Thomas Franks - Kitchen Porter

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent catering company in Cambridge is seeking a Kitchen Porter to join their friendly team. This full-time role involves maintaining kitchen hygiene and safety, assisting the chefs, and ensuring high cleanliness standards. Ideal candidates should possess good communication skills and a can-do attitude. Free meals on duty and a range of employee benefits offered.

Benefits

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Excellent career progression

Qualifications

• Experience in a kitchen porter role is preferred, but not essential.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable/good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Basic knowledge of cleanliness and hygiene standards.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness of the kitchen and equipment.
• Aid chefs with food preparation when required.
• Operate industrial dishwasher and handle pot wash duties.

Skills

Kitchen Porter experience

Organisation Skills

Verbal English skills

Written English and reading skills

Job description

Overview

Kitchen Porter Cambridge Contract: Full Time, Permanent. Salary: 25397. Hours: 40 per week.

A constituent college of the University of Cambridge oriented to mature students. Catering for 200 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of breakfast, lunch, evening meal, all day cafe and lots of high end hospitality. This is a year-round contract operating 7 days a week and work patterns will be 5 days out of 7. Additional benefits of 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 Cambridge.

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

Responsibilities

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

Qualifications

• Kitchen Porter experience is preferred, but not essential.
• Can do attitude.
• 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

Benefits

• 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.