Kitchen Porter

Kitchen Porter

Purpose of the Role

To support the kitchen team to keep kitchens running on schedule and within food safety regulations.

Role Requirements

• Keep all kitchen work surfaces (counters, sinks, stoves, walls) clean and sanitised

• Sweep and mop floors at the beginning and ending of shifts

• Be ready to clean up spills to avoid hindering operations

• Wash cookware, utensils and cutlery fast to keep them in rotation

• Arrange equipment and ingredient deliveries

• Help kitchen managers manage inventory by organising food storage and telling them when items need to be ordered.

• Receive and unpack all deliveries, ensuring all food and supplies are correctly placed.

• Keep the food and supply storage areas organised

• Help with routine food prep tasks when needed

Our Ideal Candidate

This is an entry-level position into a catering career and would be perfect for someone who is passionate about developing in a kitchen environment. This role is so important for the successful delivery of the kitchen offering and is not one to be undermined!

We always advise our Guest facing roles that we strive by the acronym GUEST. Giving Unexpected Exceptional Services Today and the KP role is no different as you are at the start of the journey. There are no plates if our Kitchen Porter doesn’t attend to them.

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  A fast learner with an interest in hospitality

• The ability to work unsupervised after being trained, in a busy environment

• Patience and cool headedness

• Attention to detail and the confidence to communicate with people to make sure the kitchen is well organised and clean

A few ‘need to knows’

• This role can be offered as Live in (Between £18,600.00 - £18,946.00 per annum) or Live Out (Between £21,912.00 - £22,258.00 per annum). Live in is subject to availability and candidates need to raise this topic during interview

• Interview will be a Teams Call, followed by an onsite visit including time in our kitchen and on the grounds. Including an overnight stay depending on your existing location

• All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK

• Shift patterns consist of a four-day working week covering our seven- day weekly operation.

About Us

Set in the heart of the English Lake District and surrounded by breath-taking scenery the Langdale Estate offers a choice of luxury hotel, self-catering and timeshare accommodation, spa experiences and therapies, restaurant, and bar. The cleaning you do will support in the delivery of meals to our Stove restaurant and our Wainwrights Pub.