Executive Chef at JohnWood Hotel by Bolton

JohnWood Hotel (by Bolton) is a new five-star luxury hotel situated in the heart of Abuja, Nigeria. At JohnWood, we are on a mission to create remarkable experiences for our guests by offering first-class hospitality services blended with elegance.

We strive to offer the highest standard of service and provide our staff with an engaging environment that inspires creativity and freedom to deliver services beyond the expectations of our guests and at the same attain job satisfaction.

We seek extraordinary team players and staffers who are hungry to build exceptional careers in the hospitality industry to fill the position below:

Job Title: Executive Chef

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Accountable for the overall success of the daily kitchen operations. Exhibits culinary talents by personally performing tasks while leading the staff and managing all food-related functions. Works to continually improve guest and employee satisfaction while maximizing financial performance in all areas of responsibility.
• Supervises all kitchen areas to ensure a consistent, high-quality product is produced. Responsible for guiding and developing staff including direct reports.
• Must ensure sanitation and food standards are achieved. Areas of responsibility comprise overseeing all food preparation areas (e.g., stewarding, banquets, room service, restaurants, bar/lounge and employee cafeteria) and all support areas (e.g., storeroom and purchasing).

Major Responsibilities

• Leads kitchen management team.
• Provides direction for all day-to-day operations.
• Understands employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence or determine appropriate replacement to fill gaps.
• Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
• Reviews staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs and financial objectives are met.
• Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees and ensures employees do the same within the team.
• Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
• Demonstrate new cooking techniques and equipment to staff.
• Develops and implements guidelines and control procedures for purchasing and receiving areas.
• Communicates the importance of safety procedures, detailing procedure codes, ensuring employee understanding of safety codes, monitoring processes and procedures related to safety.
• Knows and implements the brand's safety standards.
• Provides direction for menu development.
• Monitors the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• 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 employees maintain required food handling and sanitation certifications.
• Identifies the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• To conduct any other reasonable duty as directed by the management.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent in a related discipline.
• Minimum Experience: 5 years in a similar role in the hospitality industry.
• Relevant certification will be an added advantage.

Job Specification:

• Integrity and Loyalty
• Oral and written communication
• Excellence driven and Results-oriented
• People Management Skills
• Display positive energy and enthusiasm
• Safety awareness
• Development of subordinates
• Adaptability
• Technical/Professional knowledge
• To be able to take initiative and make decisions.

Application Closing Date
28th August, 2021.