Kitchen Porter

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Ascot; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

An independent boarding school in Ascot is seeking enthusiastic Kitchen Porters to join their friendly team. This role involves maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the kitchen while assisting chefs with food preparation. The positions offer a dynamic working environment, with shifts covering evenings and weekends, providing a great opportunity to develop skills in a supportive team. With a focus on fresh food catering and excellent service, this is a chance to be part of a unique organization that values individuality and passion in its operations.

Benefits

Wider wallet scheme

Free meals on duty

Volunteers leave

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoptive leave

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a friend bonus

Individual training and development

Apprenticeship programme

Team & company social events

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a kitchen environment is preferred but not essential.
• Ability to demonstrate good understanding of verbal and written English.

Responsibilities

• Maintain kitchen hygiene and cleanliness to high standards.
• Assist chefs with food preparation and clean kitchen equipment.

Skills

Pot wash duties

Customer service skills

Team player

Food preparation assistance

High cleanliness standards

Kitchen equipment maintenance

Industrial dishwasher operation

Education

Experience in a customer and/or food preparation environment

Job description

An independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11-18 in Ascot, Berkshire, catering for 300 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of breakfast, lunch, supper, AM snack, and afternoon snack. This is a term-time plus contract working 38 weeks plus 5 weeks over the summer. This is a 7-day operation, so the working pattern will be 5 days out of 7, including some weekends during term time. Additional benefit to this location is free parking on site.

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for 2 x Kitchen Porters to join our established & friendly team at our prestigious location in Ascot.

Position Details:

1. We are looking for 2 full-time positions, one role will be on a rota of early and late shifts, working 5 days from 7, 40hrs per week.
2. The 2nd role is for an evening and weekend position, working 40 hrs per week but working every weekend during term time.

You'll be playing a big part in keeping the kitchen hygienic, safe, and up to our very high standards of cleanliness.

Key skills:

• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Great team player.
• Be able to help the Chefs with some food prep.
• Ensure high standards of cleanliness at all times.
• Clean and maintain all kitchen equipment.
• Clean allocated pieces of heavy catering equipment using instructions and cleaning materials including air filter and extraction systems.
• Operate industrial dishwasher.

We are looking for:

• Kitchen Porter experience is preferred, but not essential.
• Can do attitude.
• Organisation Skills.

Knowledge / competencies:

• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience in a customer and/or food preparation environment is preferred.

Benefits:

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty.
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us:

Thomas Franks is a founder-led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion, and style. We are unique in every approach, and our clients and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer:

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school, please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and as such any criminal conviction, caution, or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks:

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.