Kitchen Porter

Burger-; Greater London; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly rate

50% team discount

Free meals

Job summary

Burger & Lobster seeks a Kitchen Porter to keep our busy kitchen running smoothly from open to close. You'll sanitize surfaces and equipment, wash dishes, restock supplies, and help maintain a spotless, efficient workspace.

When service slows, you’ll deep clean and organize the kitchen; at closing you’ll ensure stations gleam for tomorrow. If you love order, teamwork, and fast-paced hospitality, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospitality or kitchen environment preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team.
• Willingness to learn sanitation standards.

Responsibilities

• Keep our busy kitchen sparkling from open to close, sanitizing surfaces and equipment.
• Wash dishes, remove trash, and restock supplies as needed.
• Deep clean and organize the kitchen during slower periods.
• Ensure all stations are gleaming at closing for tomorrow.

Job description

Calling all pioneers and mavericks: find your tribe at B&L, where awesomeness, kindness, honesty, and passion rule. Join us on our journey to become world leaders in lobsters and pioneers in burgers. If you have unbounded creativity, shared enthusiasm and pure expertise then reach out; we’re confident that a truly extraordinary union can be born by us working together.

A Day in the Life:

Calling all clean freaks - we need you on our busy restaurant team! As a kitchen porter, you'll keep our hot, hustling kitchen sparkling from open to close. You'll sanitize all surfaces and equipment before the service begins. During service, you'll stay on top of removing trash, washing dishes, and restocking supplies like a pro. When things slow down, you'll meticulously deep clean and organize the kitchen. At closing, you double-check and ensure all stations are gleaming for tomorrow.

Our kitchen porters have the fortitude and diligence to maintain a best-in-class kitchen operation. If you love order, cleanliness, and supporting a world-class chef team, tackle this fulfilling, active role with us!

We believe in delivering World class experience The Burger & Lobster Way:

• Be honest: about our quality, our guests and with ourselves.
• Be Kind: To our Guests, to our Products and to Each Other
• Be Awesome: Create memorable experiences fueled by a shared love for what we do.
• Do what you love, Love what you do.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive hourly rate and OTE (inclusive of non-contractual tronc)
• 50% team discount - hope you like lobsters.
• Starting a family? Access Maternity, Paternity or Shared Parental Leave.
  
• Birthday off? Duvet day? - For sure. An extra day of annual leave alongside 5.6 weeks holiday.
• Pension scheme - the older you will thank you.
• Need flexibility? Let's make it happen.
• Your restaurant, your success. Quarterly bonuses for management teams.
• Want to run your very own Burger & Lobster? - we grow our own. 67% of our GMs are homegrown, and 100% of our Head Chefs.
• Need help? We partner with Hospitality Action to support you when you need it.
• Hungry? - free meals when you're working.

You’ll need to be:

• Passionate about our food and sending the very best of it out to our guests.
• See hospitality as a career, not just a job.
• Can play well with others, after all, we’re all one big team.
• Knowledgeable and experienced in getting the best out of the team.
• Able to cope well in busy kitchen environments- you may not have worked in a kitchen before, but you’ll be able to work at pace.

We are united by our shared passion for burgers, lobsters and amazing guest experiences. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply!

Please note that due to the nature of the industry, you will be required to work on a shift basis on a rota basis.

Only successful candidates will be contacted for an interview/voluntary trial shift.

All applicants will be required to prove that they are legally allowed to work in the United Kingdom.

Compensation: Competitive salary