Casual Kitchen Porter

The Alexander Hotel Collection; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly service charge

Free car parking

Employee uniform

Job summary

Alexander House & Utopia Spa, part of Alexander Hotels a private group outside London, is seeking a Casual Kitchen Porter to keep the kitchen clean, tidy and ready for service. You will support chefs with routine duties, operate the dishwasher and help with basic food prep to maintain high hygiene standards.

Shifts run early and late, offering a chance to work in a busy, volume kitchen within a luxury hotel setting in West Sussex.

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications required but a good standard of English.
• Good eye for detail.
• Energy and enthusiasm to work in a fast-paced volume environment.

Responsibilities

• Completing general kitchen cleaning duties.
• Operating the dishwasher to ensure all cutlery and crockery are cleaned in a timely fashion, stacked and ready for service.
• Refilling the hot plate ready for service each dining session to ensure guests get hot food!
• Deep cleaning tasks as outlined on the kitchen's cleaning schedule.
• Delivery through all these tasks of exceptional kitchen hygiene standards.
• Assisting in providing a safe, secure, and appealing environment by adhering to the company Health & Safety Policies ensuring all kitchen areas are compliant.
• Assisting Chefs with some basic food preparation.
• Shifts available are working early (8am - 4.30pm) and late shifts (1.30pm - 10pm/3pm-11pm).

Skills

English proficiency

Eye for detail

Energetic

Job description

Casual Kitchen Porter

Alexander House & Utopia Spa, East Street, Turners Hill, East Grinstead, Turners Hill, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH10 4QD

Up to £12.71 per hour/ £14.24 per hour including holiday. Age related hourly rate applies to this role.

• + Monthly service charge payment based on hours worked
• Free car parking
• Employee uniform

The Place

Alexander House & Utopia Spa, part of Alexander Hotels a private group of quality hotels of distinction just outside London.

5 Red Star, Award winning Utopia Spa, 58 bedrooms including the new luxury Cedar Lodge development and a 2-bedroom self-contained Gatehouse are available for guests.

2 Award winning restaurants, Reflections Restaurant (2 Rosettes x 60 covers), AG's Restaurant (3 Rosettes x 38 covers) together with a range of conference and banqueting and private dining rooms catering for 8 to 95 guests.

Please see our website for a full list of facilities and also to see sample menus for our restaurants and lounge operations.

The Role

A cheerful, energetic person with a good eye for detail is needed to assist in keeping the kitchen, tidy, clean, safe and make sure it is ready for service.

Without a clean, well-presented environment with clean, hot plates a kitchen fails. During your shift you will be key to us achieving excellent standards for our guests by supporting our chefs with the following duties;

• Completing general kitchen cleaning duties
• Operating the dishwasher to ensure all cutlery, crockery is cleaned in a timely fashion, stacked and ready for service.
• Refilling the hot plate ready for service each dining session to ensure guests get hot food!
• Deep cleaning tasks as outlined on the kitchens cleaning schedule.
• Delivery through all these tasks of exceptional kitchen hygiene standards
• Assisting in providing a safe, secure, and appealing environment by adhering to the company Health &Safety Policies ensuring all kitchen areas are compliant.
• Assisting Chefs with some basic food preparation.
• Shifts available are working early (8am - 4.30pm) and late shifts (1.30pm - 10pm/3pm-11pm).

Requirements

• No formal qualifications required but a good standard of English.
• Good eye for detail
• Energy and enthusiasm to work in a fast-paced volume environment.
• Previous employment in a food service business helpful