Sous Chef

Come Join the Burnt Ends Hospitality Group!
Founded by Chef-Owner Dave Pynt, Burnt Ends is a modern barbecue restaurant in Singapore's Dempsey Hill serving modern Australian barbecue and boutique wines and spirits in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. At the heart of this modern barbecue restaurant is an open kitchen concept with a custom four-tonne, dual cavity oven, and four elevation grills. Burnt Ends writes new menus daily and believes that there is magic that comes from cooking with wood.

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate all sections in the kitchen
• Ensure consistent and smooth operations of the department
• Drive organisational policies and procedures for inventory management
• Follow food waste control guidelines
• Lead in the training of new staff
• Provide guidance to junior kitchen staff members, including, but not limited, to line cooking, food preparation, and dish plating
• Operate kitchen to maintain profitability and costs for the culinary operations
• Support to create new recipes for inclusion in new menus
• Modify existing work processes and procedures in accordance with process improvement reviews
• Support to maintain kitchen organization, staff ability, and training opportunities
• Propose initiatives for continuous improvement
• Evaluate emerging technology trends that can be leveraged to improve productivity and innovation
• Monitor the adherence of customer service standards
• Provide food services to all guests in a manner that is professional, efficient yet friendly
• Evaluate the effectiveness of service recovery strategies to improve customer service delivery
• Evaluate impact of customer loyalty strategies to ascertain its effectiveness
• Monitor team's compliance with the organisation's personal, food and beverage hygiene standards
• Ensure that working areas are always kept clean
• Monitor team's adherence to the organisation's food waste management Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Monitor team's compliance with the organisation's Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) policies and procedures
• Inspect quality of food plating to ensure required standards are met when running the pass

Job Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years of woodfire restaurant experience
• No minimum cert required
• Good communications skills
• Excellent use of various cooking methods, ingredients, equipment and processes
• Able to multitask and work efficiently under pressure
• Resolve issues in a fair and positive manner
• Be punctual and well disciplined
• 5 days work week (44 hours)

Benefits:

• Medical insurance
• Dental coverage
• High monthly incentives
• Annual performance bonus
• Strong growth and development opportunities
• 12 days Annual leave + 1 day Birthday leave
• 1.5x OT pay for hours worked beyond 44/week

If you're passionate about food, love working with a great team, and want to be part of something new and exciting, we'd love to meet you! Apply now and be part of Burnt Ends!