Kitchen Porter

Village Hotels; Reading; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A modern hospitality provider in Reading is looking for a Kitchen Porter to support the kitchen team in a vibrant and friendly environment. Responsibilities include maintaining cleanliness, assisting the cooking staff, and performing basic food preparation. This role provides an opportunity to kick-start your culinary career in a fun and inclusive setting.

Benefits

Complimentary Health and Wellness Membership

Discount on overnight stays

50% discount on Food and Drink

Excellent training and development programs

Flexible working hours

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Ability to maintain a clean and organized kitchen.
• Basic food preparation skills.
• Ability to support kitchen staff effectively.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the kitchen is supplied with necessary equipment.
• Keep the kitchen area clean and tidy.
• Assist in basic food preparation.

Job description

About the Role

Can you cook up a storm? It’s our talented kitchen teams who are responsible for delivering mouth‑watering menus filled with our customers favourites including juicy burgers, skewers, steaks, fish 'n' chips, club sandwiches, wraps and more. We are all about relaxed all day dining done well. Our Kitchen Porters are a critical part of the brigade. Supporting the kitchen team, you will make sure that they have the equipment they need to hand, keep the kitchen area clean and tidy and completing basic food preparation. If you’re an aspiring chef this could be your foot in the door.

Work, Grow, Play! Here at Village Hotel Club we are all about embracing personality, individualism and fun. Forget stuffy hotels built around formality, pomp and ceremony. We create lively, modern spaces for our guests to work, eat, relax, play and exercise. With hotels and leisure clubs Aberdeen to Bournemouth and more opening soon, we rely on you to deliver service that puts us head and shoulders above the competition.

Benefits

• Complimentary Health and Wellness Membership at your home Club for you and a family member/ friend worth £1,500 a year.
• Discount on all overnight stays at Village Hotels, meaning you can experience our hospitality from £35 with a friend and even grab an excellent breakfast.
• Friends and Family discounted stays from £49 including breakfast
• 50% discount on Food and Drink purchased on or off shift at any Village Hotel Pub & Grill
• 30% discount on and off shift in our Village Hotel Starbucks stores
• Excellent training and development including our Rising Stars and Talent Academy programmes
• A much more exciting way to train across several areas in the hotels, utilising our exciting Mobile Gaming training platform.
• Discounts and cashback offers on many High Street Brands and Supermarkets.
• A range of Well‑being and Healthcare benefits and monthly well‑being programmes for all employees to support your mental health
• Putting your Mental Wellbeing first with Mental Health first aiders and up to 2 mental health days to utilise annually.
• Financial wellbeing support and salary drawdown via Wagestream
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering support and counselling
• Flexible working hours
• A fun, supportive and inclusive work environment with regular team events
• Excellent Reward and Recognition Incentive schemes
• Anniversary rewards for key milestones of service
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Have your birthday off guaranteed
• Discounted Health Cash plan and Sick pay Insurance.
• A host of BIG People Days to celebrate, reward and recognise our wonderful employees and their local communities.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits and pay
• Company Pension scheme
• Life Insurance
• T&C’s apply based on your contract

Come and be part of something new & something special - Work, Grow & Play the Village Way!