Job Ref: KGH11650
Branch: Holiday Inn Ipswich-Orwell
Location: Holiday Inn Ipswich-Orwell, Ipswich
Salary/Benefits: £29952.00 per annum plus service charge and excellent company benefits
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Shift pattern: 05:30-23:00
Hours per week: 40
Posted date: 08/05/2026
Closing date: 08/06/2026
We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Kitchen Manager to take ownership of our kitchen operation. You’ll lead from the front, driving quality, efficiency and profitability while creating a positive, engaging culture for your team.
Reporting directly to the Hotel Manager, you’ll be responsible for ensuring the kitchen consistently delivers high standards, meets all compliance requirements and plays a key role in the overall success of the hotel.
About the Role
You’ll lead the kitchen function, ensuring it operates efficiently, safely and profitably while delivering consistently high-quality food.
Key responsibilities include:
- Ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality food that enhances the guest experience.
- Leading, motivating and developing the kitchen team to deliver excellence while embedding company values and culture.
- Reviewing guest feedback regularly and identifying innovative ways to improve food quality and service delivery.
- Managing all kitchen administration, including compliance documentation, audits and third-party contractors.
- Ensuring full compliance with Health, Hygiene and Food Safety regulations, maintaining audit-ready standards at all times.
- Managing stock control, ordering and rotation to minimise waste and maximise gross profit.
- Taking ownership of budgets, controlling costs and delivering against agreed financial targets.
- Partnering with other departments to ensure smooth, joined-up operations that enhance the overall guest experience.
- Supporting recruitment, onboarding, training and development of Line Chefs to build a strong and capable team.
About You
You’re a confident kitchen leader who combines strong culinary knowledge with commercial awareness and people leadership. You set high standards and bring out the best in your team.
We’re looking for someone who brings:
- Proven experience as a Kitchen Manager, Head Chef or in a similar leadership role.
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to motivate, coach and develop a team.
- A solid understanding of food safety, health hygiene regulations and compliance requirements.
- Commercial awareness, with experience managing budgets, controlling costs and driving profitability.
- The ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high standards.
- A proactive and solutions-focused mindset, always looking for ways to improve.
- Strong communication and organisational skills.
- A positive, can-do attitude and a passion for delivering great food and great experiences.
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.
A comfortable Ipswich Hotel with a restaurant and conference facilities. Just off the A14, Holiday Inn Ipswich-Orwell is right next to the Ransomes Europark buiness park. We're only a 15-minute drive from Ipswich town centre, and buses run from outside the Hotel. Ipswich station offers direct trains into London. Our versatile meeting rooms can cater for up to 160 guests and our dedicated conference host can help take care of all the details. We're also a licensed wedding venue, with packages for all budgets. Head by to the neat by Christchurch Mansion to admire works artists Constable and Gainsborough in it's Wolsey Art Gallery, or visit Ipswich Waterfront for bistro dining and boat trips on the river Orwell. The seaside town of Aldeburgh and the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon burial site are both with half an hour by car. At this Hotel you can enjoy: Free WiFi, free on site parking, kids stay and eat free! Our confortably furnished rooms all come with pillow menus and Smart TVs. Start your day with a full English breakfast buffet, and dine on international dishes in the Priory Restaurant. Keep fit in the mini gym or head to nearby David Llyod Ipswich to swim laps, play tennis or unwind in the spa. After a busy day, relax with a pint in the lounge or our leafy garden.
