Kitchen Porter

Village Hotels; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent hotel group in Maidstone is seeking a Kitchen Porter to support their kitchen teams by ensuring equipment availability and maintaining cleanliness. This entry-level role is ideal for those aspiring to become chefs. The company offers a fun and inclusive work environment with excellent training and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Complimentary Health and Wellness Membership

Discount on overnight stays

Friends and Family discounted stays

50% discount on Food and Drink

30% discount in Starbucks

Excellent training and development programs

Monthly well-being programmes

Flexible working hours

Inclusive work environment

Company Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Support kitchen team providing necessary equipment.
• Keep kitchen area clean and tidy.
• Complete basic food preparation.

Job description

Kitchen Porter (staff accommodation available)

Can you cook up a storm? It’s our talented kitchen teams who are responsible for delivering mouth-watering menus filled with our customers favourites including juicy burgers, skewers, steaks, fish 'n' chips, club sandwiches, wraps and more. We are all about relaxed all day dining done well.

Our Kitchen Porters are a critical part of the brigade. Supporting the kitchen team, you will make sure that they have the equipment they need to hand, keep the kitchen area clean and tidy and completing basic food preparation. If you’re an aspiring chef this could be your foot in the door.

Work, Grow, Play! Here at Village Hotel Club we are all about embracing personality, individualism and fun. Forget stuffy hotels built around formality, pomp and ceremony. We create lively, modern spaces for our guests to work, eat, relax, play and exercise. With hotels and leisure clubs Aberdeen to Bournemouth and more opening soon, we rely on you to deliver service that puts us head and shoulders above the competition.

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Benefits

• Complimentary Health and Wellness Membership at your home Club for you and a family member/friend worth £1,500 a year.
• Discount on all overnight stays at Village Hotels, meaning you can experience our hospitality from £35 with a friend and even grab an excellent breakfast.
• Friends and Family discounted stays from £49 including breakfast
• 50% discount on Food and Drink purchased on or off shift at any Village Hotel Pub & Grill
• 30% discount on and off shift in our Village Hotel Starbucks stores
• Excellent training and development including our Rising Stars and Talent Academy programmes
• A much more exciting way to train across several areas in the hotels, utilising our exciting Mobile Gaming training platform.
• Discounts and cashback offers on many High Street Brands and Supermarkets.
• A range of Well-being and Healthcare benefits and monthly well-being programmes for all employees to support your mental health
• Putting your Mental Wellbeing first with Mental Health first aiders and up to 2 mental health days to utilise annually.
• Financial wellbeing support and salary drawdown via Wagestream
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering support and counselling
• Flexible working hours
• A fun, supportive and inclusive work environment with regular team events
• Excellent Reward and Recognition Incentive schemes
• Anniversary rewards for key milestones of service
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Have your birthday off guaranteed
• Discounted Health Cash plan and Sick pay Insurance.
• A host of BIG People Days to celebrate, reward and recognise our wonderful employees and their local communities.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits and pay
• Company Pension scheme
• Life Insurance
• T&C’s apply based on your contract