Kitchen Porter - Fast-Paced Café Support & Teamwork

Bluestone Lane; Town of Mamaroneck (NY); On-site; USD 41,405,000 - 55,991,000; Full time

Job summary

Bluestone Lane in Town of Mamaroneck, NY is seeking a Kitchen Porter to support a busy cafe. You will perform essential kitchen duties, wash dishes, prep station, and help keep the back of house clean and organized.

You'll also assist front-of-house staff to buss tables, ensure timely turnover, and maintain hygiene and safety standards. This fast-paced, high-energy role requires reliability, teamwork and the ability to stand for long periods.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one-year porter experience in a high-volume cafe environment preferred.
• DOH accreditation or Safe Serve Certified recommended.
• Attention to detail.
• A team player and have proven experience working on a team to achieve great performance.
• Can work in a high stress, fast paced work environment.
• Can stand for extended periods and lift up to 50lbs.

Responsibilities

• Contributes positively to the team environment, working cohesively with the team to deliver exceptional experiences to locals.
• Washes pots, pans, cutlery, crockery, glasses, and traps; maintains neat appearance of working areas and cleaning equipment storage areas.
• Ensures store is prepped with tools needed to operate effectively and cleaning station is ready for table turns.
• Work closely with front of house teammates to ensure efficient bussing of tables to quickly turn tables.
• Fast, efficient and thorough cleaning of all cooking and eating tools so tables can be turned, and kitchen can meet ticket times.
• Build relationships and work cohesively with the back of house & front of house teams to ensure a seamless experience for locals.
• Communicate effectively across all levels in café to ensure responsibilities can be executed to standard.
• Follows all procedures and meets food hygiene regulations.
• Receiving and unpacking all kitchen & food deliveries.
• Sweeps and mops kitchen floors.
• Cleans garbage cans and waste barrels.
• Washes worktables, walls and refrigerators.
• Operates dishwashing machine according to standard operating procedure.

Skills

Porter experience

Attention to detail

Team player

High-stress environment

Lift up to 50 lbs

Education

DOH accreditation or Safe Serve Certified

Job description

Bluestone Lane in Town of Mamaroneck, NY is seeking a Kitchen Porter to support a busy cafe. You will perform essential kitchen duties, wash dishes, prep station, and help keep the back of house clean and organized.

You'll also assist front-of-house staff to buss tables, ensure timely turnover, and maintain hygiene and safety standards. This fast-paced, high-energy role requires reliability, teamwork and the ability to stand for long periods.