Kitchen Porter

Thomas Franks Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Wider wallet scheme

Free meals on duty

Volunteers leave

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adop

Cycle to work

Recommend a friend bonus

Apprenticeship programme

Team & company social events

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Career progression

Job summary

Thomas Franks Ltd in London is seeking a part-time Kitchen Porter for a term-time role at our Lewisham site. You will assist chefs with food preparation, maintain high cleanliness standards, and operate the industrial dishwasher across a busy catering operation serving breakfast, lunch and a sixth form café.

We value teamwork and reliability, and offer a wide range of employee benefits and a structured apprenticeship programme as part of our established team.

Qualifications

• Experience in pot wash duties advantageous.
• Excellent customer service skills preferred.
• Great team player with a can-do attitude.
• Assist chefs with some food preparation.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness at all times.
• Clean and maintain kitchen equipment.
• Operate industrial dishwasher as required.

Responsibilities

• Support chefs with food prep
• Maintain cleanliness standards
• Clean and maintain equipment
• Operate industrial dishwasher

Skills

Pot wash duties

Customer service

Team player

Food prep support

Cleanliness standards

Equipment cleaning

Dishwasher operation

Job description

London

Contract: Part Time, Permanent

Salary: 14.84

Hours: 20 per week

A co-educational private day school in Lewisham, London. Catering for 900 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of breakfast, lunch and sixth form café across 3 locations. There is a considerable amount of hospitality at this location. This is a term-time only location, working 35 weeks a year and operating Monday to Friday.

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Kitchen Porter to join our established & friendly team at our prestigious location in London.

Key Skills

• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage
• Excellent customer service skills
• Great team player
• Be able to help the Chefs with some food prep
• Ensure high standards of cleanliness at all times
• Clean and maintain all kitchen equipment
• Clean allocated pieces of heavy catering equipment using instructions and cleaning materials including air filter and extraction systems.
• Operate industrial dishwasher

We Are Looking For

• Kitchen Porter experience is preferred, but not essential.
• Can do attitude.
• Organisation Skills.

Knowledge / Competencies

• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

Benefits

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About Us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.