Head Chef - Staff Solutions
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape
8 hour(s) ago
Permanent
Salary - Market Related
Our client in the Hospitality Industry is seeking a Head Chef to join their team in Grahamstown/ Makhanda
Skills
Minimum criteria required:
Key Performance Areas of this position include:
- Diploma from a culinary institution
- Driver’s License
- Minimum of 3 - 5 years in a similar position within a Luxury Game Reserve, Boutique hotel or Luxury Restaurant
- Work History with Leadership Role overseeing Multiple Kitchens and large Brigades
Key Performance Areas of this position include:
- Will be expected to rotate through the lodge kitchens regularly, implementing standards, new menus & dishes and conducting training as well as performing checks on hygiene standards, staff discipline and brigade health
- Attend management meetings, give feedback and provide recommendations to develop the department
- Must plan annual leave, monthly leave cycle and working rosters for the all the chefs on the reserve in the most cost-effective manner to have minimal impact on the guest experience
- Must maintain extreme high levels of hygiene standards in the kitchens
- Interviewing and employing the correct candidates for vacant positions
- Always strive to improve on the standards of meals and presentation in all kitchens
- Act quickly and accordingly to resolve staff or food related issues that arises
- Work alongside chef brigade regularly to support kitchens during busy periods or to cover absences of senior staff
- Communicate with the Central Procurement on food orders, food quality and supplier issues
- Communicate constantly with Brigade Seniors for day-to-day support
- Candidate must be computer literate and be able to work on Office suite
- Excellent understanding of Special Dietary Needs
- Possess excellent communication skills
- Supportive leadership style while maintaining discipline through performance-management tools
- Physically Fit and a highly developed sense of taste and smell
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