Kitchen Assistant

The Ideal Collection; Southampton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A local dining establishment in Southampton is seeking a reliable Kitchen Assistant to support the kitchen team. The role involves maintaining cleanliness, ensuring food safety, and assisting in kitchen operations. We offer flexible contracts, 28 days of holiday, free meals during shifts, discounts at multiple venues, and a supportive team environment. If you enjoy working in a team and are dedicated to customer satisfaction, we would love to hear from you.

Benefits

Flexible contracts

28 days holiday

Free staff parking

Free food

Friends and family discounts

Early pay options

Shared tips

Staff parties

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Ability to maintain cleanliness and organization in the kitchen.
• Knowledge of food safety standards.
• Team collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support kitchen team with cleanliness and tidiness.
• Sanitize items according to food safety standards.
• Wash kitchen utensils and pots.

Job description

The Boathouse is perched on the waterfront overlooking Swanwick Marina, with panoramic scenic views of the harbour, where you can sit back and watch the gentle sway of the water and feel the refreshing sea breeze. Designed to create a casual dining concept which not only provides delicious, fresh cooked food but also a regular spot for the community to come together for celebrations and fun, but we know the secret to our success is the teams we build to bring joy to our customers every day and as a result we are looking to further build a team that is going to take customer satisfaction to the same elevated level.

We are looking to welcome a Kitchen Assistant who can do the following:

• Support the busy Kitchen team with cleanliness and keeping the environment clean and tidy
• Ensure all items are cleaned and sanitized according to food safety standards
• Wash pots, pans, plates and cutlery etc
• Use your knowledge to recommend dishes from our menu, our excellent chefs make it quite hard to choose and they need your help to know what is going to satisfy their taste buds the most
• Collaborate with your team members to ensure service runs smoothly

What you can expect from us as Kitchen Assistant Server

• Flexible contracts, enjoy the freedom to work around your schedule while enjoying the benefits of being able to flex up or down when you need too
• 28 days holiday, and no expectations to work on Christmas or Boxing day
• Free staff parking
• Free food, no need to bring in a soggy Sandwich, we provide you a meal using the same ingredients and fresh local produce we use for our customers, and these can be enjoyed with bottomless hot drinks whilst on duty
• Friends and family discounts to enjoy in any of our 5 venues
• Early pay – If you are slightly tight on bills you can claim a percentage of your accrued pay before pay day
• Amazing tips - these are equally shared and 100% goes to the teams who deserve them
• Epic staff parties
• Really quite lovely people, our business is completely devoid of corporateness – we want to do the right thing by you and people at a human level

So, if you are want to be part of a fantastic, supportive team and are reliable and don’t mind good old fashioned cleaning we would absolutely love to hear from you.