Kitchen Porter

Thomas Franks; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work

Refer a friend

Training & development

Apprenticeship programme

Team & company events

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Career progression

Job summary

Thomas Franks is seeking a Kitchen Porter at our High Wycombe location. You will help keep the kitchen hygienic, safe and at high cleanliness standards, supporting the chefs and handling wash duties as part of a 40-hour week.

Experience with pot wash is preferred; good organisation and clear spoken and written English are important. This is a full-time, permanent role with a 7 day operation and 5 shifts over 7 days, with on-site parking.

Qualifications

• Kitchen Porter experience preferred.
• Good organisation skills.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable/verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable/good written English and reading skills.
• Previous experience in customer and/or food prep environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Keep kitchen hygienic, safe and to high cleanliness standards.
• Assist Chefs with some food prep.
• Handle pot wash duties and clean kitchen equipment.
• Operate industrial dishwasher and maintain hygiene at all times.

Skills

Kitchen porter experience

Organisation skills

Verbal English

Written English

Food preparation environment

Job description

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: £27,580
Hours: 40h per week

A private girls' boarding and day school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire for students aged 11-18. Catering for about 1050 students and teachers daily, we offer a core feeding of Breakfast, lunch and supper. Am and PM snacks, 3 feeding locations for breakfast and supper. There is also lots of hospitality provision at this location. This is a 7 day operation so shift patterns would be 5 over 7 days. This location benefits from free parking on site.

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

You'll be playing a big part in keeping the kitchen hygienic, safe, and up to our very high standards of cleanliness.

• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage
• 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.
• Organisation Skills.
• 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

• 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.