Kitchen Porter - Hinxton Hall

Restaurant Associates UK; Hinxton; On-site; GBP 14,888 - 21,204; Part time

Job summary

Restaurant Associates UK is seeking a Kitchen Porter for the Hinxton Hall Conference Centre. This role involves ensuring a clean kitchen, supporting chefs with food preparation, and delivering exceptional customer care.

The ideal candidate will adapt quickly to changing priorities, communicate effectively, and be reliable in a high-pressure environment. With a zero-hour contract, flexibility is essential for weekend and evening shifts.

Join a dynamic team committed to quality service in premium hospitality.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering high-quality customer care.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Demonstrate exceptional timekeeping and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the kitchen is kept clean to high standards.
• Prepare fresh food quickly in a busy environment.
• Support chefs in delivering excellent dishes.
• Prepare and serve high-quality food and drinks.
• Maintain a positive brand image as part of the team.

Skills

Adaptability

Communication

Customer Care

Timekeeping

Teamwork

Job description

Kitchen Porter

Location: Hinxton Hall Conference Centre

Salary: £13.10 per hour

Contract: Zero‑hour contract, working at a venue that has a 7 day a week operation. Weekend and evening work is required.

As a Kitchen Porter you will work as part of the wider kitchen team to ensure that the overall kitchen runs smoothly. You will use your skills to maintain a high standard of customer care and cleanliness. In return, you will have the chance to progress your career with a company that invests in its people, celebrates individuality, and rewards and recognises employees who go beyond the plate.

Due to the location of Hinxton Hall, it is essential that you are able to get to and from site without relying on public transport.

Apply today to join our team!

Shift details

Shifts will vary between Monday to Sunday. Due to the nature of the business, successful candidates should be flexible and able to work evenings and weekends. This is a casual zero‑hour role, so hours will vary depending on the needs of the business on a weekly basis.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the kitchen is always kept at a high standard of cleanliness
• Working quickly to prepare fresh food in a busy kitchen
• Guaranteeing our chefs have everything they need to make our fresh dishes
• Preparing perfectly blended drinks and serving high-quality food that delights our customers
• Being an enthusiastic team player
• Representing Compass Group UK&I and maintaining a positive brand image
• Complying with Food Handling & Hygiene standards
• Complying with Health & Safety regulations

The Ideal Candidate

• Be adaptable and easily embrace changing priorities
• Be a brilliant communicator and easily build relationships
• Have experience delivering high quality customer careStrive for excellence in an eager and motivated manner
• Take initiative and make decisions that are right for our customers
• Possess the ability to work under pressure
• Demonstrate exceptional timekeeping and reliability

About Us

Restaurant Associates is a leading premium hospitality provider with an ethos drawn from our history of fine and high‑quality dining in London and New York. Within our venues team, we provide catering and hospitality services to some of the most iconic visitor attractions and destinations in the UK including the Imperial War Museum London, Glyndebourne Opera House, Knebworth House, Design Museum, Whipsnade Zoo and many more. Within these amazing venues we operate a host of bespoke cafés and restaurants, as well as delivering private events ranging from small meetings to large‑scale ground events of up to 1,000 people. You can find a full list of our venues on our website.

We pride ourselves in being an inclusive, diverse, fun, and dynamic place to work with opportunities to collaborate with a wide range of teams plus a commitment to putting our people first. Restaurant Associates is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds. As a business, we are committed to sustainability‑led practices and are proud to have achieved 3 stars with the Sustainable Restaurant Association’s Food Made Good Programme.

Job Reference: com/2912/41077001/52546199/WJ #RA Venues