operation.
- To strive and anticipate customer needs wherever possible, and to react to these to enhance customer satisfaction.
- To ensure that all the team are correctly dressed, that they understand the importance of high personal hygiene standards.
- To carry out departmental welcome to the set company standard.
- To complete 6/ 13 week job chats with all new employees, and to evaluate and action outcomes.
- To assist in the completion of 6/ 12 month reviews and agree objectives and set personal development plans.
- Devise, agree and action training plans for the department, with Kitchen Manager.
- To help prepare and check the departmental rotas to ensure that staffing levels are in accordance with the agreed budget. To adjust staffing levels, to meet business requirements.
- When undertaking purchasing for the department that it is within the company guidelines.
- To participate in the monthly stocktake, to action any discrepancies immediately.
Where you'll work
Abbots Croft
Abbotts Lane, Eight Ash Green
Colchester
CO6 3QL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
INSPIRO LEARNING LIMITED
Training course
Senior production chef (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Supervise the production of centrally developed menu items and dishes according to organisational specifications.
- Ensure deliveries are checked and stored correctly.
- Monitor the correct use and maintenance of food production equipment.
- Acquire and share with the team up-to-date information regarding product range, brand development, promotions and current trends.
- Monitor the production of food to ensure clients’ needs are met.
- Monitor and ensure the effective implementation of food safety management systems.
- Monitor and ensure legislative compliance and the completion of due diligence documentation.
- Support team members to ensure the timely delivery of high quality food to the specification required.
- Maintain harmony across the team and with colleagues in other parts of the organisation, identifying and dealing with problems constructively to drive a positive outcome.
- Use effective methods of communication and operate in a fair and empathetic manner that achieves the desired result and demonstrates a customer centric culture.
- Identify development needs for self and team and actively encourage and support individuals to enhance their skills and knowledge.
- Effectively use techniques that support cost reduction, improve performance, revenue, profit margins and customers’ experience.
- Monitor costs, using forecasting to set realistic targets with the team.
- Effectively control resource allocation, minimise wastage and use sustainable working practices.
- Use technology to improve efficiency and productivity.
- Risk assess situations, identifying and isolating matters of concern, by establishing the cause and intervening accordingly to minimise risk to people and organisation.
- Carry out activities in line with business/brand values that actively market the business, support competitiveness and help meet business objectives.
Training schedule
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Due to the nature of the business, you will be required to work evenings, weekends and bank holidays and will often be on your feet for the entirety of the shift.
About this employer
Kew Green Hotels is a rapidly expanding global company, with a diverse portfolio across leading hotel chains, including IHG Hotels Resorts, Marriott International, Wyndham Hotels Resorts and Hilton, what unites us all is our values. Please view our website for more details.
After this apprenticeship
This vacancy is for a permanent position with Kew Green hotels.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
INSPIRO LEARNING LIMITED
Louise Abram
louise.abram@inspirolearning.co.uk
01165040377
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333563.
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