Kitchen Porter

The Lounges; Tynemouth; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading hospitality team as a Kitchen Porter, where you'll support our chefs by ensuring the kitchen is clean and well-organized while helping deliver high-quality food. Enjoy benefits including shared tips, paid breaks, and opportunities for personal development in a fast-growing business.

Benefits

Tips shared across the team

Paid breaks

Staff food on every shift

50% discount on food

28 days holiday pro rata

Company pension scheme

Long service awards

Career progression opportunities

Emotional and practical support

Best staff party - Loungefest

Qualifications

• Natural talent and passion for hospitality.
• Driven and resilient in overcoming challenges.
• Strong knowledge of allergens and food safety.

Responsibilities

• Ensure kitchen cleaning and food preparation standards are maintained.
• Support the Head Chef in running an organized kitchen.
• Assist the team in delivering freshly cooked food on time.

Skills

Communication skills

Work under pressure

Job description

At Lounge you'll be joining a team of real people who love real cooking - fresh, customer led, and with high-quality ingredients. As Kitchen Porter, you'll be making sure all kitchen cleaning and food preparation standards are top notch, supporting our team of talented chefs to make sure every customer leaves happy. It's pretty simple. Without you, the kitchen just doesn't operate properly. You'll support the Head Chef in the day-to-day running of a clean and well organised kitchen, and jump in when needed to help the rest of the team deliver freshly cooked food on-spec, on-time, every time. Simple!

The Good Stuff

• Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked
• Paid breaks
• Staff food on every shift, regardless of hours worked
• 50% discount on food in all of three brands from day one
• 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata
• Competitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all expenses paid trip with one of our supplier)
• Christmas and Boxing Day off!
• The best staff party - Loungefest
• Emotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity
• Power over your pay with Wagestream
• Company pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast-growing business

What you'll bring

• A natural talent and passion for hospitality.
• Extremely driven and relentless at overcoming challenges or obstacles.
• Good communication skills with the ability to build rapport and trust.
• Self-motivator working at pace with limited supervision whilst adhering to pressure and timescales.
• Strong knowledge of best practice on all things allergens, kitchen essentials and food safety.

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