Kitchen Porter - New Opening

The Lounges; Bristol; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading restaurant group as a Kitchen Porter and play a vital role in maintaining a clean and efficient kitchen. In this position, you will support talented chefs in delivering high-quality dishes while enjoying great employee benefits like shared tips, paid breaks, and a company pension scheme.

Benefits

Tips shared equally among team

Paid breaks

Staff food on every shift

50% discount on food

28 days holiday pro rata

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Long service awards

Career progression opportunities

Power over pay with Wagestream

Emotional and practical support

Qualifications

• Passion for hospitality and service.
• Ability to overcome challenges.
• Strong knowledge of kitchen essentials and food safety.

Responsibilities

• Ensure kitchen cleanliness and food preparation standards.
• Support Head Chef in kitchen operations.
• Assist the team in delivering dishes on time.

Skills

Hospitality

Communication

Food Safety

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join our new opening and become part of one of the most successful restaurant groups in the UK.

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.

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