Kitchen Porter

Elite Hotels; Forest Row; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meals provided

Free parking

Refer a friend bonus

Uniform provided

Employee discounts

Job summary

Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club is seeking a Kitchen Porter to support a busy, award-winning kitchen environment under the Executive Chef. You will ensure the cleanliness of the kitchen and canteen areas as well as maintaining a smooth and brisk turnaround on the production of clean cutlery and crockery.

The role involves early, late, and day shifts; weekends and bank holidays are part of the pattern. Being in a rural location, you will need your own transport to arrive on site and join a

Qualifications

• Calm under pressure in a busy kitchen environment.
• Maintain consistently high cleanliness standards.
• Work effectively as part of a small dedicated team.

Responsibilities

• Efficiently clean machinery and prevent breakages.
• Clean all kitchen areas according to schedule.
• Clean all kitchen utensils, pots, pans, trays, cutlery and crockery.
• Clear refuse from kitchen areas and empty bins as needed.
• Inform Kitchen Clerk when cleaning materials are needed.
• Maintain good working relationships with colleagues and other departments.

Skills

Calm under pressure

High cleanliness standards

Team player

Job description

Working in a busy, friendly, award winning kitchen environment managed by the Executive Chef, you will be responsible for ensuring the cleanliness of the kitchen and canteen areas as well as maintaining a smooth and brisk turnaround on the production of clean cutlery and crockery. The kitchens are often very busy with events running simultaneously, so you must be calm under pressure. You are hardworking and able to deliver consistently high standards.

Normal shift patterns are generally a mixture of times and will include early shifts, 7.am to 3.pm, late shifts, 3.pm to 11.pm and day shifts. Being a hospitality business we are open bank holidays and weekends.

Key Responsibilities

• To efficiently clean the workings of machinery used in the job so as to avoid breakages.
• To clean all kitchen areas as per the cleaning schedule
• To clean all kitchen utensils/pots/pans/trays/cutlery and crockery
• To clear any refuse from the kitchen areas and empty all refuse bins as often as necessary.
• To inform the Kitchen Clerk when supplies of cleaning materials are needed
• To ensure good working relationships with colleagues and other departments

Key Skills

• Calm under pressure
• Able to deliver consistently high standards of cleanliness
• Able to work as part of a small dedicated team.
• Kitchen experience would be ideal but not essential

If you feel that you can rise to this challenge, then please submit your application as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close the role early if sufficient applications are received

Due to our rural location you will need your own transport

At Elite Hotels we have a single minded and unwavering goal to make every visit to our hotels a positive experience that customers feel compelled to talk about.

About Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club:

Ashdown Park Hotel and Country Club is a stunning grade two listed country house set in 186 acres of beautiful grounds on the edge of the Ashdown Forest. With an award winning 4 red star Hotel, fine dining two rosette Anderida Restaurant, 3 lounges, 16 conference & banqueting rooms, Cocktail Bar, Brasserie, fully equipped Country Club and Spa, we offer our guests a complete experience.

Why work at Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club:

As an accredited Investor in People, we are dedicated to the development of our staff. Many of the team started out in junior roles, but have been offered training and promotional opportunities as their skills have grown. We are very fortunate to have a large percentage of long-term team members able to offer their experience and expertise to the next generation of hospitality professionals – this could be you!

Benefits

To support and reward our staff we offer:

• A commitment to pay above the living wage
• Generous share of the monthly Service Charge (*which is dependant upon overall sales performance)
• Career development with accredited training providers
• Enhanced holiday programme & reward scheme for long service
• Employee Assistance Programme - Hospitality Action
• Meals provided by our talented kitchen team
• We have plenty of free parking
• Generous 'Refer a Friend' bounty incentive
• We also have amazing recognition awards for exceptional customer service
• Reduced price stays in all of our hotels where you are treated like a guest no matter who you are! (after successful completion of probation period)
• Discounts available for spa treatments and for food and beverage (after successful completion of probation period)
• Uniform provided
• Smart Penion Scheme which is linked to Smart Rewards which gives employees free, unlimited access to over 1200 discounts
• Access to Wagestream which helps you keep track of your earnings in real-time; gives you access to the wages you have earned; helps you to save wages; gives you access to a financial health score checker.
• For full details of the benefits on offer please check our website: https://www.careersatelitehotels.co.uk/why-work-elite