Kitchen Porter for a day

William Drew, editor of Restaurant Magazine becomes a kitchen porter for a day at Les Deux Salons in Covent Garden. The unsung heroes of a restaurant.
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[@timeismoney6918]

I am a KP and I love it. Love working with everybody I work with. Maybe my case is rare judging from the comments but I went through homelessness, hunger, the loss of my support system etc so I guess anything I face after that is light work

[@trollghost9997]

Strong minded

[@BobBob-uv9fq]

Hopefully things are better stil

[@blacklotus808]

The only thought going through my head when portering is "Kill Me" but on the flip side its slightly better than being unemployed.

[@truthseeker508]

blacklotus808 Just slightly lol

[@nonya6012]

Truth Seeker lol

[@jacoblangrish5610]

im a KP and I enjoy it, maybe because the chefs I work with are easy going and the all of us get along really well, surprisingly I get on with the head chef more.

[@niallclarke8349]

Head chef probably started as a KP

[@jamesbishop8284]

I personally think you shouldnt try to run a restaurant without this vital member of the team. It's how I got started cooking, and I have massive respect for dishwashers.

[@irenelouiseclarke7007]

ty from a potwasher

[@adude8424]

Used to be a porter before I got my culinary certificate. I work as a commis III in hotel now and treats food for the porters sometimes. Their role in the kitchen is very important and yet people look down at them

[@TalkingBurit0]

Got an interview today and ngl all of these comments are making me not want to go but. I need experience and if anything this will discipline me. If I get it and I go along with working I’ll answer any questions

[@gearoid5736]

TalkingBurit0 are you still doing it? I’m 16 and have just got hired as a KP in a restaurant as a ‘summer job’ and am anxious about it..

[@Jonjonson123]

Gearoid me too

[@gearoid5736]

lipless I’m enjoying it can’t lie! At the end of the day it depends on the staff that are with you to make it an enjoyable experience..once you make a few friends it makes the time pass twice as fast :)

[@barrykearns9021]

Hey guys all the advice I'll give you is just go fast paste just clear your mind work hard like you really wanna work there it can be nerve racking but I loved it ! Just go fast relax Impress the manager it'll be done in secs don't lose the head that is the worst you can do so just member you guys have this !!

[@trollghost9997]

@@barrykearns9021 man wish me luck

[@danielmarsden4563]

I'm currently working as a KP, yet I work longer hours than the head chef, I get the lowest wage and the waiting staff look down on me. I just clean, clean clean just so I can go home bang on time. But oh no! "You have to peel two sacks of potatos, strain the stock, mash the potatoes and deck scrub and mop the entire kitchen floor" It won't be forever that's the one thing that goes through my mind to keep me going.

[@irenelouiseclarke7007]

I cried and had to go outside to have a break when I first started pot washing it was so overwhelming but I stopped with it but I know what you're so exactly saying mate

[@mr_porter92]

You obviously work at a shitty restaurant. Good restaurants have kitchen porters that are treated fairly and respected.

[@lucahervada3697]

As a KP myself, this video is perfectly true, but from what others are saying I am a well off kitchen porter with unlimited bar soft drinks and access to food from the kitchen. The chef and I get on well which really makes a difference.

[@Remember_Sammy_Jankis]

all depends on where you work and your attitude towards it

[@joshee6385]

I'm a kitchen porter and I'm really fortunate my job is really easy because we're only a very small restaurant with an average or 30-60 orders per day. The staff are very respectful to me and we all get along really well. I've heard bigger restaurants get up to 1000 orders with just 3 kp. That's 333 per porter which sounds hellish.

[@joshee6385]

@@davidcollins9258 *resurvations I'm not sure if resurvations is the same as orders

[@joshee6385]

@@davidcollins9258 I spend more time cleaning up food prep lol

[@joshee6385]

@@davidcollins9258 oof that must suck

[@joshee6385]

@@davidcollins9258 lmao what annoyed you?

[@joshee6385]

@@davidcollins9258 damn... Is your hand alright now?

[@kingcleverley7265]

Been a KP 3 times in different restaurants, I'm now 17. Constantly got looked down by the chiefs, waitresses and especially the bitchy boss(Who hated me with a passion, for some reason)I had to also waiter the big ass garden and make the desserts at the same time as being a KP. I worked 11-7 with no breaks as the boss would get pissy as the plates would pile up! Frustrates me as the waiting staff got 20 minutes break as well as free food from the chiefs to eat! Just reflects how KPs are disrespected! If you're a KP at this moment in time I know how you feel brother keep fighting!

[@openlyclosed6244]

KingCleverley Used to be one but I got to the point where I said eff it. It's better to be unemployed than to work for you-know-whats. The money is not worth the depression.

[@jay-ji2zd]

Chiefs lol chef

[@kingjamitpro2758]

I work as a kitchen hand to this day and i love it. Everyone one i work with are kind especially the waitresses. Hated the job when i first started but now its easy going since igot it down to a routine. 5days a week 8h a day hardly go on breaks since its always busy. None of the chefs treat me like shit. I always help with preperation good fun always having a laugh until service hits lol good job for me. Iguess in some places its a miserable job n it can be tiring but for me working with good people just helps you do your job the best you can

[@flyingwizard3]

+KingCleverley wow. inspirational

[@pokemasterluigi]

Same! I work as a KP, and even though I'm allowed a break, there's just never a time to take it or the pots pile up, it's difficult :(

[@Dragodylon]

As someone who works as a KP part time. I can honestly say that it is a job not to be taken lightly, but it us better than being unemployed (especially if there are not any other jobs available). Luckily for me most of the staff that I work with are friendly (including the chefs). The only part I hate about the job is when i have to wait something to do if it is not so busy in the kitchen or if I'm sent to one of the busy kitchens (and I mean that as an understatement) and i'm the only KP working in that kitchen.

[@openlyclosed6244]

+Dragodylon That used to happen to me too as a KP. What I did was I altered my speed depending on how busy the kitchen was. When it's not busy, go as slow as possible without being noticed. You can run each set of dirty pans through three wash cycles in the machine. Just make sure there are always dirty pans visible. lol

[@fredblakey-lodge932]

I've been a kitchen porter on and off at various eateries since 2017. It's a very intense job regardless. Coming home from work, my limbs and chest can be covered in bruises or sometimes I might have a strained muscle. Needless to say, it's a great way of staying or becoming ripped. At the most recent restaurant that I was a KP in, I was treated with respect and affection by my colleagues, which was a first. The waiters and waitresses are often the most frustrating staff because they will cheerily throw dirty plates and cutlery onto your clean pile and never scrape the plates before giving them to you. Rather disgustingly, they will sometimes be eating food straight off of the plates before merrily hurling them into your clean pile. Even when you are busy pot-washing and have to do a run to the cellar but can't in a particular moment, and you ask a waitress to go to cellar to take a tray or such, she won't do it. Just, says she's too busy as she gazes at the wall with her arms folded. Evidently, waiters and waitresses are quite lazy people as other comments here have said. However, I never have and never would lose my temper with them. I've done my job as a KP well and am satisfied with that. Of course, the irony is that my long term career is as an academic and as an archaeologist.

[@sammiller5114]

how many customers did you have an evening? I get 4 courses of wash for average 100 people and id say the works pretty chill and relaxed for me although i do work with some great chefs

[@irenelouiseclarke7007]

sometimes i feel like walking out of my job im a potwasher.

[@ShiftyMcGoggles]

1 minute in and I can tell this is staged. The chefs aren't shouting at him, and the waiting staff aren't dumping half a ton of dishes in his sink then having a chat 5ft away.

[@nathan2497]

Damn straight anyone who has done the job or works in the industy if being honest knows the kitchen porters do the most work period you are lucky if you get a 5 minute break on a 10 hr shift a lot of waiters/waitresses could be lazy from my experience.

[@ShiftyMcGoggles]

@@nathan2497 yeah. I only did 3 months before getting out of it. We had a huge turnover of staff and they were constantly trying to book me on doubles and shove me on standby. Turns out 3 months was a record for kps at where I worked.

[@nathan2497]

@@ShiftyMcGoggles most don't last long I did it for years you have to be a really hard worker doing this job for sure

[@jamesmcgowan245]

I agree man

[@nathan2497]

@@jamesmcgowan245 you work the job fair play yh it's hard work nowadays lucky just to have jobs good chance I lose mine ....

[@mml5808]

My first day as a KP yesterday, 8 hour shift didn’t get out till after midnight, I worked longer than all the chefs and it’s like €7 and hour Didn’t even get trained I had to teach myself, I was told “this is the sink, these are the dirty plates”

[@professorplunge7705]

lmao! savage! yeah i got threw in the deep end but as soon as the chefs realise that; without you, they're screwed.. respect comes naturally.

[@truthseeker508]

kp=hardest working person=less respected person, often being mistreated...so whats the point of this video? it isnt so pretty at least in UK....not at all...

[@hurro67]

finally quit my KP job after 2 months, every time i went to work i dreaded it...worst job ever

[@Vinshali]

I did this job for 5 hours and left the same day🤣🤣🤣

[@thuggathugga1733]

same bro

[@tk3657]

In the wrong kitchen.

[@harley2322]

@@Vinshali did this job for 7 months it wss awful

[@Jake-od7uk]

Fucking hell, reading all these comments has made me realise how well run my kitchen is. I’m on £9.60 an hour, get free food, an hour break and respect of everyone. Everyone also cleans their own mess up. It’s a great job if it’s in the right place.

[@gzachz2856]

Wow. Lucky. I was on £5.00 an hour. Working 9-5 with no break for the whole day. Worst job I’ve had for sure. Staff treated me like crap. Was only there for 5 months, no way was I staying there

[@irenelouiseclarke7007]

bloody hell im a potwasher....any jobs going

[@BobBob-uv9fq]

Done it for five years ,could barely walk when I first started ,now I swim a mile or cycle up to 20 miles before shift ,tbf still tired at end of shift

[@bepbc4845]

so inspirational it made me cry :D

[@bgelais]

Nice to talk about my Job, us, kitchen porter, are important too! I got 44 and still love my little Kitchen Porter job since 6 years. Btw, I not working in a room away but in the kitchen close to my colleagues, better relation and communication and fun to talk with em. :)

[@shadypiez789]

this job makes me want cry

[@BobBob-uv9fq]

I work in a kitchen it’s great when everyone starts arguing 😂

[@BobBob-uv9fq]

Lol it’s actually good atmosphere,,,but chef got the big big frying pan and belted it against cast iron cooker ,dent frying pan ,,lol very funny ,,,,,suggested we could hang it in main foyer ,,next to the Deers head 😆

[@irenelouiseclarke7007]

ohhhh i noooo

[@irenelouiseclarke7007]

Im a pot washer hard emotionally work..omg.started my job this feb im 56 ...but i keep on going......

[@irenelouiseclarke7007]

Not anymore...they took the piss

[@rainmanslim4611]

im a KP and its shit. just me having to do all the cleaning for over a dozen chefs and im constantly getting shit because i cant keep up in rush hour (i.e a dozen chefs constantly dumping all their shit on me and expecting me to do a dozen dishwasher loads per minute on top of putting everything away at speeds you'd expect of a superhuman.

[@RYAN-gz5sx]

I respect anyone that works for there money liter picking anything dirty work but clean money 👌

[@xvxajayxvx]

I loved my job as a kitchen porter sure some days were hard especially Saturday but not if your organised and are use quick pace environments (I worked in retail for 3 years in tesco so I'm use to fast pace) I lost my job in tesco and my friend introduced to this job and I loved it from the first day I got free drinks food and when I was not busy I could go for smoke breaks I'm now currently a chef thanks to this job and I honestly love it I never taught my future would be this but I guess that shows you can climb the ladder and be successful in life I encourage every other kp to hang in there because you might get a unexpected twist :)

[@silverlance100]

was there a specific company you worked for???

[@matthewkelly1418]

Funny, I left my job as a kitchen porter and got a job in tesco which I much prefer.

[@nathan2497]

@@matthewkelly1418 fair play mate, The only problem for me is I wouldn't be comfortable doing any customer service job. I'm not sure if there's any other jobs similar to Kitchen Portering it's hard work like any job it has its pros and cons..

[@eoinhernon25]

Im a housekeeper/kitchen porter in a nursing home it is a hellish type of job, which possibly could be made bareable if at the end of the week you didnt look at a pityful excuse for a wage... Also im paid to start at 9 but i start at 8 to get a grip of things for the shift... ITS MENTAL

[@hayleyedwards2627]

I’ve got my trial shift for being a kitchen Porter tomorrow and after reading the comments I am suddenly dreading it

[@pathologist5087]

same bro i might not even go im worried and think it will be boring ad stressful

[@faz5171]

3:13 is the best part of this video lmao

[@snakeybitch2907]

Yesss 🙌🤣

[@nathanstop1089]

Probably spilt washing up liquid on the floor 🤣

[@Skbrvrisjsbdvetjtrbejudb]

Most accurate

[@archimedesbird3439]

One of my temporary jobs was a mixture between kitchen porter and manual handling. I can't say I enjoyed it since I ended up having fun lifting heavy things around. It does pay nice, I guess, for a job that requires no experience or qualifications. It is for some people, but for most, the money is not worth it.

[@wpracy]

Honestly as a KP i feel like I’m way less stressed than the chefs and it’s an open kitchen lol like a live studio audience

[@tonyread829]

I was a kitchen porter it is really hard work tiring and long hours I was doing 10 and a half hour shifts every day 12 pm to 22.30 pm then had to do 12 and a half the next morning theres a lot of weekend work involved its very important to be fast and every thing clean and everything is put in the right places because the chefs start shouting the positive out of it is a good learning experience get your foot in the door but if you have a big social life out of work don't do it

[@bazingaboosh]

Starting work soon as a KP, never worked in a kitchen before, 17 years old and this is my first job in a new chain restaurant in my town. Any tips? Absolutely bricking it.

[@BongoKyle]

How was it ?

[@richardgaule9415]

I start today...yay!

[@frankbanda9662]

+Richard Gaule 9 months as a kp what is your comment now?

[@richardgaule9415]

+Frank Banda it's hard work I'm not going to lie but the people who work where I am are lovely and the hard chef is really easy to work for so its ok!

[@yugen]

@@richardgaule9415 3 years in, thoughts?

[@nathan2497]

@@yugen its always gonna be hard work but like most jobs depends more on what the other staff are like imo if you have nice waitresses and chefs it can be quite good at times but on busy days its hellish for sure

[@yugen]

@@nathan2497 Oh I know, i've worked as a dishwasher in several places. I've also worked as an opening and closing cook. One job I got paid $10 an hour, no tips, cooked all food in the evening, washed all dishes, cleaned the entire kitchen, and cooked all employee meals by myself. lol was probably the worst job i've had but I have some good memories from it.

[@harryspiers7479]

I’m a kp at a cafè and I still find that a fuck load of work so I can’t even begin to imagine working in a big restaurant like that

[@bryansanchezfranco3207]

I love my job of KP I not a hero I just doing my job

[@DeadlyHotspurs]

I live in Belfast Ireland and have been doing this job a while now.. If your good at your job you will get the respect, nobodies going to respect a KP that cant manage basic tasks, I know I'm much better than this job but im earning good money because im a valued member of the team and am payed well because of it (well above minimum wage). I started a new place and less than a week everyone knows my name and I get a break when I want and can cook my own food for free.. I have full control over the music being played too.. You need to get over the initial shock of the amount of shit you see on a regular basis and realise that everyone in the building is in a rush, chefs get stressed over orders flying at them but 100% of the time will apoligise within minutes for any shit they give, servers are great when they get to know you and introduce yourself to everyone no matter who they are, people appreciate knowing who you are because if you think your washing dishes all day then your in for a major shock lol.. Good luck guys I guess I'm lucky but get the head down and make that money or some other fecker will.. :)

[@lukecarroll4052]

Sounds like you got a nice kitchen

[@rainmanslim4611]

i work at a high class resturaunt with an international chef crew, im just a local who washes the dishes, i dont speak french, arent highly educated, and i work between 9-11 hours per shift (i only get paid for 8) and most often finish work at 1-1:30am.

[@lukecarroll4052]

Fuuuuck you must want to be a chef eh?

[@smithywick]

he hasnt even touched the surface of a KP job AND he had shitloads of help.. KP is the lowest and most degrading job there is......

[@JK-ww8dn]

Worked as KP in a hotel and a restaurant. Both times i got on well with the chefs and at one point was even considering becoming a chef. Its all down to the attitude. There can be stressful days where you fall behind, but if you let it get to you you'll have a hard time. Most of the chefs I worked with were a KP at some point in their career and because of that they had some bit of respect for me. If you work in a shitty establishment you'll get shitty treatment simple

[@ProLibertateWallace-h1f]

Its a tough job but someone has got to do, I run a small kitchen in a private nursery and have to do all the jobs a kp does and the chef its stressful daily, I've just applied for a job as a kp in a restaurant so ive some experience in this role. Could not be any worse than what I'm doing at the moment is what im hoping

[@hospitalitymedia]

Thanks for your thoughts here.

[@samfitzsimmons423]

I've had 2 Kp jobs now, the first one I was on £3.20 an hour in a huge kitchen with me and one lazy chef and had to deep clean it all by myself, the second job is better I'm on £5 an hour at 14 years old doing everyone's dirty work and food prep but when I ask the chefs to clean there mess every so often they always say " it's your job" that's the disadvantages and you can always be replaced.

[@fatmanrunnininthesea]

ibe been kitchen porter for 5 years and in a big hotel wich holds 350 people and service normally 200 and im on my own ! no kitchen needs a team ive proven i with graft

[@emmetroche6132]

yea kitchen porters work very hard their under paid & have to work late nites .while the chef gets to go home early to hes lovely bed

[@adamdreelan9758]

I just applied for a KP job now after looking at the comments not to sure I want it now

[@NathanKing94]

I was a KP for the last 7/8 months and the chefs treat me right and they no it's not the greatest job, but I often would be the punching bag for the head chef if he was ever pissed :-(

[@bobogliddabrun]

KPs are a restaurants internal reviewer. If your food sucks, your KPs would know based on what isn't consumed

[@Wolfgaming1]

Working kp right now m. First job ever and it’s fucking depressing. First day they chefs already expect me to know everything..

[@Billy-fr5oo]

Ive been KP for a few months now, 17, studying for A levels, all whilst doing 20 hours a week at £4 an hour and no breaks

[@walmartian]

no, you find a place that respects it's porters- they exist. it takes searching- but when found they treat you like a normal human. if your not respected at porter start moving on, there is always a porter being hired at all corners of the earth- once you can rock a busy pit you can work anywhere in world, you must demand your respect as a porter, and they will respect you for a porter who has grit, thats just how kitchen ppl are..

[@missmillies7237]

I do that job also I work Friday saturday's sundays and then I don't work again until two weeks 😉🤣 it's a good job because I go to my friends for a bit to stretch out when I'm tired or broke and he hooks me up with some good food not bad at all 😊 umm!

[@IrATrabajarEnLondres]

Worst job in hospitality. Just dont take it. Usually kitchens have not good ambience/ good relationship between staff/ not polite people treating with other members of group. But for sure if you take this job the chefs will pay their frustrations in life with you. Just run away!. It´s not worth.

[@jockatee]

***** you say retarded a lot X)

[@truthseeker508]

***** BULLSHIT, I have done kp in Scotland and chefs were a bunch of assholes from day to night while I worked my ass off, don't tell such blatant pile of crap none who has remotely work as KP in UK is going to believe lol....you work hard=they want to you harder and faster and pay less, or still think they are much above you since you are the least important person in kitchen by their standards...

[@kingjamitpro2758]

I like being a kp but hated it wen i first started felt like quiting so tired didnt want to work the next day. But everyone where i work at treats u with respect even the chefs. Job more easy going now that i got it down to a routine. Work 8h a day 5days a week. Hardly get breaks since its always busy but i luv this job. Where i work is in new zealand

[@kingjamitpro2758]

I like being a kp but hated it wen i first started felt like quiting so tired didnt want to work the next day. But everyone where i work at treats u with respect even the chefs. Job more easy going now that i got it down to a routine. Work 8h a day 5days a week. Hardly get breaks since its always busy but i luv this job. Where i work is in new zealand

[@kingjamitpro2758]

I like being a kp but hated it wen i first started felt like quiting so tired didnt want to work the next day. But everyone where i work at treats u with respect even the chefs. Job more easy going now that i got it down to a routine. Work 8h a day 5days a week. Hardly get breaks since its always busy but i luv this job. Where i work is in new zealand

[@jacobmartin10]

Really bad job.They got me cleaning dishes alone, and at the ssame time cooking rice and soup, and even serving food as well (samples) Then at the end of the night after closing, I only get 1 hour to clean all the dishes + put them back, take out the garbage, clean the entire kitchen and grill, and do all the bathrooms or else i get bitched at... My 1st week I got bitched at for not going fast enough on a friday night being the only KP in the kitchen..

[@pokemasterluigi]

I work as a KP and refuse to make any food or desserts!!! It shouldn't be your job. Your job is to wash dishes in a fast paced environment and clean the kitchen. I have no training, so I do not prepare any food, unless it's like cutting veg or something, because that has no training needed.

[@joshuathorp1557]

An hour should be more then enough!

[@christinam935]

Man that's crazy.. I'm a kp too and that's just unreasonable

[@nathan2497]

@@joshuathorp1557 You need more than an hour generally for close down. I am a thorough experienced Porter at big hotel chain and I could only just get everthing done in an hour and that's not deep cleaning the problem is most companies are stingy with pay and don't like paying overtime.

[@joshuathorp1557]

@@nathan2497 I'm ashamed to say I yelled at the Porter and was suspended pending further investigation. I was given a formal warning but returned to work and punched the porter for having a lunch break. He didn't deserve that but thankfully I was able to twist things and he was fired. It should take an hour the clean down... they are paid enough!

[@flyingwizard3]

just finished my second day in the kitchen. At this point i don't feel my legs. The stereotypes are all true. All the chicks get fancy jobs that require minimal effort, while the guys do the washing. Another example... you get no respect by anyone. i got literally pushed out of the way by a bully chef, cause i couldn't do 3 food prep dishes in like 40 seconds on my second day. at one point i almost said fuck it and quit the job on the spot but pulled through knowing that with my shit education i wouldn't get anything better than this. On another hand, there are perks such as free food. a lot of desserts get send back in on numerous occasions lol.

[@CoolTigers]

+flyingwizard3 you dont seems like that uneducated by your writing skill. You will be a chef one day....

[@Cass-zb9nr]

+flyingwizard3 I hope the best for you!

[@pokemasterluigi]

Maybe that's true, guys, for some reason, tend to be KPs, but I'm female and have a part time job as a KP. I've never been able to get in retail or waitressing, so I have to do the shitty job of washing pots, which I like, I've always liked cleaning, but when you do it as a job, it's fucking awful. It's the hardest job in the damn kitchen, and my hands and body always hurt after a shift, it's PAINFUL. I hear waitresses complaining all the time about their job, if there's only, say, three waitresses on and it's a little busy.. Hmmm. There's ONE kitchen porter per shift where I work. Try my job.

[@flyingwizard3]

Louise Cole exactly what i think

[@damendolloff9043]

+Louise Cole ugly women are KPs

[@lovestory-tc4rn]

I want to be a kitchen Porter I am really interesting to work but nobody here is giving me a chance to do it in UK it's very difficult to find a job I am just astonished because they always saying that they are ready to support people in their country whome are looking for job but actually I have faced the opposite

[@tumeg6529]

yo i’m going for trial as a KP in an hour today, the comments are scary me.

[@Yasser-hy8tn]

How did it go bro? I just did my first KP shift and it was very busy, washing dishes for hours .

[@Yasser-hy8tn]

@@davidcollins9258 yeah been doing it for 2 weeks now, although every time I think it’s the final dish there is always more 😭

[@Yasser-hy8tn]

@@davidcollins9258 how much do you get? I get £9 an hour and the tips are really good so it’s around £12 an hour including tips

[@flipballaz93]

very encouraging comment below....

[@Chipglockfully]

😭😭😭😭

[@recklessdreadful]

Im a KP... Fuck this job, no matter where you're at its hellish

[@shah5757]

Did this in the late 90s when I was a teenager. Left after two days. Truly a horrible job. Got paid £20 per night for 10 hours. It was an Indian restaurant in Sheffield. At the end of both nights my hands were yellow and swollen. One load of cutlery and pottery was quickly followed by another huge load throughout the night. The staff did not necessarily treat me like garbage though, maybe because I was new. I left it to try waitering at another Indian restaurant, that is where the staff did treat me like garbage and I left after one night only. I would not recommend a kitchen porter job to anyone. Long hours, poor pay and degrading work. You're better off delivering parcels for Hermes.

[@jeffb555]

I am a kitchen porter and I get treated with respect and thought highly off. So who ever says KP is a shit job and get treated like shit obviously hasn't got a clue

[@jeffb555]

Okay obviously me saying in my last comment people who say being a kp is a shit job and getting treated badly and haven't got a clue maybe was the wrong thing to say, I totally agree with you its going to be different where ever you work but where I work I get treated with respect and get taking care off. With you saying what you're saying from your experience you didn't always get treated with respect.

[@nathan2497]

Yh Fair enough jeff, It has been very mixed to say the least in my experience, Hell even some of the stuck up waitresses were bitchy with the Kp, Its very hard work for sure but it mainly just comes down to the attitude of the people you work with. The job itself is hard work and can be stressful when very busy but that doesn't bother me too much as I just graft and have a good attitude to work.

[@RuiLionheart]

I'm a KP myself atm and the chefs respect my job which makes the job a lot easier and less annoying to do. Once you get a hang of things, it's not too bad even though it's incredibly demanding (at least physically) but we should be better paid considering how important we are and how much and how hard we have to work EVERY single day.

[@solarp1guy]

This jobs depends on what company you work for, personally I wouldn’t work as a kp for a shit company with shit staff, go work for a posh kitchen and you’ll have the best time of ur life. And most of the time kitchen places will always offer you other positions to train on if you prove them ur a committed person. Most of the people that slate this job and say they wouldn’t do this that blah blah blah are the sort of people that will be working for another man for the rest of their life’s :)

[@bbb-iy8ee]

im a female kp in a large kitchen with a big team. i get zero respect from chefs, supervisor etc. i see only few friendly people around. the job is really hard and team members are not helpful.

[@lukecarroll4052]

That's where I'm at... I'm sure it could be easier somehow...

[@grandshadowseal]

I am fearing that guys watch as he does the dishes....

[@markgreet3543]

I was one once nightmare, chefs shouting in your ear hole these people in kitchens are barking mad.

[@tomneale1107]

worst thing about being a kp is the front of house staff

[@andyvoicu9516]

I'm a kp for 3 years and i'm treated like shit.!! every fucking day!

[@yugen]

You still working as KP?

[@mr_porter92]

Id rather be a full time Kitchen Porter than be hungry, unemployed and homeless. Kitchen Porter is more of a lifestyle than a profession.

[@rikalex7617]

15 hours a day at piccalino 🙌dead

[@ClubsManProactive]

wokring as a KP, hmm. At first it was an absolute shit hole - despite most of the staff including the chefs treating me very well as most of the chefs in the kitchen went through being KP themselves so they understand. Look, its a tough and shitty job, but you have to understand something, without you the whole kitchen can and will fall on its knees - they will not tell you this. Know your own value as a KP, you literally are the foundation of the kitchen - what will the food be served on? Customers' hands? lol. I'm being promoted to a chef position so im still in between both KP and being chef so just look forward, it is not going to last forever. Be assertive, when you know you are ready to move up, tell the fucking head chef you want to move up! cheers.

[@alonzomartii]

for all the dishwashers out there before you consider this job turn into escorting. 😂😂 Let the waiter do the dishes for the tips.

[@stretchystretch269]

I was a kp hated it for 7 months hate split shifts and no respect and horrible hands and stingy eyes prefer 9-5 any day

[@andrejsirin3348]

It’s not worts job ever IF you have a head chef who cares and A company which can pay you more than minimal wage

[@fodaykalon5952]

My honest advice to anybody is don't work as KP, if you got any ambition at all. It is the most degrading job I have ever seen. As part of their culture of the cooks, KP is and will not be respected.

[@openlyclosed6244]

Foday Kalon I can't agree more. I worked as a KP for two years to fund my studies. Everyone is an utter 'words removed' to KPs. They don't even get respect from waiters.

[@Jimbob1337]

Openly Closed Foday Kalon I have worked as a KP for over a year now, and the level of respect you get is entirely down to the individual staff members. If FOH is akin to the skin of the body, the kitchen is the internal organs, the guts so to speak. And while the chefs are the heart of the kitchen, the KP is the muscle. Without a good KP. the kitchen falls flat. Believe me when I say the staff realize this when I'm on holiday and they have to cover me - it is a tough job.

[@openlyclosed6244]

+Lewis McElroy Goodluck man. When you move on to a better job, any BS you get there will not come close to the ones you recieved as a KP. You will be emotionally stronger than you co-workers when dealing with work related BS.

[@BenJWebb]

I work as a kp and i've started to earn the chef's respect, I do a lot of cooking at home and my knife skills are fairly good so I help them out with a lot of prep, they've even put a couple of my ideas on the menu, the best way to earn their respect is working hard, never holding them up, giving them some shit back and kinda forcing your way into kitchen stuff and showing them you know some things about food

[@nathan2497]

Most people working as Kitchen Porters are doing it simply just to get by and pay bills etc and they can't get better jobs in most cases it's a crap job but most menial jobs are nowadays just having a job is good news atm for anyone the good thing about the job though is it keeps you fit and time goes quick on your shift because you're always busy.

[@SuperArchi2010]

try to work in Tony Macaronni in Glasgow Breahead very inhuman conditions :( very bad you don't clean dishes you put them in the dish washer only and wipe the dirty afterwords...Crazy

[@NeroWalker]

Dude exactly! Then your still needing to bring out stuff to front of house and like 2 other tasks while dishes pile

[@adambrown15]

I've just quit after only three weeks. Just not worth it.

[@mac4thewin]

it depends where you work ive been working at the same place for over 2 years and its got more and more busy

[@NewcastleUnitedOneClubOneCity]

I've been KP for 3 shifts and trust me it's boring 💤

[@fredblakey-lodge932]

Not boring but INTENSELY BUSY.

[@nathan2497]

Boring wtf do you work at a dead place? Most places it's pure hell just hard work you're expected to do 5 jobs at once and then you can't even stop for 10 minutes on a 10 hrs shift in my experience.

[@gillowens24]

I hate been a kitchen porter

[@chris7249]

degrading and embarrassing job but better than doing nothing

[@rossyaustin5150]

I don't really feel degraded or embarrassed tbh gotta make your way in the world somehow IMO yet again I am only 22 so ask me again in 10 years haha!

[@khadimndiayekhadim3589]

Kitchen porters very heard job and shit 🙃😣

[@bomberhood7234]

I’d rather make a living delivering Packages then to ever work in this miserable environment.

[@FlyHigher55]

its the worst job