Head Chef at a Fine Dining Cafe Restaurant - Myrtle Management Consultants Limited

Myrtle Management Consultants Limited - Our client is a fine dining Cafe Restaurant located in Port-Harcourt, River State, is recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head Chef

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job type: Full-time

Job Brief

• We are seeking to employ a dynamic and versatile candidate to lead a team of enthusiastic colleagues to ensure efficiency and high productivity.
• We seek to hire an experienced Head Chef to join their great team and to bring together all the ingredients for culinary success in their Restaurant.
• You are expected to lead the way in creating a venue of choice by delivering tasty, homely food through the leadership of the kitchen brigade.
• They would also love to see new ideas for revenue generation, and profitability and challenge the status quo! 

Job Description

• Experienced with preparing national and continental dishes 
• Live our values of Service, Teamwork, Ambition, Responsibility, and Solutions
• Collaborate and work as part of the wider hotel management team
• Recruit, train, develop, and retain chefs and kitchen personnel; create plans for the team by agreed objectives and goals in appraisals and reviews
• Responsible for stock control and achieving business gross profit margins
• Schedules and organizes regular menu taste panels for the front of house team
• Manages and meets the expectations of  relevant audits
• Review of menus and feedback to the Food and Beverage team 
• All menus are delivered to brand standards and menu specification
• Manages expectations behind the pass as well as in the outlets, driving customer and employee engagement.
• Participating in constructing daily menus with new or existing culinary creations ensuring the variety and quality of the servings
• Maintain hygiene and quality standards and follow sanitary rules
• Foster a climate of cooperation and respect between coworkers

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years experience as a Head Chef in a reputed restaurant,  or culinary-focused operation
• Advanced level certification in food safety, preferably at level 3 or higher
• Prior experience in a branded environment
• You have a broad experience of working in a dynamic environment, primarily in service industries
• You have a passion for cooking and food preparation with a focus on the quality of preparation, but also on the presentation of dishes
• You keep track of new culinary trends and know different types of cuisine
• You are familiar with food safety and the basics of HACCP
• You love working with people and are prone to teamwork
•  You have a professional approach to work and colleagues
• You actively use English and other local dialects in speech
• You have a strong focus on details
• You have strong time management skills.

Remuneration
Competitive along with other benefits

Application Closing Date
30th March, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• Interviews are on a rolling basis to the closing date.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Further assessments will be required.