Kitchen Porter

Devonshire Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A hospitality group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Kitchen Porter at The Cavendish Hotel in Bakewell. This role involves supporting a busy kitchen team, maintaining cleanliness, and assisting with food preparation. The ideal candidate is reliable, hard-working, and passionate about the industry. The position offers a chance for professional development and includes great benefits. Join a supportive team focused on exceptional customer service.

Benefits

Free meals on duty

Generous food and beverage discounts

Free access to Bolton Abbey and Chatsworth Estates

Excellent personal development opportunities

Free entry to Bolton Abbey bonfire

Free entry to the Chatsworth fairs

Qualifications

• Professional, experienced and enthusiastic candidate.
• Ability to maintain cleanliness and hygiene in the kitchen.
• Willingness to support food preparation and menu input.

Responsibilities

• Support the busy kitchen team by maintaining cleanliness.
• Assist with basic food prep and stock control.
• Keep things running smoothly behind the scenes.

Skills

Reliability

Hard-working

Experience in food preparation

Passion for the industry

Education

Apprenticeship or NVQ in Professional Cookery

Job description

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Reference: OCT20253837

Expiry date: 10:02, Fri, 12th Dec 2025

Location: Bakewell

Benefits: https://devonshiregroup.co.uk/work-with-us/

We have a great development opportunity at The Cavendish Hotel, Baslow for a Kitchen Porter with aspirations to progress with an employer who will support you every step of the way.
You will work Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm

Working in a busy 3AA Rosette kitchen, We’re looking for a reliable and hard-working Kitchen Porter to support our busy kitchen team. You’ll play a key role in maintaining cleanliness and hygiene, helping with basic food prep, and keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes.

Your duties will be varied and will include food preparation, stock control, cleaning and menu input. The role is very hands on and will give the successful candidate exceptional experience within the restaurant business.

The Hotel is a 4 AA Red Star property, situated on the Chatsworth Estate with many great road links to the surrounding towns of Chesterfield, Matlock and many others.

As part of the wider Devonshire Group, owned by the Duke of Devonshire, which includes Chatsworth, Bolton Abbey, Lismore and the Devonshire Hotels & Restaurants Group, we pride ourselves on our commitment to building friendly and efficient teams who are focused on delivering exceptional customer service.

We are committed to ensuring the happiness and wellbeing of our staff and as such offer fantastic benefits include:

• Free meals on duty. (When working over 6 hours).
• Generous food and beverage discounts.
• Free access to Bolton Abbey and Chatsworth Estates.
• Excellent personal development and career opportunities.
• Free entry to Bolton Abbey bonfire.
• Free entry to the Chatsworth fairs and many of the events.
• Membership of the Life Assurance Scheme.

In addition to your salary, you will receive discretionary service charge and tips that can increase your Annual pay up to £3000 on average.

The right candidate will be professional, experienced and enthusiastic. You will show passion for the industry and continually strive to improve standards.

Any formal qualifications such as an apprenticeship or an NVQ in Professional Cookery would be advantageous.

Our core values include “Being Inclusive” and we particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates who are currently under-represented. We also welcome applicants from the LGBTQ+ community. Flexible ways of working will always be considered.