Job Ref: KGH11686
Branch: Holiday Inn Rochester Chatham
Location: Holiday Inn Rochester Chatham, Chatham
Salary/Benefits: £28080.00 plus monthly service charge and excellent benefits
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Shift pattern: 05:30-23:00 includes evenings, weekends and holidays
Hours per week: 40
Posted date: 13/05/2026
Closing date: 12/06/2026
We’re looking for a driven and ambitious Deputy Kitchen Manager to support the delivery of a high-quality, efficient and profitable kitchen operation.
Working closely with the Kitchen Manager, you’ll play a key role in leading the team, maintaining standards and ensuring every dish contributes to a great guest experience.
About the Role
You’ll support the day-to-day leadership of the kitchen, ensuring high standards of food quality, safety and team performance.
Key responsibilities include:
- Stepping into a leadership role in the absence of the Kitchen Manager, ensuring smooth operations.
- Ensuring all food is prepared, presented and served to brand standards and food safety requirements.
- Working alongside the Kitchen Manager on menu planning and implementation to drive quality and guest appeal.
- Maintaining high standards of cleanliness, organisation and compliance across the kitchen.
- Supporting stocktakes, ordering and stock control to minimise waste and support profitability.
- Contributing ideas and feedback to improve kitchen performance and guest experience.
- Ensuring all health, safety, hygiene and food safety standards are consistently met.
- Training, motivating and supervising team members to deliver service excellence.
About You
You’re an aspiring kitchen leader with a passion for food, people and performance. You’re ready to take on more responsibility and develop your leadership capability.
We’re looking for someone who brings:
- Experience at Sous Chef or strong Chef de Partie level.
- A good understanding of kitchen operations, food safety and compliance standards.
- Strong leadership potential, with the ability to motivate and influence others.
- A proactive, hands-on approach and willingness to step up when needed.
- Commercial awareness, with an understanding of cost control and waste reduction.
- The ability to perform under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- A positive, can-do attitude and a desire to progress your career.
What’s in it for you
- Career development through fully funded apprenticeships and our internal development programme.
- Discounts on hotel stays and a variety of major retailers, restaurants and days out.
- Free use of our gyms, pools, and leisure facilities.
- 24/7 access to wellbeing, financial, and legal support.
Next steps
If you’re shortlisted, we’ll give you a quick call to learn more about you and answer your questions. Candidates who progress will then be invited to the hotel for an in-person interview.
We review applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out. We may close the role once we’ve found the right person.
At Kew Green Hotels, we’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know at [email protected] - we’re here to support you.
Who are Kew Green Hotels?
Kew Green Hotels is one of the UK’s leading hotel management companies, operating a diverse portfolio of global brands. We’re a people-driven business that’s passionate about performance, guest experience, and creating hotels and teams that make us proud.
Learn more about who we are and what drives us at www.kewgreenhotels.com.
Our family tree has been growing since 2001, but we now have 55 hotels in our UK portfolio, offering careers across a range of international brands including IHG, Marriott, Accor and Hilton Hotels Resorts. And if that isn’t enough, we additionally offer unique opportunities internationally. Despite our size, you can speak to any member of our management community and they will tell you that we still feel very much like a family who enjoys working together – over 89% of respondents in our recent employee survey told us they are satisfied working with us!
Food for thought? Here at Kew Green Hotels, our employees are at the centre of delivering outstanding experiences to our guests every day. We know that means finding the right personality is key – you’ll also be outstanding and have the ability to easily build relationships, alongside having a commercially-savvy mind set
