Kitchen Porter Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
About us
The Pantry Edinburgh and Pantry Events is a local success story that has grown from strength to strength.
We love food. That’s our thing. Ok, we love coffee too, but food is our passion. And we love a friendly face, so we both feel pretty lucky to combine the two in our day jobs.
We're Charlotte and Chris Thompson. We launched The Pantry in 2012 and our brunches have become the talk of the town. The Sunday Times said that Chris's Eggs Benedict was 'reason alone to come to Edinburgh'. Now if that's not persuaded you we don't know what will!
Chris is passionate about food, perhaps verging on the obsessive. While the rest of us are kicking back with a coffee and the Sunday papers, Chris is digesting yet another cookbook, Keith Floyd and Rick Stein remaining favourites to this day. The ever-changing menu at The Pantry brings to life some of Chris’ seasonal favourites.
Being married to Chris, Charlotte's life is one big culinary adventure. As a vegetarian she always flies the veggie flag ensuring the menu has plenty of options for all diets. With a background in event management at a leading event catering company, you will appreciate how smoothly the cafe runs and she takes charge of all private hire functions including the Tuck Truck (more on our Private Events page).
So that's us. Combined with a brilliant team of staff at The Pantry you can be assured of a great experience every time you visit.
We are looking for a part time existing kitchen porter to join at our base in Sighthill, who considers themselves to have passion to work within a reliable team that delivers high quality standards.
We need hard working and dedicated people behind the scenes to help our events business run smoothly and to ensure that it is always clean, tidy and organised. As the successful applicant, you will need to:
Be an active, hands on person with a passion to work hard as part of a team.
Have high standards and a great work ethic.
Be confident working on your own and being an active team member with excellent communication skills.
Be able to demonstrate your ability by helping to deliver a top-quality service.
The kitchen porter’s main duties will involve washing up, cleaning, Housekeeping and on occasion basic veg preparation tasks. The dishwash area will be your sole responsibility and must be kept clean and always organised.
During busy periods, the kitchen porter will need to have excellent time management.
The duties/responsibilities will include:
Helping to keep the kitchen clean and tidy, emptying bins as and when required, and keeping the floors clear of any debris throughout the day.
As kitchen porter, you will report directly to the Head Chef. You will make sure all the equipment is put away correctly, the washing up of pots, pans and crockery and operating the dishwasher machine safely and correctly.
Personal qualities:
Being comfortable with standing for long periods of time
Being able to work fast and efficient.
Being comfortable with following instructions, and remaining calm under pressure
Being fluent or a very good understanding of English
The Working Hours and Working Conditions:
The usual working hours will be 20 hours per week, with possible extra hours available during event days.
This will include weekends and public holidays.
You will be entitled to a 10-20 min break depending on length of shift. And will be provided with a light meal if your hours exceed 8 per day.
You will be provided with a simple full frontal waterproof apron and protective gloves/goggles for chemicals.
The kitchen porter role is not a glamorous role, but integral to the smooth running of the kitchen.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 30 per week
Salary: £11.00-£11.20 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Supplemental pay types:
- Tips
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: KP/MIXHQ
