Executive Chef at NewRest Group

NewRest Group - With origins in Group Catair in 1996, and founded by its Co-CEO’s Olivier Sadran and Jonathan Stent-Torriani in Toulouse (France), Newrest is today a global leader in multi-sector catering. With 2014 revenues under management of almost 1,386.6 Billion Euros and more than 28,000 employees worldwide, Newrest is present in 49 countries.

Newrest is the only major catering company active in all catering and related hospitality segments including airline catering, buy-on-board, duty-free on board, rail catering, concession retail, contract catering, remote site and support services. Newrest is committed to constant improvement and innovation for its clients, the progress of its employees and managers, a sustainable and durable development of the company, respecting social and environmental values in all of its activities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Executive Chef

Location: Lagos 
Employment Type: Full-time

Mission
Commercial activities:

• Develop menu and recipes for presentation through the completion of the initial grids for proposal.
• Providing menus recommendations in line with clients or commercial requests when needed while always considering the current production plan for optimisation.
• Create recipes and check the correct deployment into Winrest system.
• Review of new recipes prior costing into Winrest system by the costing team.
• In charge of the clients’ food sampling process with the support of the Units Executive Chefs based on commercial requirements.
• Address gustative complaints with the support of the Units Executive Chefs (meat over cooked, missing or wrong item, etc...).
• Lead the menu presentation process

Cycle change preparation:

• Review cycle change specifications (datasheet or menu grid when the latter not available).
• Attend the cycle change meeting while having received the grids min 2 weeks prior that meeting.
• Adjust products with supply chain based on availability and other elements.
• Carry out training of hot and cold kitchen to the team on critical elements of the cycles and dry run when require.

Quality control and culinary excellence:

• Carry out quality checks as per Chef table process as well as internally through the tasting station. Address and correct any deviation observed.
• Develop any other additional control method to ensure the high quality of the meals.
• Represent the culinary lead in terms of taste, platting and specification compliance.
• Check constantly the recipes compliance in Winrest (correct ingredient used, correct pictures…) and contact the Costing Manager for correction when needed.

Procurement related:

• Address any quality/specification with the National purchasing manager.
• Sign off product specification for the Procurement team, especially on high cost and high yield items.

General:

• Support other countries within Newrest network when require.
• Work closely with Production Managers in implementing and maintaining a Production Plan, completing projects, training the team of the hot and cold kitchens, etc…
• Ensure that the utmost care is taken during preparation of food, considering, taste, quality, garnishing, attention to detail and presentation.
• Work closely with the Training Officer to determine the training needs of the staff.
• Develop training material and conduct on the job training.
• Have a significant input in food cost reduction and wastages.
• Support actively food audits preparation and completion.
• Participate to the cooks’ skills assessment prior recruitment.

Profile
Qualifications:

• Culinary / Hospitality Diploma or Degree in Professional Cookery
• Relevant Qualifications in Production Management
• Fully Competent in Microsoft Office.

Experience:

• 10 years’ experience.

Skills:

• Organization & Efficiency
• Leadership
• Problem Solving
• Communication
• Production Planning.

Competencies:

• Ability to communicate and delegate with the team under your supervision
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to present and interact efficiently with Internal Clients.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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