Job Purpose:
Oversees an outlet's kitchen by managing other members of the food preparation team, deciding what dishes to serve and adjusting orders to meet guests requests. May assist in prep work, such as chopping vegetables, but more often will be involved in cooking specialty dishes.
Duties:
- In-charge of menu planning, product research & development and maintenance of kitchen equipment
- Oversee Food presentation
- Prepare sufficient food based on the menu planned
- Check stock inventory and work with Managers on the ordering of goods/ raw materials
- Ensure that the food served to customers is of a consistently high quality and that it meets the company standards
- Enforce food hygiene and workplace safety awareness in the kitchen
- Assist the junior chefs and managers in operating the kitchen within the budgetary criteria whilst meeting the company standards
- Involve in training new chef / cook / Kitchen assistant
- Supervise and provide guidance to junior kitchen staff in order to ensure that the work performance is within expectation
- Ensure that any additional standards that wish to be implemented throughout the season are integrated efficiently and timely within the wider kitchen team
- Administrative duties (eg Prep list, Kitchen reports, Assist with emails regarding menu, kitchen operations)
- Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Superior
Skills/Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience as Chef
- Experience in Sha XIan Chinese Cuisine will be an advantage
- Possessed experience in kitchen management
- Leadership
- Team player
- Good people management skills
