Kitchen Porter - New Opening - Bristol

Lounge Café Bars; Bristol; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Lounge Café Bars as a Kitchen Porter, playing a vital role in the kitchen’s success. This position emphasizes cleanliness and support for chefs, ensuring customers enjoy high-quality dining experiences. With great benefits like staff meals and career development opportunities, it's an exciting time to be part of a growing restaurant group.

Benefits

Tips shared equally across the team

Paid breaks

Staff food on every shift

50% discount on food

28 days holiday pro rata

Competitions and incentives

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Best staff party - Loungefest

Emotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity

Company pension scheme

Long service awards

Great opportunity for personal development

Qualifications

• Natural talent and passion for hospitality.
• Driven and able to overcome challenges.
• Good communication skills to build rapport.
• Strong knowledge of allergens and food safety.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all kitchen cleaning and food preparation standards are met.
• Support the Head Chef in running a clean kitchen.
• Assist the team in delivering freshly cooked food on time.

Skills

Hospitality

Communication

Food safety knowledge

Self-motivation

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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