Kitchen Team Leader Review

My role is to look after the kitchen team and the kitchen. Stocks, finance and all reports within the hospitality industry. I have to complete the rota's on PI4CAST. I also must complete all food orders and input them onto micros stocks. I do cook offs for the team.

I have gained new knowledge on projected revenue, expenses, cash flow and investments. It is usually conducted with input from many different departments, because it requires input from multiple departments to come up with a holistic and detailed report. This has massively helped me in my role as a kitchen team leader.

Learning how to put my new found knowledge into practice. Working on the laptop instead of being in the kitchen all the time. I love learning new things and new ways of working. My knowledge i have gained for outside of work is massive also, life skills, confidence and wellbeing.

More structured non that Aptem is the platform. I like that it's set out in the monthly order, Aptem is very easy on the eye. Aptem notifies me when I should be completing work. I like how BKSB is also built in to Aptem and there is no learner portal now.

My manager supports me throughout my apprenticeship. Anything I need to complete for off the job training, I can do. I can shadow my manager to help with my learning too. I'm currently learning how to work in different departments. This is helping me with my apprenticeship and me as a person.

My Training provider helps me with all teaching and learning session. They're only a phone call away if I need anything, I called my training Provider as I had a query about micros stocks. This wasn't even part of the apprenticeship but they were happy to help. They also point out what I need to do moving forward.

My apprenticeship will help me gain the knowledge, skills, behaviours and confidence to preform my job without stress. I'm currently learning how to work in different departments instead of just the kitchen. Doing this apprenticeship has also helped me work at different sites within Whitbread as my confidence has grown.

I completed a sponsored five kilometre run for charity. We do create a lot of money for out sponsored charity. Great Ormand street hospital. We have a book stall, we have a team tuck shop and we sell teddy bears to anyone that wants one, these are £10 and it all goes to GOSH.

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Whitbread offer great benefits. We get a reward card, cheap hotels, discounted meals when we visit one of our restaurants. We also get meals on shift for £2. We get discount on days out, discount on Premier inn beds and mattress's and pillows. we get enrolled in to the mercer one group pension.

Be prepared to work unsociable hours and work most weekends. However, there is loads of perks to working for Whitbread. We get £2 meals when on shift, discounted meals when we visit other Whitbread establishments and it helps you meet some new friends. Sometimes our shift can start at 6am so we finish for the day at 12pm.