Absolute Taste - Fenwick Sites (St George's Street)
Who Are Absolute Taste and What Do We Do?
We are an innovative culinary and customer service provider, dedicated to delivering inspirational food and experiences that redefine customer satisfaction. With a commitment to excellence and a passion for pushing boundaries, we continue to grow from strength to strength.
As a small, dynamic team of event professionals, we specialize in creating exciting, well-managed, and sustainable events, while fostering strong working relationships. We're looking for individuals who share our fun, resilient, and hardworking values to join our supportive, high-performing team.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a highly regarded organisation dedicated to success and a positive, empowering culture.
About The Role
As a Kitchen porter The primary purpose of this role is to lead and direct the operational responsibilities of your allocated porter team and clearing/wash up are, maintaining kitchen cleanliness, supporting service, and working collaboratively with the wider team and contribute to a positive, efficient kitchen environment.
Location: Fenwick – The Eatery Canterbury
Shift: Monday – Sunday availability required
Your Key Responsibilities will be :
- Follow provided plans to positioning heavy equipment correctly
- Ensure all correct equipment, cleaning products and disposables are in required areas, in required amounts for daily operation.
- Day to day coordination and management of stock requirements for linen, beverage, disposable product (including food serving and chemical/cleaning products). To include the receiving of all products and the management of distribution, transfers and rotation across site.
- Ensure that all crockery/ cutlery/ and equipment is cleaned to a high standard and stored in the correct way, as to not block fire exits and passage ways
- Ensure waste streaming is followed as required.
- To maintain a high standard of kitchen cleanliness at all times
- To provide the highest standard personal presentation and hygiene at all times. This is to include PPE. (Personal Protective Equipment).
- To ensure the highest standards of general hygiene and hygiene food handling are achieved at all times by all employees within kitchen areas as to the Company H&S standards.
- Equipment is cleaned, heavy equipment empty and loaded out.
- Ensure kitchen areas are handed back to client in good order.
What We Are Looking For:
- High attention to detail, flexibility and the ability to work under pressure.
- Excellent organisational skills, with flexibility to adapt to changes.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to motivate others.
- A genuine passion for food and a desire to grow within a professional kitchen
- Strong work ethic and the ability to follow direction from senior chefs
- Commitment to maintaining excellent hygiene and food safety standards
- A positive, reliable and team‑focused attitude
- Willingness to learn new skills and support the wider kitchen team as needed
Why Join Us?
Join a fast-growing and innovative company that is redefining customer experiences in the culinary and event space. We offer an empowering team culture, the opportunity to work on exciting, well-managed events, and a supportive, resilient team environment.
We are committed to supporting your career growth with thorough training and ongoing development.
You can also enjoy benefits such as:
- 25 Days holiday + Bank Holiday
- Company Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance
Absolute Taste - Fenwick Sites (St George's Street)
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