Chinese Head Chef
Hilton
- Tp Hồ Chí Minh
- Lâu dài
- Toàn thời gian
- Plan, prepare and implement high quality food and beverage products as well as set-ups in the restaurant.
- Work seamlessly with recipes, standards and plating guides.
- Maintain all HACCP aspects within the hotel operation.
- Use all equipment, tools and machines appropriately.
- Focus on constantly improving the training manuals and SOPs.
- Participate actively in quality initiatives such as the daily chef briefings and monthly team meetings in order to constantly improve the culinary operation, meet targets and keep communication flowing.
- Work at offsite events when tasked.
- Complete tasks and jobs outside the kitchen areas when requested.
- Assist with inventory taking.
- Knowledgeable of hotel’s occupancy, events, forecasts and achievements.
- Prepare menus as per request, in timely fashion.
- Work on new dishes for food tastings and photo taking.
- Control stations within the kitchen.
- Work closely with the Stewarding department to ensure high levels of cleanliness and low levels of lost and breakages.
- Effectively respond to every guests’ requests.
- Be receptive to constructive feedback.
- Purchase for and control production.
- Maintain at all times a professional and positive attitude towards team members and supervisors.
- Adhere to established hotel rules and team member handbook, ensuring all team members under your supervision do so as well for the department to operate smoothly.
- Coordinate, organize and participate in all production pertaining to the kitchen.
- Check and follow-up on the ingredients for the ala carte menus, daily menus, and seasonal specials, maintaining the standards of pre-set recipes, portion control and costing at all times.
- Monitor food quality and quantity to ensure the most economical usage of ingredients.
- Be disciplined and adhere to proper work practices at all times for yourself and team members assigned to you.
- Maintain good personal hygiene, clean uniforms, proper sanitation and cleanliness of the workstations and work tools.
- Be aware of the dangers of contaminated food and ensure ingredients in the refrigerators are checked and replaced appropriately.
- Report to the Chef on issues and take appropriate action.
- Follow-up on changes in new recipes or work methods pertaining to new menus, daily specials, and promotional activities as instructed by the Executive Chef.
- Work closely with the Executive Chef in determining the quantity of food items and ingredients to be produced, bought or prepared for that day.
- Exercise maximum control on wastage to achieve optimum profitability.
- Check all equipment belonging to the department and make sure that all are in good working order, and if necessary, report faults and problems to the Executive Chef.
- Prepare the necessary work orders for the Engineering department.
- Ensure that recipes and costing are established and updated.
- Monitor food quality and quantity to ensure the most economical usage of ingredients.
- Attend monthly management meetings, and operations meetings and hold daily briefings in the absence of the Executive Chef.
- Advise new menus and seasonal food concept changes with the help of the Executive Chef.
- Liaise with the Executive Chef daily to advise of any challenges and ensure that guests will experience no delays during the service period.
- Check that the quality of food prepared by team members meets the required standard and make necessary adjustments.
- Select team members who display qualities and attributes that reflect the department standards.
- Manage the training function and ensure all team members are certified in their position before taking charge of an area of responsibility.
- Monitor overall food operation and ensure that food items are being prepared in a timely and correct manner.
- Oversee the cleanliness, hygiene and maintenance of the kitchen and undertake necessary steps to maintain the highest possible standards in this area.
- Attend communication meetings and ensure that all assigned team members receive this communication.
- Control, monitor and be responsible for food costs to yield the maximum amount of outlet profit and maximum guest satisfaction.
- Work closely with the Executive Chef, meeting regularly to determine menu selections and specials that are both satisfying to guests and profitable to the outlet.
- Review all timesheets to ensure that team members’ work times and meal breaks are accurate.
- Understand, practice and promote teamwork to achieve missions, goals, and overall departmental standards.
- Prepare menus, considering number of guests, market condition popularity of various dishes, recent menus and religious or secular holidays.
- Ensure that all team members have a complete understanding of and adhere to the hotel’s team member rules and regulations.
- The Management reserves the right to make changes to this job description at its sole discretion and without advance notice.
- Carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities as assigned.
- High school graduate.
- At least 15 years of Kitchen experience and supervisory level in a 5-star hotel, with a minimum of 10 years as a Chinese Executive Chef.
- Good command in English, both verbal and written to meet business needs.
- Up-to-date sanitation classes.
- Possess a valid health certificate.
- Proficient in an additional language.
- Knowledgeable in HACCP.
- Participated in additional culinary classes or seminars.
- Work experience in a similar capacity with international chain hotels.
- Technical education in hospitality or culinary school is preferred.