Kitchen Porters - Chessington World of Adventures Hotel Chessington, England
Job description
Your hospitality journey starts here
Are you currently working in hospitality but looking for a little more fun in your role? Do you like the idea of working in a theme park environment? Perhaps you are looking for a part time evening job? Well, we have a fabulous opportunity to work within our hotel operations at Chessington World of Adventures. You would be based in one of our restaurants working alongside our amazing team of chefs and cooks.
The Role
In this role you'll help to ensure that the facilities in our kitchens are maintained to the highest standards. We need people to help keep the strictest levels of cleanliness in the food preparation areas, by working closely with all of the Chefs in our busy kitchens.
Working straight shifts on a rota basis, the role offers excellent prospects for those interested in a career as a Chef or any other aspect of the catering industry. We proactively seek to develop all of our employees who show promise.
Your main responsibilities will include
- Supporting chefs with basic food preparation. This may involve cutting, peeling and washing food items
- Keeping the kitchen clean and providing a safe working environment for all
- Preparing the kitchen area prior to service
- Supporting with deliveries and making sure stock is tidy
- Working as part of a team to ensure the operation runs smoothly
- Washing and cleaning dishes
Pay and Benefits
You will be working full time or part time on a seasonal variable contract, with an hourly rate up to £9.50* dependant on age. Not only that, but you will also be joining a great team, with fabulous career prospects - we LOVE to promote from within!
* Please note that our hourly rates will increase from April 2023
- Merlin Magic Passes (free tickets for you and your friends and family to use across our theme parks - worth £1000) These tickets can be used at Chessington World of Adventures, Thorpe Park, Legoland Windsor, Alton Towers, Warwick Castle and many more great attractions.
- You will also have development opportunities to allow you to grow your career with Aramark, where we have over 400 locations across the UK.
- On site discount across Merlin theme parks and attractions
- We operate a refer a friend scheme. Earn up to £300 for every successful referral who joins our team at Chessington World of Adventures
- Generous accrued annual leave package
- Save hundreds of £'s with our staff online shopping scheme
- Free Uniform
- Working with a great team who have fabulous out of work social activities
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible working hours including parent and carer shifts and shifts to work around student timetables.
- Ongoing training and development - this could be the start of your hospitality career and we can support your development
- Free staff parking
Qualifications and experience needed
- Due to the nature of this role you must be over 18
- Previous catering experience would be great but not essential. We will give you all the training you need to be the best at this role.
- Flexibility in availability is preferred.
- Willingness to learn
- A positive can-do attitude
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Fixed term contract
Salary: Up to £9.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
- Weekends only
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Chessington: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: CHKP2
