Kitchen Porter

**Job Ref**:KGH8846

**Branch**:Holiday Inn London-Shepperton

**Location**:Holiday Inn London-Shepperton, Shepperton

**Salary/Benefits**:Competitive Salary plus company benefits

**Contract type**:Permanent

**Hours**:Part Time

**Shift pattern**:Monday to Sunday between 5.30am to Midnight

**Hours per week**:20 hours per week

**Posted date**:30/05/2024

**Closing date**:02/07/2024

Are you known for being all about the details? Do you like to be working behind the scenes, being trusted to ensure everything runs smoothly?

As a Kitchen Porter at Kew Green, you’ll play an integral role in ensuring that our kitchen runs smoothly so that, as a team, you’re creating outstanding, memorable experiences. Without you and your rubber gloves, your team of Chefs couldn’t deliver. We know it’s not uncommon for Kitchen Porter’s to sometimes get overlooked, but to us - you’ll be something of a hero. Why else do you think there’s an award for best Kitchen Porter each year?

A role as a Kitchen Porter is the perfect first job for any individual looking to get a taste for what a career as a Chef might be like, in addition to offering individuals with a passion for supporting teams the ideal opportunity to do so.

**What you’ll be doing as a Kitchen Porter**
- Preparing basic food items from our menu
- Prepping kitchen spaces, including waste management, washing and organisation
- Supporting your Chefs in ensuring that all Health and Safety and Food Safety regulation are met
- Set up and stock food items and other supplies
- Keeping the kitchen clean and sanitised
- Facilitating special requests from guests
- Completing all training to timescales and looking for ways to develop your skills and experience
- Arriving on time, in the correct uniform with a positive, can-do attitude

**What’ll make you a great fit for this Kitchen Porter role**
- Where you’ve worked doesn’t matter as long as you have experience working in a fast-paced environment
- You’ll have basic food hygiene
- A great understanding of cooking methods, ingredients, equipment and procedures
- Flexible and able to remain focused on results under pressure and to challenging deadlines
- Self-motivated and confident
- Hard-working but FUN

**The Benefits**
- Discounts across retail, restaurants, events etc (because we know life isn’t _just _about work)
- Family and Friends discounts in hotels across the Kew Green Hotels estate
- Leisure Club / Gym free membership
- International Travel at Employee Rate for other branded hotels within our brand family (and you’re not just limited to good old Britain - our family has hotels that span all over the world)
- Parking on site for free
- Meals for free on shift - hard work is hungry work
- Progression Room to grow, with opportunities across the UK and internationally
- Uniform provided
- Flexible attitude and working hours

Based in leafy greenery, our hotel is the perfect environment to stimulate productivity as well as provide that bit of escapism and indulgence we all need from time to time. With all the comforts and amenities you could want under one roof, Holiday Inn Shepperton really is a home away from home.