Kitchen Porter | Monday to Friday

Thomas Franks Ltd.; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company is seeking a Kitchen Porter to join their team in London. This full-time role requires maintaining kitchen hygiene and assisting chefs, with opportunities for career progression and a variety of employee perks. Candidates should have good communication skills and preferably some kitchen experience.

Benefits

Discounts at major retailers

Free meals on duty

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a friend bonus

Individual training and development

Apprenticeship programme

Team & company social events

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Qualifications

• Experience in a kitchen environment preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate good understanding of verbal and written English.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness in the kitchen.
• Assist chefs with food preparation and cleaning duties.
• Operate industrial dishwasher and heavy cleaning equipment.

Skills

Team player

Organisational Skills

Understanding of verbal English

Written English skills

Job description

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: £13.85 per hour
Hours: 40h per week

One of the world's largest law firms with their UK HQ in London. Catering for around 700 people daily. We offer a core feeding of Breakfast & lunch in the restaurant along with lots of High end, frequent hospitality. This role is Monday to Friday and the location benefits from great transport links.

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

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.
• Workplace pension.
• 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.

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

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.