Kitchen Assistant

TGI Fridays UK; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join TGI Fridays as a Kitchen Porter and be part of a vibrant family environment where you assist chefs with food prep and maintain kitchen cleanliness. Enjoy flexible working, weekly pay, and great benefits like unlimited gratuities and discounts for you and your loved ones.

Benefits

100% of unlimited gratuities are paid to our team.

Time and a half paid when more than 48 hours are worked.

Flexible working patterns.

Weekly pay every Friday.

Pension scheme participation.

Development programmes for career progression.

Unlimited access to 50% off food menu.

Unlimited soft drinks while on shift.

Recognition for great performance.

28 days paid holiday (pro-rata).

Qualifications

• No previous experience required.
• Passion for food and delivering a great guest experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist chefs with food preparation and keep kitchen areas clean.
• Support front of house with cleanliness and replenishing dishware.

Job description

We don’t need an introduction. You’ve heard of us before. Legendary Red and white stripes. Clutter filling our restaurants to the brim. A history dating back to 1965 New York City.

Tom Cruise didn’t teach himself to flair in Cocktail, we did.

The Long Island ice tea wasn’t created on it own, we created it.

Loaded potato skins..? Yep it was us!

This isn’t just a job, this is a way of life. This is family. We live and we breathe our TGI Fridays values.

In here we work hard, we want to succeed, we want to progress…and we want to party.

In here, everyday is Friday. A TGI Friday…

As a Kitchen Porter you will work closely with our chefs assisting with the prep of our fresh food and keeping the stations, kitchen and dishware shining and spotless. You may also support the front of house team with maintaining cleanliness, replenishing crockery and cutlery. The great news is that you don’t need any previous experience as we’ll take you through a full programme of onboarding training; all we ask, is that you have a passion for food and a desire to deliver an amazing experience for our guests.

Anything is possible at Fridays and there is genuinely no better time to join our family. Start your journey with Fridays today!

Benefits

• 100% of unlimited gratuities are paid to our team.
• Time and a half is paid when more than 48 hours are worked in a week.
• Flexible working patterns to support well-being and a better work life balance.
• Weekly pay every Friday for our Team Members.
• Participation in a pension scheme.
• Development programmes that support and fast track career progression.
• Apprenticeship programmes available to all levels.
• Unlimited access to 50% off our food menu for each Team Member and up to 5 of their family and friends.
• Unlimited soft drinks while on shift.
• Team celebrations on 4th July and Thanksgiving.
• Recognition for great performance aligned to our TGI Fridays Values.
• Great incentives for delivering great results.
• A generous Refer a Friend scheme.
• Wagestream - Track, access and manage your pay at any time.
• Hospitality action membership.
• 28 days paid holiday (pro-rata).
• Reward programmes, long service awards and staff recognition and incentives.
• Please note that the average TRONC payment per hour is £1.25. While this payment is not guaranteed, it does represent the national average across all our stores. Therefore, gratuity payments may vary according to the store in which you work.*
  
  

About Us

In our Fridays Family, We Celebrate People of All Stripes..

We believe diversity and inclusion are essential ingredients for a successful, happy and thriving environment, which is why we live and breath our TGI Fridays values of Pride, Passion, Personality and Protection.

Through our "Pridays" forum, we have launched an LGBTQ+ charity partnership. We hold Women In Business and Disability forums - open for all to join and be apart of. We are an equal opportunities employer.

That Fridays feeling is freedom, excitement, lightness and acceptance. Uncontrollable laughter. Time to do you. To let go. To truly be yourself. No judgement, no pressure, no worries.

And remember - "No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else." - P.T Barnum

Candidates must be over compulsory school leaving age to apply for this position.