Kitchen Porter

Lounge; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Kitchen Porter at a leading hospitality provider known for quality cooking and customer service. You'll play a vital role in maintaining kitchen standards and supporting chefs, ensuring a seamless operation while enjoying attractive perks such as paid breaks, tips sharing, and generous discounts.

Benefits

Tips shared across the team

Paid breaks

Staff food on every shift

50% discount on food

28 days holiday pro rata

Competitions and incentives

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Company pension scheme

Long service awards

Personal development opportunities

Qualifications

• Natural talent and passion for hospitality.
• Driven to overcome challenges with good communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of food safety and allergens.

Responsibilities

• Maintain kitchen cleaning and food preparation standards.
• Support the Head Chef in running a well-organized kitchen.
• Assist team in delivering freshly cooked food on time.

Skills

Communication

Motivation

Time Management

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.

If you want to find out more about us, follow us on LinkedIn or @life.at.loungers on TikTok and Instagram