Are you a passionate food enthusiast with natural leadership skills and a hands-on approach? Do you thrive in a fast-paced kitchen where no two days are the same? If so, this could be the perfect next step in your hospitality career.

Our client is looking for a Kitchen Team Leader to help drive excellence in a busy, high-volume kitchen operation. Working closely with the management team, you'll lead by example, support and motivate your colleagues, and ensure every customer receives great food, delivered to the highest standards.

About the Role

As a Kitchen Team Leader, you'll be at the centre of the action. You'll supervise shifts, maintain exceptional food quality, and help create a positive and productive kitchen environment where the team can perform at their best.

From preparing and cooking food to ensuring standards of cleanliness, service, and presentation are consistently achieved, you'll play a vital role in delivering an outstanding customer experience.

What You'll Be Doing

Leading and supporting the kitchen team during busy shifts
Preparing, cooking, and presenting food to company standards
Ensuring food is delivered within target times
Maintaining high standards of cleanliness through a clean-as-you-go approach
Following kitchen opening and closing procedures accurately
Monitoring and delivering outstanding standards of cleanliness, quality, service, maintenance, and atmosphere (CQSMA)
Responding positively and professionally to customer feedback
Identifying training and development opportunities within the team
Working collaboratively with managers to continually improve performance and standards
Ensuring compliance with food safety, health and safety, and company procedures

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who leads from the front and takes pride in delivering great results.

You'll ideally have:

Previous experience in a kitchen supervisory, team leader, or senior chef role
Strong communication and people skills
A positive, can-do attitude
The ability to remain calm under pressure in a busy environment
A commitment to delivering exceptional standards and customer service
Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
Flexibility to work a range of shifts across a 7-day operation

Why Join?

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your leadership skills within a supportive and fast-moving hospitality environment. You'll be trusted to make a real impact, help shape team performance, and contribute to an operation that takes pride in quality, consistency, and great customer experiences.

Working Pattern: 5 days out of 7 on a rotating shift basis

Operating Hours: 8:00 am - 11:00 pm

Role: Kitchen Team Leader / Kitchen Shift Leader

Ready to take the lead and help deliver great food and great service every day? Apply now and bring your passion to our kitchen.