kitchen porters

and you dont get a dishwasher

Reply 9

gossip_girl

what do they do?

Kitchen porters are generally the lowest qualified people employed in the kitchen. Sometimes they can be be taken on with no prior experience and it is a good stepping stone if you wish to persue a career in kitchen work. General duties include pot and dish washing, (there will be an industrial dishwasher located in the kitchen) cleaning up after the chefs, sweeping and cleaning up the general areas. Taking out bins and perhaps some light kitchen prep to aid the chefs. Generlly the job will pay about mimimum wage, but may go up over time or with experience.

Hope that helps GG.

Reply 10

Ellie4

The kitchen porters where I work don't even speak english. I think you'd be better off applying to be a waitress GG.

Reply 11

Ellie4

The kitchen porters where I work don't even speak english. I think you'd be better off applying to be a waitress GG.

Thats not to say that it is the same all over and saying that may give that impression. Apply as a waitress would be a good idea, but then again many places nowadays won't touch you without experience. You'd have to really search for a job where as someone with a years experience would find it quite easy to walk into a job.

Reply 12

Ellie4

BlackHawk

Thats not to say that it is the same all over and saying that may give that impression. Apply as a waitress would be a good idea, but then again many places nowadays won't touch you without experience. You'd have to really search for a job where as someone with a years experience would find it quite easy to walk into a job.

I got employed as a waitress with no experience, they just put me on a week's trial. You get tips if you're a waitress too, or even a bus-girl, but I wouldn't fancy being a porter myself.

Reply 13

Some places split the tips amongst low earning kitchen staff or even with the chefs, it is at the GMs discretion and varies between establishments.

Reply 14

Ellie4

BlackHawk

Some places split the tips amongst low earning kitchen staff or even with the chefs, it is at the GMs discretion and varies between establishments.

Yeah but not everywhere, and the porters would be on a lower basic wage, and receive a smaller cut of tips anyway. I'd say being a porter and a waitress was fairly similar in terms of how hard the work is, why get paid less to do the same?

Reply 15

As a previous restaurant manger I can say that many of the establishments in which I was familiar with started no experience waitresses and KPs on the same salary. Minimum wage. As I said though, GMs discretion and it varies with age, experience and the establishment in question. It also depends on the individual. If someone is more introverted, does not which to be customer focused and prefers a behind the scenes role with the possibility to move up to the ranks of sous chef, then why be a waitress? Similiarly, if one is extroverted, wishes to be at the front of house and enjoys customer interaction then why go be a KP?

Reply 16

aleathiel

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i might try and get a job as a kitchen porter (well ive been looking around and thats one vacancy i found although it was at the job centre and it didnt say where exactly it was..) it says on the thing i get training, how hard could it be?

Reply 17

Inf3rno

Very, I used to work as a KP, its hard, U clean, clean clean, and you see it get dirty again and clean etc.

Also,m if its a good restaurant, you wil need some experience.

Training to wash dishes? Lol?

:hahaha:

Reply 18

roff