Job Title: Kitchen Porter
Responsible to: Sous Chef
Responsible for: the hygiene and cleanliness of the kitchen
Hours: up to 50
Scope and general purpose: Ensure the kitchen and associated areas are cleaned to the Torridon standards, including all floors, walls, equipment and preparation areas.
Main Responsibilities:
Guests & Quality
- Report any faults, breakages, or sub-standard equipment to the sous chef.
- Ensure all crockery, cutlery, and equipment are ready for service.
- Coordinate the washing of all restaurant crockery and cutlery.
- Communicate effectively with the Kitchen team and other departments.
- Talk to guests effectively about the resort and what is on offer with a genuine sense of interest.
- Clean all back corridors to ensure clean entry to the kitchen.
Team
- Support team members on shift with you so they are working in a positive and productive friendly environment.
- Coordinate with the daily tidying and cleaning of Team Kitchen Areas.
- Ensure a continuous level of self-development.
Productivity
- Re-stock and replenish equipment and supplies as necessary.
- Coordinate the washing up of kitchen pots, pans and utensils.
- Coordinate the full cleaning of the kitchen.
- Follow all SOPs and make suggestions as required if efficiency and effectiveness can be improved.
Health & Safety
- Ensure complete compliance of self with Health & Safety regulations.
- Report any failures of health & safety immediately following see it sort it fix it policy.
- Comply with the Cook Safe Guidelines.
- Coordinate the daily/weekly and monthly deep cleaning schedules.
- Coordinate the emptying of bins and waste in the kitchen and the cleanliness of the external refuse bins as required.
Sustainability & Environment
- Proactively assist with sustainability in your department in reducing energy consumption, and wastage.
- Recycle all waste appropriately.
- Assist with the recycling for the kitchen and reduce use of single use plastic.
EXPECTED BEHAVIOURS
1. Friendly Pleasant, kind and easy to talk to.
2. Aspirational Have hopes and desires to achieve your goals.
3. Honest Have integrity so you can be trusted, straightforward and truthful.
4. Challenging Interested in testing your ability, skills, and the way you think.
Our Core values:
Daring – Learn from mistakes – challenge yourself and others.
Passionate – Show that you care by loving what you do.
Driven – Make it happen, determined to achieve your goals.
Integrity – Don’t walk on by and do the right thing even when no one is watching.