Kitchen manager Review

My role as kitchen manager is to make sure the kitchen is set up for success and making sure that my team are all fully trained and are competent for being able to do a section by them selves. My job also involves doing rotas, managing stock via counts and orders. Making sure that the kitchen is preforming to reach targets if not exceed them and know what to do if they aren't being reached.

I have developed alot throughout my apprenticeship with lifetime. From starting off as a head chef lifetime has helped me learn new manger skills such as knowing how to do development plans for myself and someone in the team. I have also expanded my knowledge which has helped with my confidence as a manger especially when dealing with conflict.

I enjoy doing the apprenticeship with life time as I'm constantly learning something new or recapping something that I had previously learnt from my 3 years at college studying hospitality. Doing this apprenticeship has helped me develop as a manager by learning more about what I can do to help/support my team and setting goals for them.

My apprenticeship is well structured for me from the courses on aptem to scheduling calls/face to face meetings with my coach. Since being an Aprentice I have faced some challenges regrading time mangerment, my coach has helped me structure a plan for a way forward to catch back up on where I've fell slightly behind.

I receive alot of support from general manger and the resturant manger who have the knowledge in the areas that I'm struggling with , mostly regrading my off the job learning which again has helped me with my development and managerial promotion from head chef to kitchen manger helping me learn the stuff I have either not been shown or had briefly been shown.

My coach has helped me loads with my apprenticeship making sure that my general manger also is being told where I need to be by a certain time and how he can assist me on getting there, and how he can help with my off the job hours. They have also made sure that we are having meetings that are designated to my learning to help me catch up from where I've fell behind.

I feel like since doing the apprenticeship I have become a stronger manager then I was before hand, as the apprenticeship is giving me more confidence and making me feel more positive about taking the promotion. My apprenticeship has also made me perform better in my role beacuse I have been able to learn new information that I've had a module on which I can then use this to help in my job role.

Within the company I work for there's not really any extra - curricular actives however recently me and soke colleagues have done a fun run to raise money for our company's chosen charity , we have also started planing what activity we should do next to raise money for Great ormand Street hospital.

Yes

I would recommend lifetime beacuse the system they use is really helpful as it breaks stuff down into more bitesized chunks meaning you don't feel like you can't do it. But even when you fall behind the coaches at lifetime do their best to support you and bring you back on track.

Try your best to Stick with doing modules as soon as they are released/due. So you don't feel overwhelmed, but don't worry if you do , you will get there eventually and the coaches will help as best as they can. Try to take as much notes as possible and reflect on these and see what are you missing in the business.