Kitchen Manager Review
at Mitchells and Butlers
Higher Level Apprenticeship
Catering
Manchester
Review Submitted: February 2025
Overall Rating
4.8 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
4.6/5
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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
5/5
Managing a small kitchen team to cook and deliver a menu to brand standard specifications. Organising deliveries and food orders. Recruitment of new team members. Training all kitchen team to new menu changes. Operating within health and safety guidelines and following the company safety policy to ensure food is.cooked.and delivered to the guest in a safe manner
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
5/5
I really enjoyed the apprenticeship and can utilise it in my day to day working life. It has been informative and demanding all at the same time
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
5/5
Developed a better understanding of time management and refreshed knowledge that I already had but had forgotten about
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
5/5
My programme was well structured from my induction and meet the trainer session to the help I had from my trainer throughout the programme. Any questions or concerns were answered in a timely
How much support do you receive from your employer?
5/5
Lots of support was given from my employer via other apprentices and managers in various businesses and head office
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
5/5
I had lots of support from my training provider and had regular calls, meeting and online video calls throughout the prigramme
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
5/5
It gives you lots of knowledge and challenges you to think outside of the regular working dynamic and to train and pass that knowledge onto the rest of the kitchen team
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
3/5
None that I am aware of but there may be something out there that I have not explored
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Mitchells and Butlers to a friend?
Yes
Why?
They have really good training and development opportunities across every brand with the opportunity to move around different brands within the company
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Mitchells and Butlers?
It's one of, if not, the best company to work for in hospitality
