Kitchen Assistant

Harper'S Steakhouse; Southampton; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hourly pay + Tronc

Flexible shifts

Meal discounts

Accommodation discounts

Development program

Lifestyle discounts

Refer a friend incentive

Job summary

Harper’s Steakhouse is part of Upham Inns, a collection of premium pubs across Southern England. We’re seeking a Kitchen Assistant to support a busy kitchen, keep the space clean and safe, and help the chefs deliver high-quality dishes to our guests.

You’ll join a friendly team with flexible shifts, comprehensive training, and a pathway to develop within our growing family. If you’re enthusiastic, dependable and keen to learn, this role is a great entry into premium hospitality.

Qualifications

• Personality and potential valued over formal skills.
• Friendly and outgoing disposition preferred.
• Able to learn new skills quickly.
• Flexible and reliable with a conscientious approach.

Responsibilities

• Keep kitchen clean and safe for staff and guests.
• Support chefs to create high-quality dishes.
• Assist with general kitchen duties and prep as needed.

Skills

Friendly personality

Team player

Eager to learn

Flexible

Conscientious

Job description

What’s in it for you?

• Up to £12.71 per Hour plus a share of Tronc
• Flexible shift patterns
• Up to 33% off meals taken off duty for you and up to 6 guests
• 33% off our hotel accommodation & 20% for Friends and Family
• Development program with a clear pathway
• Access to the lifestyle card – which will provide you with instant access to over 5,000 discounts across all aspects of their lifestyle. With thousands of discounts covering local independents, national and online businesses, there are plenty of opportunities to save money. The lifestyle card is a 100% free benefit for our Upham Inn team members.
• Service Awards
• A Birthday Gift
• Refer a friend and Chef recruitment incentives of up to £1000

Kitchen Assistant Requirements:

For this role, personality and potential are more important than skills and experience…

• You’ll have a friendly, outgoing personality
• You should be eager to learn new skills
• You’ll enjoy working in a close-knit team
• You must be flexible and conscientious

Could you be the most important person
in our kitchen?

Join us as a kitchen
assistant, and you’ll be the person who keeps the wheels turning in our busy
kitchen. You’ll keep it clean and you’ll keep it safe - and you’ll protect the
space so the chefs can create spectacular dishes.

Kitchen life is hard
work, but it’s also a lot of fun.

The team spirit is
brilliant and there’s real pride in helping create something special for
customers.

This is also a great
way to learn about premium catering.

Upham is a business
where kitchen assistants can go on to become chefs or even general managers –
and given our passion for fresh ingredients, there are few better places to learn the food business.

If you’ve never worked
in a professional kitchen before, don’t worry. Comprehensive training will be provided.

What do we do?

We own a collection of
beautiful and individual premium pubs across Southern England. Our pubs are in idyllic settings in country villages and towns, where we are proud to be the quality local of the area, serving high quality fresh pub food in a cozy pub ambience. Most of our pubs have some Charming Bedrooms as well. New to our growing family is Harper’s Steakhouse, a new premium American Steakhouse brand that we started rolling out last year.

It’s an exciting time to join us!

Upham Inns is growing,
and we want you to grow with us and be part of our success. We’ve been busy investing in our business and we are seeing some great results. So, we want to continue to grow our pub family and we are looking to recruit passionate people into our team

We are looking for great people to join us

Our company is big
enough to support you but small enough to care about your individual needs. We
are a friendly, hands-on team who have a passion for running great pubs. We are always on the lookout for like-minded people who have the desire to work and grow with us.