Planning and directing food preparation and culinary activities
Modifying menus or create new ones that meet quality standards
Estimating food requirements and food/labor costs
Plan and direct food preparation and culinary activities
Modify menus or create new ones that meet quality standards
Estimate food requirements and food/labor costs
Supervise kitchen staff's activities
Arrange for equipment purchases and repairs
Recruit and manage kitchen staff
Rectify arising problems or complaints
Give prepared plates the final touch
Perform administrative duties
Comply with nutrition and sanitation regulations and safety standards
Keep time and payroll records
Maintain a positive and professional approach with coworkers and customers
Trains, develops and motivates supervisors and culinary staff to meet and exceed established food preparation standards on a consistent basis.
Teaches preparation according to well defined and follows up and discusses ways of constantly improving the cuisine at the property.
Display exceptional leadership by providing a positive work environment, counselling employees as appropriate and demonstrating a dedicated and professional approach to management.
Should be able to provide direction for all day-to-day operations in the kitchen.
Understand employee well enough to perform duties in employees absence or determine appropriate replacement to fill gaps.
Provides guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting and monitoring performance.
Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and kitchen staff.
He/She should advocate sound financial/business decision making, demonstrates honesty, integrity and also leads by example.
Provides and supports service behaviours that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and .
Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual when needed.
Delegates as appropriate to develop supervisors and subordinates to accept responsibility and meet clearly defined goals and objectives.
Reviews staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs and financial objectives are met.
Actively involves in development and maintaining updated and accurate costing of all dishes prepared and sold in the Food and Beverage operation.
Determines how food should be presented, and create decorative food displays.
Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavour.
Ensures compliance with food handling and sanitation standards.
Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products.
Ensures all equipment in the kitchen is properly maintained and in working order in accordance with local Health department and standards.
Reviews for guest satisfaction results and other data to identify areas of improvement.
Coordinates with the for the acquisition of needed goods and services.
Ensure all products are prepared in a consistent manner and meet departmental appearance/quality standards.
Ensure proper grooming and hygiene standards for all kitchen staffs.
Ensures all kitchen employees maintain required food handling and sanitation certifications.
Ensure proper purchasing, and food storage standards in the kitchen.
Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on food quality, presentation and service levels.
Actively responds to and handles guest problems and complaints.
Maintain Quality levels of receiving, storage, production and presentation of food.
Ensure sufficient staffing levels are scheduled to accommodate business demands.
Follows and enforces all applicable procedures specified for kitchen and food servers.
Discuss daily reports with key kitchen and F&B team members.
Review weekly and monthly to meet and .
Attend the daily morning meetings and other administrative sessions.
Identifies the developmental needs of kitchen staffs and provide coaching, mentoring, and also helping them to improve their knowledge or skills.
Trains kitchen associates on the fundamentals of good cooking and excellent plate presentations. Also interview and hire new applicants for kitchen.
Frequently review finished products for quality and presentation before the orders are send to guest.
Able to perform additional duties as requested by the hotel management as and when required.
Ensures disciplinary procedures and are completed according to hotel operational Standard and Management Policy.
Requirements and skills
Proven working experience as a Head Chef
Prepare Asian, Western, Italian menu and food
Prepare Indian dessert, like ladu, halwa, jelabi, and western dessert
Excellent record of kitchen management
Ability to spot and resolve problems efficiently
Capable of delegating multiple tasks
Communication and leadership skills
Keep up with cooking trends and best practices
Strong knowledge of Indian and TEX MEX cuisine
Minimum 10 years experience as an Executive Chef in a restaurant with a similar style of dining, capacity and volume
Minimum experience in singapore 5 years, so it is easier to get with the trend
Strong financial and computer skills has experience working with and an understanding of Profit & Loss and budgeting
Possess a passion for culinary excellence with incredible skill to create exciting new dishes, appropriate for the venue's concept
