Kitchen Porter

Kitchen Porter – Thomas Franks Ltd

Location: Ashtead Park, Surrey

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £12.56 per hour

Hours: 40 per week

Ashtead Park is a day and boarding co‑educational school for pupils from year 3 to 6th form. The catering team serves 950 students and teachers daily and provides Breakfast, Lunch, Supper, Tuckshop, 6th‑form café, and hospitality services. This role supports 7‑day operation and offers free on‑site parking.

• Keep the kitchen hygienic, safe and clean to the highest standards.
• Assist chefs with light food preparation where required.
• Operate the industrial dishwasher and use cleaning equipment, including air filter and extraction systems.
• Clean and maintain all kitchen equipment and heavy catering machinery.

• Experience with pot‑washing duties is an advantage.
• Excellent customer‑service skills.
• Strong team player.
• Can‑do attitude and organisational skills.
• Good verbal and written English; reading skills should be at least a reasonable standard.
• Experience in a similar customer or food‑preparation environment is preferred.

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc.).
• Free meals on duty.
• Volunteers leave – up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Refer a friend bonus.
• Individual training and development.
• Apprenticeship programme.
• Team and company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent catering business.

Thomas Franks is a founder‑led, fresh‑food catering business focused on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. Our clients and people are paramount to our daily success.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role. An enhanced DBS, identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will be part of the selection process. Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed.

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion. We would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under‑represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.