Kitchen Assistant Part Time & Full Time Role Available

GRAPE & Fig

Date: 2 weeks ago

City: Romford, England

Contract type: Full time

Company Description

GRAPE & Fig is a UK-based food business founded by two sisters in 2017, specialising in beautifully styled sharing food, including British cheese and charcuterie platters.

From our HQ in Romford, our team creates and styles orders fresh each morning for events, celebrations and corporate customers across London and beyond.

The Roles

We’re growing our kitchen team and are currently recruiting for:

x2 Part-Time Kitchen Assistants – 3–4 days per week

x1 Full-Time Kitchen Assistant – 5 days per week

x1 Full-Time Kitchen Porter

Kitchen Assistants will support the preparation and creation of our signature sharing platters and products. The role includes preparing ingredients, assembling and styling products, packing customer orders, receiving and unpacking deliveries, stock rotation and helping to keep the kitchen clean, organised and running efficiently.

Our Kitchen Porter will help keep our busy commercial kitchens ship-shape while production is in full swing. This includes general cleaning and dishwashing, emptying bins, keeping work areas tidy and supporting the wider kitchen team to keep everything running smoothly.

Hours & Availability

These roles involve early starts from 4am, with early finishes.

Availability on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays is essential.

What We’re Looking For

Kitchen experience isn’t essential. More importantly, we’re looking for people who are:

Fast, hardworking and comfortable working in a busy environment
Great team players with a positive, can-do attitude
Strong communicators
Able to retain information and follow instructions
Organised with excellent attention to detail
Comfortable being on their feet and carrying out manual tasks
Committed to maintaining high standards of food hygiene and cleanliness

Previous experience in a commercial kitchen, catering or hospitality environment is beneficial, and a Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate is an advantage.

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