We have an excellent opportunity for a Kitchen Porter to join our busy and award winning restaurant, The Kitchen. A good team player, with excellent customer service and organisational skills, you will maintain a clean and safe environment in the restaurant, kitchen, and “back of house” in accordance with food hygiene regulations, and ensure that all pots, pans, crockery, cutlery, and other equipment used in the kitchen are washed up to a high standard.
About you:
- Experience of working as part of a team;
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Adaptable to all environments.
About the role:
Your principal duties and responsibilities will include –
- Maintaining kitchen cleanliness in accordance with food hygiene regulations, ensuring correct chemicals are used on surfaces/appliances.
- Washing up all pots, pans, crockery, cutlery, and other equipment used in the kitchen to a high standard.
- Assisting members of the catering team with the basic preparation of food as directed.
- Ensuring that the kitchen and other areas are cleaned and the floors swept and mopped at the end of the shift each day.
- Ensuring that ‘back of house’ is kept clean and safe.
- Emptying bins, keeping bin areas neat, clean and tidy and taking recycling to the designated point.
- During busy periods, and when requested, assisting Front of House staff in collecting and sorting dirty crockery and cutlery.
What we offer in return:
Based in Sidmouth, Devon – an area of outstanding natural beauty – this is a part-time, casual contract starting as soon as possible, until the end of September 2025, working across a 7-day rota. The working hours and pattern will be agreed between the line manager and post-holder, but flexibility will be required for weekend working.
Please note: These roles will not include evening working or split-shifts.
Benefits:
- Competitive pension.
- Life assurance.
- 31 days holiday (including Bank holidays), rising to 34 will each full year of service.
- Wellbeing team.
- Recorded Pilates classes.
- Long service awards.
- Healthshield plan –
- Reimbursement of some medical expenses up to the specified limits per membership.
- Offers, discounts and cashback on shopping, travel and entertainment from participating outlets.
- Access to a 24/7 GP and counselling service.
- Free parking.
- Subsidised restaurant and shop on main site.
Closing date for completed applications: Thursday 27 February 2025.
