Kitchen Assistant

PGL Travel Ltd; Ashford; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join PGL Travel Ltd as a Kitchen Assistant at Grosvenor Hall Activity Centre in Ashford. This role involves preparing and serving food to guests, engaging with children, and ensuring a clean and welcoming environment. Ideal for those passionate about the outdoors and eager to make a difference in our guests' adventures. Enjoy full support with free meals and subsidized accommodation.

Benefits

FREE meals

Subsidised accommodation

24/7 Wellbeing Hub access

Training and mentoring programme

Savings and exclusive perks at retailers

Qualifications

• No experience needed, valued for character.
• Collaborative, friendly, and optimistic.

Responsibilities

• Welcoming diners and prepping food.
• Serving meals and restocking the salad bar.
• Keeping the kitchen and dining area clean.

Skills

Passion for adventure

Collaboration

Determination

Job description

Do you believe in the power of adventure?

• Grosvenor Hall Activity Centre
• Based in Ashford, Kent
  
• £12.21 per hour, 40 hours per week
  

Grosvenor Hall is a stunning residential activity centre located in Ashford, Kent. This buzzing centre provides thrilling residential adventure camps for children – helping them to achieve the ‘impossible’ and providing extraordinary experiences in the great outdoors.

Play your part in Grosvenor Hall’s exciting journey. In January this year, Grosvenor Hall was acquired by PGL Beyond and we’re already busy welcoming guests and making improvements, ahead of its relaunch as a new PGL centre in 2026. This is your chance to be part of Grosvenor Hall’s exciting transformation.

Being a Kitchen Assistant

Kitchen Assistants fuel the adventure from our kitchens and dining rooms.

They could be welcoming diners with a smile, prepping food, serving tasty meals to beaming faces, restocking the salad bar, chatting to kids about their day, keeping the place sparkling clean or even whipping up something special to comfort a fussy eater. It’s busy work, but we guarantee, it’s never boring.

Is this you?

No experience needed, your character is what we value most. We looking for people who are:

• Passionate about adventure and the great outdoors
  
• Collaborative, friendly and optimistic
  
• Determined and resilient
  

Above all we value FUN, SAFETY, QUALITY, INCLUSIVITY, TEAMWORK and RESPECT. If you share these values, then we’d love to hear from you.

A place to thrive

No matter your background, ethnicity, age, neurodivergence or anything else … this is a place to be yourself, have fun, make lifelong friends and celebrate what makes you brilliantly unique.

Putting our people first

• FREE meals and subsidised accommodation for colleagues who live on centre
  
• 24/7 access to a Wellbeing Hub alongside our Employee Assistance Program
  
• Access to a financial wellbeing platform for financial support if you need it
  
• Training and mentoring programme, career pathways, aided development and qualifications in future seasons
  
• Access to savings and exclusive perks at 100s of high street retailers

PGL is part of PGL Beyond, a group of innovative companies transforming the world of adventure through enriching experiences and breakthroughs.

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For any enquiries specific to this role please email [e-mail].

We hire the best talent and value a diverse, inclusive team; so, we are dedicated to ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone and are happy to provide helpful adjustments to make it easier to complete. Simply email or call us with detail around the adjustments you need.
However, our top priority is the safety of the guests on our centres. Therefore, all employees must undergo an Enhanced criminal records check (known as DBS or PVG), which we pay for. You will need to provide a 5-year address history and ID (such as passport/birth certificate). Convictions related to violence, drugs, or safeguarding may affect your application. Not all convictions will disqualify you, as we assess each case individually.

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