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The Grand Brighton

Kitchen Porter

The Grand Brighton, 97-99 King's Road, Brighton, Sussex, BN1 2FW

Reporting to the Executive Head Chef, you will be a key member of the team, ensuring that the smooth running of the kitchen. You’ll be working in a fast pace environment with high standards. You need a warm, personable nature, can do attitude and a great eye for detail. 

As a Kitchen Porter you will have the following responsibilities: 

  • Clean all crockery, cutlery, glassware and other kitchen equipment ready for service - storing everything in a tidy, safe manner, ensuring all items are easily located when needed 
  • Clean all fixed items of equipment, tables, work tops and floors in the kitchens and food preparation rooms 
  • Keep all store-rooms and refrigerators clean and tidy to the highest standard of hygiene, to enable food items to be stored safely
  • Ensure bins in the kitchens are emptied regularly, kept clean, all rubbish correctly disposed of.
  • Assist the chefs, from time to time, in certain simple food preparation tasks as directed by the chef in charge. 

Some of the perks you could enjoy include: 

  • Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK & Europe: get planning that city break you’ve been dreaming of! 
  • Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops 
  • Free hot meals whilst on duty
  • Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
  • We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
  • The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
  • Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression 

Why come join us? 

We look after our colleagues just as well as we look after our guests. Once you’re part of the team, you’re part of the Leonardo community. In our business, hard work earns you genuine opportunities for development and progression. In order to thrive here, you need to enjoy working at pace. With support on tap, top-notch practical training and clear progression you’ll be on track for a brilliant future in Hospitality. 

 
Our Story 

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we are part of the Fattal Hotels Group, which operates over 230 hotels across Europe and Israel. We look after over 50 hotels across the UK & Ireland and have plans for major expansion over the next few years’; there’s never been a more exciting time to join us! 

The Grand Brighton 97-99 King's Road, Brighton, Sussex, BN1 2FW
  • Job RefJI22967
  • BranchThe Grand Brighton
  • LocationBrighton
  • Salary/Benefits£12.13 plus Service Charge
  • Contract typePermanent
  • HoursFull Time
  • Hours per week35 hours per week
  • Date posted25/04/2024
  • Closing date27/05/2024

About The Grand Brighton

The Grand Brighton first opened its doors in 1864 to great fanfare and celebrated as the original ‘Palace By The Sea’. The Victorian architectural brilliance offers you the opportunity to write your Grand story on Brighton's iconic seafront. Indulge in delicious, freshly made dishes in our Cyan restaurant or enjoy our award-winning afternoon tea in our famous Victoria Terrace. Our sea-view bedrooms and luxurious interior offer you the opportunity to lay back and relax. Being one of 31 AIM Gold accredited meetings venues in the UK, our Events team are renowned to delivering fantastic experiences.

About Leonardo Hotels

At Leonardo Hotels, our vision is very simple: to be the first choice for everyone who values genuine hospitality.

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we are part of the Fattal Hotels Group, which operates over 230 hotels across Europe and Israel. We look after over 50 hotels here in the UK & Ireland, and have come a long way since we opened our first hotel in Ireland back in 1993! With approximately 4,000 employees and multiple brands we are a dynamic, innovative and fast-growing company.

As an employer we put a big emphasis on career development and as a rule we recruit our operations team members for personality- it is all about how you interact with others and how you can demonstrate our values: Consistent, Friendly, Genuine, Positive and Willing

At Leonardo Hotels each and every team member is individually valued and respected for who you are. All careers within our hotels offer customer interaction, a great deal of variety, and a fun and friendly working environment. We strive to make all of our hotels great places to work, and get our teams involved in activities such as summer barbecues, Christmas parties, Thank You Week and birthday celebrations!

We also offer excellent employee benefits, including huge discounts on overnight stays at our hotels as well as performance-based rewards via our Leo Points system- these range from vouchers to a well-deserved day off!