Kitchen Porter

Caravan; City Of London; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals

Dining discount

Coffee discount

Mental health support

Financial health education

Leadership training

Birthday voucher

Internal progression

Job summary

Caravan in City of London is seeking a Kitchen Porter to support our busy kitchen team and help deliver the well-travelled menu described by our founders. You will contribute to a warm, efficient dining environment and uphold Caravan's values of inclusion and sustainability.

You’ll learn on the job, take ownership of your role, and flourish in a fast-paced setting. In return we offer team meals, dining discounts and a clear path for development as the restaurant expands.

Responsibilities

• Support kitchen team to serve our 'well-travelled' food, which is inspired by flavours from our founders' native New Zealand, as well as their global travels.
• Support the restaurant team with our 'Caravan of Love' customer experience
• Be open to learning in order to develop your knowledge and skills
• Take ownership of your role and thrive in a kitchen environment

Job description

Kitchen Porter

Overall earnings up to £14.30 per hour, dependent on experience.

At Caravan, we share a love of mighty fine coffee, hand crafted good food and friendly vibes. Since 2010, we have built our award-winning restaurants and roastery as well as investing time, money and resources into initiatives that have a positive impact on the world around us. We believe in pushing boundaries and challenging perceptions, championing people, community, diversity, inclusion and sustainability.

We're thrilled to have the opportunity to invite a fun, talented, prolific Kitchen Porter to join us on our journey! We would love to hear from you if you're up for a new venture and a fresh start. It's an exciting time to join us as we're looking forward to expanding in the coming years, with new openings on the horizon

To say thanks for choosing us, we also offer our Kitchen Porter and all teams:

• Free meals & drinks when working
• Dining discount when visiting with family & friends.
• Coffee discount
• Mental health and well-being support
• Financial health education and support
• Leadership training and development
• Birthday & Anniversary Treat - on your birthday and on your work anniversary, you'll receive a Caravan voucher to spend in any of our restaurants
• Development and career progression, 80% of all our management roles are filled internally.

What you'll be doing as a Caravan Kitchen Porter:

• You'll be supporting the kitchen team to serve our 'well-travelled' food, which is inspired by flavours from our founders' native New Zealand, as well as their global travels.
• You'll also support the restaurant team with our 'Caravan of Love' customer experience
• You will be open to learning in order to develop your knowledge and skills
• You'll take ownership of your role and thrive in a kitchen environment

Caravan Values

We live by 4 core values. We expect our Kitchen Porter and all our teams to live, promote and role model these values at all times;

1. Caravan of Love
2. No boundaries
3. Well-travelled
4. All welcome

Sustainability

• We expect our teams to support environmental stewardship targets and efficiency goals by following departmental environmental policies and monitoring own usage of vital resources such as energy, disposable goods, and food waste, to name a few.

Diversity & Inclusion

• All our teams must respect individual differences with regards to identity, national and cultural background, and level of experience in all interactions while at work, including with members of the public.