Kitchen Porter Staffing Agency (UK)

[terrordread]

I've been working in a restaurant in London since the beginning of the year and one of the biggest pain points I see for the owners and senior management is how unreliable the kitchen porters are. Sometimes they don't show up and we have no idea why, sometimes they cancel 30 minutes before a shift, sometimes they need to leave before the end of the dinner service, etc. Without KPs the kitchen can not function. A few years ago I worked in a different restaurant and the emergency KP got paid a better hourly rate than the permanent cooks.

Anybody got experience with this type of business?

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Anybody got experience with this type of business?

No, but your domain experience has clearly has identified a need.

 

[Mathuin]

biggest pain points I see for the owners and senior management is how unreliable the kitchen porters are

No, but your domain experience has clearly has identified a need.

I live near quite a lot of restaurants (UK) and I am always seeing signs in the windows for kitchen porters & waiting staff.
One Italian restaurant just round the corner from me has had a sign in the window looking for kitchen porters for at least 6 months now.