Duties & Responsibilities
- Analyse recipes to assign prices to menu items, based on food and overhead costs.
- Check the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
- Check the quantity and quality of received products.
- Collaborate with other personnel to plan and develop recipes and menus, taking into account such factors as seasonal availability of ingredients and the likely number of customers.
- Demonstrate new cooking techniques and equipment to staff.
- Determine how food should be presented, and create decorative food displays.
- Determine production schedules and staff requirements necessary to ensure timely delivery of services.
- Plan, direct, and supervise the food preparation and cooking activities of multiple units
- Monitor sanitation practices to ensure that employees follow standards and regulations.
- May be required to assist with any other duties that may be outside scope of responsibility
- Hands on involvement with the focus of improving the cooking and overall standards of meals served
- Ability to carry out on the job training with chefs and cooks for the unit
- Introduction of new trends in the industry that will uplift the standards and reduce cost of sales without affecting quality
Skills and Competencies
- Must be able to communicate clearly with managers, kitchen and dining room personnel and guests.
- Strong judgement and problem solving skills
- Excellent people skills
- Strong interpersonal and communicative skills (verbal and written)
- Flexibility with regards to working hours
- Attention to detail
- Client service orientated
- Business management principles
- Fully computer literate
- Excellent food/Chef skills and background
Qualifications- Relevant tertiary qualification and Associate Culinary Degree / or recognized in service training.
- A minimum of 2 years of experience in kitchen preparation and cooking.
