Chef

• Ensure the serving of consistent, quality culinary dishes, excellent presentation, in a timely manner
• Ensure that no problems arise during service; any, should be rectified quickly with minimal fuss or delay.
• Approve all foods before they leave the kitchen
• Forecast supply needs and estimate costs
• Involvement in Recruitment of kitchen staff
• Ensure efficiency and productivity of the kitchen and staff.
• Perform accounting functions and scheduling of meals to be served
• Ensure that the food servicing facility meets all necessary standards and regulations such as sanitary and safety guidelines and complete relevant documentation re same
• Create recipes and prepare advanced items for team familiarisation
• Assign tasks that are less complicated to lower kitchen staff
• Ensure proper equipment maintenance and operations
• Oversee special catering events and where necessary offer culinary instruction and demonstrate techniques
• Supervise kitchen personnel, manage their performance, delegate duties and maintain excellent communications with the team
• Ordering of food from designated suppliers using procure wizard systems
• Organise duty roster for kitchen staff with emphasis on controlling and monitoring payroll costs
• Overall responsibility for the kitchen’s daily operations.
• Maintaining/raising the food’s profit margins.
• Ensuring correct stock rotation procedures are followed.
• Ensuring compliance and Implementation of all relevant health and safety measures & all HACCP procedures in the kitchen and ensuring all kitchen staff are appropriately trained in same.

If you are passionate about delivering exceptional culinary experiences and thrive in a dynamic, event-driven environment, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today