Casual Kitchen Porter

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly service charge

Free car parking

Employee uniform

Job summary

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa in the countryside just outside London is recruiting a cheerful Kitchen Porter to support our kitchen team. You will help keep the kitchen clean, safe and ready for service, load and run the dishwasher, and ensure hot plates are ready for each dining session.

You will assist chefs with basic prep and deep-cleaning tasks, maintaining kitchen hygiene to the highest standards. Shifts are 8am–4:30pm or 1:30pm–10pm/3pm–11pm depending on service.

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.
• Previous employment in a food service business helpful.

Responsibilities

• Keep kitchen area clean, tidy and safe.
• Operate the dishwasher; ensure cutlery and crockery are cleaned and stacked for service.
• Refill hot plates and prepare for each dining session to keep food hot for guests.
• Follow cleaning schedules; perform deep cleaning as required.
• Maintain high kitchen hygiene standards and safe working practices.
• Assist chefs with basic food preparation as needed.

Skills

Attention to detail

Energetic

Good English

Job description

Casual Kitchen Porter

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 Hotel & 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

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