Job Description
Fancy joining our kitchen teams but don't see a vacancy which currently suits you? Let us know! Apply online and we'll add you to our talent bank - contacting you if we have a relevant vacancy arise. The Newt in Somerset After opening in 2019, The Newt in Somerset has been undergoing rapid development into what it is today - an award-winning, luxury country estate with 3 restaurants, multiple kitchens, acres of vegetable fields and an onsite butchery, bakery and creamery. Our chefs work with some of the freshest and high-quality produce in the UK to produce incredible dishes for our hotel guests and over 50,000 members. Our Kitchens The Botanical Rooms A contemporary take on British fine-dining, we offer a true farm to fork experience in a beautifully designed, atmospheric 60 cover restaurant. All food is prepared in our kitchen with ingredients fresh from our gardens or locally sourced, ensuring quality and seasonality. Our talented chefs ensure each ingredient is elevated to its highest potential - creating an unforgettable experience. Open for breakfast through to dinner, we offer cream tea in the library and early evening cocktails on the terrace. The Farmyard Kitchen A 40-cover restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner using the finest produce from the estate, we cook in a wood fired oven and our chefs serve straight to the table. Seasonally lead, hearty yet humble sharing dishes with wine served in a beautiful stone barn, with relaxed yet high-end service and open kitchen. The Garden Cafe Open for breakfast and lunch, the Garden Café menu is inspired by the view from our restaurant. An ever changing and evolving view over our production gardens, national collection of apple trees, orchards, and surrounding countryside far in the distance. All our dishes and ingredients are hand selected to fit within our concept of vegetable lead dining. Paired by an outstanding flight of cyder from our own cyder press and sharp and enthusiastic service, this is a dining venue that offers a refined yet relaxed experience. Quality, simplicity, and seasonality are at the heart of our offerings. Visitor Kitchen Food and Beverage in the Visitor Attraction is our welcome to our estate, it is a dynamic department encompassing all food and beverage offer to our loyal members and day visitors and the food and beverage for our specialist events throughout the year. Not a restaurant in the traditional sense but this department produces food and experiences in a variety of ways. Including for our cyder bar, Garden Lates, day picnics, regular pop up’s, large specialist events, plus the Roman Villa. Our Newt Rewards A positive workplace environment with opportunities to develop both personally and professionally. Stay in shape with complimentary use of our gym and wellbeing classes Look after your wellbeing with complimentary access to our Spa and swimming pool s and our exclusive benefit of 50% off Spa Treatments. Enjoy shopping in both our shops on estate and online with 30% discount for all our colleagues and free delivery for any online purchases. Discover exclusive perks with our discounted hotel stays for staff, accompanied by a fantastic 30% discount at our restaurants. The opportunity to ensure your views are heard and shape the future of the business via our Employee Engine Room. Complimentary garden membership for the Newt and our partner gardens including the Eden Project, Kew Gardens and The Lost Gardens of Heligan Complimentary meal whilst on shift, created using fresh produce from our estate by our dedicated staff food chefs We value your hard work and recognise your achievements through our colleague recognition programme “Newt Awards” with the opportunity to achieve a variety of amazing rewards including a complimentary Hotel Stay. Support from our Employee Assistance Programme for both yourself and your family A team that knows how to have fun with regular team engagement activities including monthly Gather and Grow Motivational Speakers and our regular fun squad events, which include activities such as Go-Karting and Wine Tasting , to name but a few. Up to 30 days annual leave each year for our full-time team