Reporting to the Executive Chef, the Chef De Cuisine (Italian) will be responsible for the Italian outlet, with a brigade of sever chefs and offering traditional Classical and Modern Italian Cuisine.
Responsibilities
- Provide direction for the day to day operations of the Italian Restaurant Lucca.
- Develop and create standard recipe cards with pictorials according to the Executive Chef’s policy.
- Establish and maintain professional and effective communication within the whole Food & Beverage Department.
- Ensure all Italian kitchen items are prepared and served according to the standard set by themselves and the Executive Chef.
- Take a professional self interest to constantly maintain a high standard of food preparations, controlling cost and wastage, reduce any loss and breakage of operating equipment by enforcing preventive Policies and Procedures.
- Monitor all kitchen costs and take corrective action, when necessary to reduce expenses.
- Inspect daily, all fresh food received to ensure a high quality is maintained.
- Inspect all food stores and refrigerated areas and suggest, where necessary, to correct storage methods to comply with Health & Safety regulations, to avoid spoilage and ensure regular turnover of food items and give completed check lists to the Executive Chef.
- Develop with the Training Manager training plans for the all kitchens to ensure training on Italian food.
- Ensuring the quality and standards at the outlet meet the expectations of the customer.
- Maintaining consistency in quality, hygiene, safety and sanitation standards.
- Comply with all Kempinski company policies.
- Any other duties that may be delegated by the management through the Executive Chef
Qualifications
- High School Diploma.
- Degree/Diploma in food production.
- Eight years minimum experience in traditional Classical and Modern Italian.
- Previous position as Sous Chef or Chef De Cuisine with minimum experience of 2 years.
- Previous experience within a luxury 5 star establishment.
- Experience in a similar role and proven track record may be considered in lieu of specialised education.
- Strong people leadership skills.
- Computer literacy.
- Good communication skills.
- Fluent speech skill; Knowledge of the English language is mandatory.
- Sound,checkable previous employment references.
- Able to work in a fast paced environment and can multitask.
- Ability to remain calm and composed under pressure.
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