Kitchen Porter - Full time and Part Time

Bespoke Hotels; Evesham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff benefits

Training and development

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Dumbleton Hall, part of Bespoke Hotels, is seeking a Kitchen Porter to join our team at a historic English manor in the Cotswolds. You will support dining, housekeeping, and guest services, helping create a refined, welcoming atmosphere for every guest.

The role offers opportunities to grow within a storied estate, with a team dedicated to culture, quality, and guest delight.

Qualifications

• Hospitality experience valued but not essential.
• Warm, articulate, and genuinely guest-focused.
• Interested in service, dining, housekeeping, guest experience, events.

Responsibilities

• Welcome guests by name and anticipate needs.
• Provide service that is personal, cultured, and effortless.
• Create memorable moments— fireside, garden-side, tableside.
• Collaborate with team to deliver a grand yet welcoming experience.

Skills

Warm demeanor

Guest-focused

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Job description

KITCHEN PORTER

We currently have an amazing opportunity to join the team as Kitchen Porter.

Join our Team at Dumbleton Hall Hotel

Return to Life Lived Grand — Help Us Bring It to Our Guests. At Dumbleton Hall, we do not simply run a hotel. We steward a great English manor— a place where every guest is received as the honoured guest of the family. Fires are lit, dinner is served, and life unfolds as it once did in the Golden Age of English country houses. Our team will bring this story to life every day.

About Dumbleton Hall

Set in the richest pocket of the Cotswolds, Dumbleton Hall blends heritage, romance, culture, and countryside elegance. Our story reaches back to the Holland family, the literary circles of Gaskell, Dickens, and Darwin, the Mitford sisters, and poet laureate John Betjeman.

What Makes Us Unique

Dumbleton Hall offers a real‑life Downton Abbey experience— layered, colorful, storied, and personal. Our unique selling proposition is built on five pillars:

• Manor Life— Rituals of welcome, firelight, garden and lake, and gracious dining.
• Culture & Story— A heritage woven through literature, diplomacy, and society.
• Countryside & Walking— The Winchcombe Way at our gates and historic estates all around.
• Grand Tour Polish— Refinement in service, signage, and dining.
• Romance— From moonlit gardens to weddings, honeymoons, and love stories.

What Makes Us So Special

• Each of rooms have amazing views of the grounds and Cotswolds.
• The Hall is unique in its décor and history.
• We are Team who work together to build memories for our guests and our team.
• We all have the same goal and help each other to be successful.

What It Means To Work At Dumbleton Hall

• You welcome guests by name.
• You anticipate needs without intrusion.
• You offer service that feels personal, cultured, and effortless.
• You help create moments— fireside, garden‑side, tableside— that feel grand yet warmly human.

Who We’re Looking For

• Warm, articulate, and genuinely guest‑focused
• Inspired by heritage, storytelling, and countryside hospitality
• Detail‑oriented, polished, and proud of their work
• Eager to develop their craft in service, dining, housekeeping, guest experience, events, and more
• Excited to join a growing team reshaping a manor house into the Gem of the Cotswolds

Hospitality experience is valuable but not essential— the right character matters most.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a landmark transformation of one of the Cotswolds’ grandest manor houses
• Work with a team inspired by culture, quality, and guest delight
• Grow your skills within a storied English estate environment
• Contribute to experiences that guests will remember for life
• Enjoy staff benefits, training, growth pathways, and the privilege of working in a historic, romantic, extraordinary setting

If you want to be part of a house that cherishes its heritage, celebrates its people, and delights every guest who walks through its doors, we would love to hear from you.

Join us at Dumbleton Hall and help shape the next chapter of our story