Kitchen Porter -MON-FRI

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Shenley; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading independent catering business seeks a Kitchen Porter for a part-time, term-time position in Shenley. The role involves maintaining cleanliness in the kitchen and supporting chefs, offering excellent training and career progression opportunities within a vibrant team. Ideal candidates will possess teamwork and organizational skills, enhancing our culinary operation.

Benefits

Discounts at major retailers, restaurants, and gyms.

Free meals on duty.

Cycle to work scheme.

Recommend a friend bonus.

Training and development opportunities.

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoptive leave.

Volunteers leave up to one day per year.

Team and company social events.

Employee assistance programme.

Well established apprenticeship programme.

Qualifications

• Kitchen Porter experience preferred but not essential.
• Good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Experience in customer/food preparation environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain kitchen hygiene and cleanliness standards.
• Assist chefs with food preparation.
• Operate industrial dishwasher and clean kitchen equipment.

Skills

Team Player

Organisational Skills

Job description

Contract: Part Time , Permanent
Salary: £13.00 per hour
Hours: 30 per week

An independent primary school for children aged 4 - 11 years old, located in Shenley, Hertfordshire. Catering for 450 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of morning and afternoon snacks and lunch with a small hospitality offering. This is a term-time only contract working 38 weeks a year and operates Monday to Friday. Additional benefit to this location is free on site parking.

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Kitchen Porter to join our established & friendly team at our prestigious location in Radlett.

You'll be playing a big part in keeping the kitchen hygienic, safe, and up to our very high standards of cleanliness.

• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage
• Great team player
• Be able to help the Chefs with some food prep
• Ensure high standards of cleanliness at all times
• Clean and maintain all kitchen equipment
• Clean allocated pieces of heavy catering equipment using instructions and cleaning materials including air filter and extraction systems.
• Operate industrial dishwasher

We are looking for:

• Kitchen Porter experience is preferred, but not essential.
• Organisation Skills.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred
• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.