Kitchen Porter

ATG Entertainment; Folkestone; Presencial; GBP 12.000 - 17.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

ATG Entertainment Limited is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to join the busy Kitchen team at The Leas Cliff Hall. You will support our Events Head Chef and functions team, delivering high-quality food and hospitality for conferences, parties, weddings, wakes and exhibitions.

You will work hands-on to maintain high hygiene standards and support the kitchen operations in a fast-paced environment, building a collaborative team approach and a positive attitude.

Responsabilidades

• Basic food preparation, washing and preparing food items.
• Maintain cleanliness of all areas and equipment in line with policy; manage storage areas.
• Clean kitchen areas and store deliveries properly.
• Operate and clean equipment safely and correctly.
• Keep work areas clean, safe and tidy at all times, including surfaces, floors and walls.
• Maintain professional relationships with the food service team.
• Adhere to Health and Safety, food hygiene, fire regulations and COSHH rules.
• Ensure correct personal hygiene and dress standards.
• Dispose of rubbish as directed and maintain cleanliness in these areas.
• Complete all training scheduled by the Events Head Chef.
• Unload deliveries and organise stores.

Descrição da vaga

The Kitchen Assistant Role

We are currently looking for a Kitchen Assistant to join our busy Kitchen team, supporting our Events Head Chef and functions team at the Leas Cliff Hall. You will help deliver the first-class food and hospitality that our customers expect.

Working in our Channel Suite, no two days are the same. This dedicated and dynamic function space hosts conferences, parties, weddings, wakes, and even exhibitions, all situated beneath Kent’s premier entertainment venue, The Leas Cliff Hall. The Channel Suite has been the setting for many treasured memories, with many more on the horizon, in which you could play a part of.

As a Kitchen Assistant, your role is vital to the smooth running of the kitchen operation, providing consistent support to the Events Head Chef and functions team.

This is a hands‑on role where you’ll play an important part in delivering high-quality food and excellent service, while maintaining strong hygiene and health and safety standards.

We’re looking for someone who is positive, reliable, and hardworking, with a team‑focused attitude and a willingness to learn and get stuck into a fast‑paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Basic food preparation to including washing, peeling and preparing food items.
• To maintain the standards of cleanliness of all materials passing through the kitchen in line with company policy. These areas of responsibility will include - Machinery; cooking equipment, crockery and cutlery, pots and pans, floors and tiles, refrigerators and storage areas.
• Cleaning the kitchen areas and storing deliveries away correctly.
• Operate and clean equipment correctly and safely.
• Ensure work areas are kept clean, safe and tidy at all times, including all kitchen appliances, work surfaces, floors and walls.
• To maintain a professional working relationship with the food service team.
• Adhere to all company regulations in respect of Health and Safety, food hygiene, fire regulations, emergency procedures and COSHH regulations etc.
• To ensure that you are correctly dressed, adhere to high personal hygiene standards.
• Dispose of rubbish, as directed by the Events Head Chef and to maintain standards of cleanliness in these areas.
• To comply with any reasonable request by the Events Head Chef, supervisor or Management.
• Attend and complete all training scheduled by the Events Head Chef.
• Unloading deliveries and organising the stores.

About Us - Our values

ATG Entertainment’s values set the tone for how we work, how we treat one another, and the culture we continue to build across the UK and the wider organisation.

• THRIVE doing what we love (with passion and dynamism)
• CONNECT through every act (with collaboration and kindness)
• DARE to do different (with curiosity and courage)
• PERFORM at our best (with customer focus and ownership)

Our Corporate Social Responsibility pillars

Everyone at ATG Entertainment is expected to play their part in achieving our goals and upholding our Corporate Social Responsibility priorities:

• Inclusion: Committing to creating and upholding a positive, inclusive culture that nurtures potential and supports well-being.
• Sustainability: Playing your part in reducing our environmental impact and finding more sustainable ways of working.
• Next Generations: Encouraging the next generation in live entertainment by contributing to our outreach and training programmes, including mentoring students and trainees, and supporting our ATG INSPIRE work.

Our culture

You’ll help us uphold a positive culture around meeting our obligations, by having a positive attitude to health and safety, legal and insurance requirements and take care to understand our policies and procedures.

We are all expected to participate actively in the life of the company, and opportunities will arise for you to collaborate with others across the business. Everyone at ATG Entertainment is expected to be flexible and adapt as the needs of the business change, taking on new or different responsibilities as the need arises.

Our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Mission Statement - A Stage for Everyone

Our stages are a platform for compelling stories – stories that are for all, by all, and of all. We shine our spotlight on our differences and believe that understanding and celebrating these differences makes us better global citizens. We are passionate about the pursuit of true diversity and equality. We strive to make our venues beacons of these ideals in our communities. Onstage and off, we hold ourselves accountable for nurturing an inclusive culture, one in which everyone can bring their authentic selves. At ATG entertainment, we provide a stage for everyone.

We recognise that we do not have all the answers; but we strive to listen, to learn and to change in order to ensure ATG Entertainment becomes a truly inclusive organisation. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from individuals from the widest possible range of backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from those currently underrepresented in our workforce.

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer, which means that we are taking action to ensure that people with disabilities and long-term health conditions feel supported, engaged and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace. We will offer an interview or recruitment event to disabled candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they best meet the essential criteria for the role. Where we receive more applications than we are reasonably able to interview for any given role, we will retain applications for the next available interview opportunity wherever possible.

If you’d like to discuss accessibility prior to applying, please email [e-mail] for a confidential discussion.