Head Chef Dubai UAE

Position: Head Chef

Date posted: 2020-07-13

Industry: Restaurant

Employment type: Full Time

Experience: 5 Years’ experience required

Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Restaurant and Hospitality Management or any relevant course.

Salary: AED 5000 to 10000

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Company: Confidential

Description:

Head Chef for New Cafe and Restaurant in Dubai

Attractive salary as per industry standards and depending on experience and qualifications.

Can join within 2-3 months.

Preference to South African Nationals and Will Consider All Nationalities.

Male, 35 y/o and below

Job Responsibilities:

• In charge of the kitchen of our restaurant.
• Responsible for ensuring that the kitchen of our restaurant maintains the company’s standards.
• Planning and directing food preparation and culinary activities to ensure that our dishes are prepared under the best conditions.
• Modifying menus and creating new ones that meet quality standards.
• Excellent experience in Mediterranean Food, Sea Food, Arabic, Chinese and Indian Food.
• Western and Oriental Salad experience.
• Specialist in Nutritious and Vegetarian Food Items.
• Up-to-date with culinary trends and optimized kitchen processes.
• Estimating food requirements, and food and labor costs.
• Managing and supervising kitchen staff’s activities.
• Arranging for equipment purchases and repairs at the right time.
• Recommending potential kitchen staff.
• Maintaining complete knowledge of all our foods, services and hours of operation.
• Rectifying arising problems or complaints.
• Giving prepared foods the “final touch”.
• Performing administrative duties.
• Complying with nutrition and sanitation regulations and safety standards.
• Keeping time and payroll records.
• Creating the work schedules of the kitchen staff.
• Maintaining a positive and professional approach with coworkers and guests.
• Ensuring that our food items are stored in the right temperature.
• Being aware of items that are about to go out of stock and ensuring that orders are placed on time.
• Ensuring that our supplies are up to company and municipality standards.
• Good understanding of useful computer programs (MS Office, restaurant management software, POS)
• Ensuring that the kitchen is clean and sanitized properly at all times.
• Ensuring that our food items are labeled properly.
• Checking for items that are about to expire and disposing them properly when necessary.
• Working in accordance with the health and safety and municipality standards.
• Ensuring that our kitchen staff are trained on basic food safety and work safety when necessary.
• Ensuring that our kitchen staff always safeguard themselves properly while working to avoid work hazard.
• Training new and existing staff.
• Selecting designated trainers from the kitchen staff in your restaurant to help train new and existing staff and managers.