Kitchen Porter

Burlington Hotel; Evesham; Hybrid; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff benefits

Training & development

Discounted hotel stays

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Dumbleton Hall Hotel in a historic Cotswolds setting is seeking a full-time kitchen porter to join our back-of-house team. The role is 40 hours per week, mainly 7am–3pm on Saturdays and Sundays, with overtime and service charges paid on top.

You will work with our kitchen team to support chefs, maintain cleanliness, and ensure materials for cleaning and dishwashing are available. Prior hospitality experience is welcome but not essential; a friendly, reliable character matters most.

Responsibilities

• Assist with ensuring the efficient and effective running of the kitchen.
• Ensure that sufficient material for the performance of cleaning duties are collated.
• Dispose of rubbish into an area outline by Head Chef whilst complying with food safety policy.
• Ensure the working areas and equipment in the kitchen are cleaned to a high standard.
• Aid the Chefs when necessary.

Job description

Join our Team at Dumbleton Hall Hotel

Return to Life Lived Grand — Help Us Bring It to Our Guests

At Dumbleton Hall, we do not simply run a hotel.
We steward a great English manor — a place where every guest is received as the honoured guest of the family. Fires are lit, dinner is served, and life unfolds as it once did in the Golden Age of English country houses. Our team will brings this story to life every day.

We are inviting passionate, thoughtful, and character-led individuals to join us in creating an experience unlike any other in the Cotswolds.

We currently have an amazing opportunity to join the team as a Full time kitchen porter 5 days/ 40 hours a week. £12.75 per hour. Overtime and service charge paid on top.

It would involve working 7am until 3pm Saturdays and Sundays every week. This would work well if studying in the week, or combining with another job. You shall receive £12.71 per hour with the addition of Tronc payments on top, paid monthly.

Who We Are

Dumbleton Hall: A Manor Reborn

Set in the richest pocket of the Cotswolds, Dumbleton Hall blends heritage, romance, culture, and countryside elegance. Our story reaches back to the Holland family, the literary circles of Gaskell, Dickens, and Darwin, the Mitford sisters, and poet laureate John Betjeman. Today, we continue this tradition by offering guests a living narrative of culture and hospitality.

Our Character & Place

Between Shakespeare’s Stratford and Cheltenham’s Gold Cup, our manor stands as the grand gateway to theatre, racing, walking country, and village life. Our interiors draw inspiration from the Belle Époque and the 1920s, with William Morris and Frederic Leighton as artistic touchstones. Our gardens, lake, cascades, and arboretum create an Arcadian idyll where guests arrive as visitors and depart as part of the Dumbleton story.

What Makes Us Unique

Dumbleton Hall offers thereal-life Downton Abbey experience— layered, colourful, storied, and personal. Our unique selling proposition is built on five pillars:

• Manor Life– Rituals of welcome, firelight, garden and lake, and gracious dining.
• Culture & Story– A heritage woven through literature, diplomacy, and society.
• Countryside & Walking– The Winchcombe Way at our gates and historic estates all around.
• Grand Tour Polish– Refinement in service, signage, and dining.
• Romance– From moonlit gardens to weddings, honeymoons, and love stories.

Our team members are custodians of these values — shaping every touchpoint, from arrival to farewell.

What Makes us so Special

• Each of rooms have amazing views of the grounds and Cotswolds
• The Hall is unique in its décor and history.
• We are Team who work together to build memoires for our guests and our team.
• We all have the same goal and help each other to be successful.

If you take pride in your craft, generosity, and genuine hospitality, you will thrive here.

What It Means to Work at Dumbleton Hall

To work at Dumbleton Hall is to bring theHonoured Guest Manifestoto life:

• You welcome guests by name.
• You anticipate needs without intrusion.
• You offer service that feels personal, cultured, and effortless.
• You help create moments — fireside, garden‑side, tableside — that feel grand yet warmly human.

Every role, front or back of house, contributes to the story we tell.

Events, Culture, and the Spirit of the Cotswolds

Dumbleton Hall is the country seat for England’s richest cultural arc. From the Cheltenham Festival and Gold Cup to the Royal Shakespeare Company and the region’s finest estates, we turn the Cotswolds calendar into memorable guest experiences. Our team plays an essential part in bringing these to life.

Who We’re Looking For

We welcome individuals who are:

• Warm, articulate, and genuinely guest-focused
• Inspired by heritage, storytelling, and countryside hospitality
• Detail-oriented, polished, and proud of their work
• Eager to develop their craft in service, dining, housekeeping, guest experience, events, and more
• Excited to join a growing team reshaping a manor house into the Gem of the Cotswolds

Hospitality experience is valuable but not essential — the right character matters most.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a landmark transformation of one of the Cotswolds’ grandest manor houses
• Work with a team inspired by culture, quality, and guest delight
• Grow your skills within a storied English estate environment
• Contribute to experiences that guests will remember for life
• Enjoy staff benefits, training, growth pathways, and the privilege of working in a historic, romantic, extraordinary setting

Join us at Dumbleton Hall and help shape the next chapter of our story

Bespoke Benefits… What’s in it for you?

At Bespoke Hotels, our people are our biggest asset. We focus on engagement and individual development, working with natural strengths and supporting education from a commercial perspective. We create pathways so our people know the direction their careers will head.

We believe that great hospitality can only be delivered by a happy, motivated and engaged team; so this is at the heart of our culture and of our ‘Be-Attitude’ values.

We are proud to provide equal opportunities for our team members, encouraging inclusive and creative culture, providing long‑term careers, supporting community and assisting in environmental matters.

At Bespoke, we ensure meaningful relationships with our colleagues, guests and third‑party suppliers, positively celebrating diversity and inclusion within our teams, encouraging collaboration and creativity.

We offer competitive salaries, incentives, ample scope for personal development and discounted hotel stays for you, your family, and friends.

Requirements:

The ideal person will have some experience in a similar position though this is not essential and will have the ability to deliver great service to our guests.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about hospitality, that is reliable and willing to learn as part of this growing team.

Duties will include:

1. Assist with ensuring the efficient and effective running of the kitchen.
2. Ensure that sufficient material for the performance of cleaning duties are collated.
3. Dispose of rubbish into an area outline by Head Chef whilst complying with food safety policy.
4. Ensure the working areas and equipment in the kitchen are cleaned to a high standard.
5. Aid the Chefs when necessary.

Being Bespoke:

Bespoke Hotels was founded in 2000 and has consistently grown to the point where we now manage over 9,500 hotel rooms, 8,000 employees and £815 million of assets.

We stand today as the UK’s Largest Independent Hotel Group, owning a number of hotels and partnering with an ever‑increasing portfolio alongside this. Every agreement we have is Bespoke by name, and bespoke by nature. Our properties range from specialist golfing hotels, to award‑winning spa resorts and chic city centre properties.

We pride ourselves on a diverse roster and a unique, individualised management style, with over 90 management agreements across the UK, alongside a further 30 management consultancy services, and 100 hotels with sales & marketing services only.