Chef at Precious Palm Royal Hotel

Precious Palm Royal Hotel  - Design and comfort are perfectly combined here, because we care about your well-being - all the materials used for room decoration are environment friendly, and your individual climate control can be adjusted accurately by degree.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chef

Location: Edo
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Should be very creative and able to prepare all kinds of dishes to wow our guest expectation – ranging from local dishes, pastery and continental
• 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
• Rectify arising problems or complaints
• Give prepared plates the “final touch”
• Perform administrative duties
• Comply with nutrition and sanitation regulations and safety standards
• Maintain a positive and professional approach with coworkers and customers
• Should be able to provide direction for all day-to-day operations in the kitchen.
• Understand employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence or determine appropriate replacement to fill gaps.
• Provides guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• 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 retention.
• Determines how food should be presented, and create decorative food displays.
• Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavor.
• 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 hotel
• Reviews feedback for guest satisfaction results and other data to identify areas of improvement.
• Coordinates with the purchasing department 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, receiving and food storage standards in the kitchen.
• Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on food quality, presentation and service levels.
• Maintain Quality levels of receiving, storage, production and presentation of food.
• Follows and enforces all applicable safety procedures specified for kitchen and food servers.
• Discuss daily food cost reports with key kitchen and F&B team members.
• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• Proven working experience as a Head Chef
• Excellent record of kitchen management
• Ability to spot and resolve problems efficiently
• Proven track record of costing or cost analysis
• Capable of delegating multiple tasks
• Communication and leadership skills
• Keep up with cooking trends and best practices
• Working knowledge of various computer software programs (MS Office, restaurant managementsoftware, POS)
• B.Sc Degree in Culinary science or related certificate.

Application Closing Date
30th June, 2021.