Thomas Franks - Kitchen Porter

Thomas Franks Ltd.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in London is looking for a Kitchen Porter to join their team. The role involves maintaining kitchen cleanliness, assisting chefs with food prep, and adhering to hygiene standards. Candidates should have a positive attitude and good communication skills in English. Experience in a similar role is preferred but not mandatory. This position is full-time and permanent, offering several employee benefits.

Benefits

Wider wallet scheme

Free meals on duty

Volunteers leave

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a friend bonus

Excellent career progression

Qualifications

• Experience in a kitchen environment preferred but not essential.
• Good understanding of verbal and written English required.
• Able to perform pot wash duties and maintain cleanliness.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high standards of cleanliness at all times.
• Clean and maintain all kitchen equipment.
• Assist chefs with food preparation when necessary.

Skills

Kitchen Porter experience

Organisation Skills

Verbal English proficiency

Written English and reading skills

Customer service experience

Job description

Overview

Kitchen Porter London Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: 19800
Hours: 35 per week

A co-educational private day school in Lewisham, London. Catering for 900 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of breakfast, lunch and sixth form cafà across 3 locations. There is a considerable amount of hospitality at this location. This is a term-time only location, working 35 weeks a year and operating Monday to Friday.

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.

Responsibilities

• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage
• 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
• Be able to help the Chefs with some food prep
• Ensure high standards of cleanliness at all times

Requirements / 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

Knowledge / Competencies

• 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.

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.