- Cape Winelands
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Hospitality
- Reference: 2171873
Vacancy Details
Employer: Hotel and Catering Personnel
- Manage and lead the kitchen staff in chef’s absence
- Provides guidance to junior kitchen staff members, including but not limited, to line cooking, food preparation and dish plating
- Oversees and organizes kitchen stock and ingredients
- Ensures a first-in, first-out food rotation system and verifies all food products are properly dated and organized for quality assurance
- Keeps cooking stations stocked, especially before and during prime operation hours
- Train and assess staff on the job
- Manages food and product ordering by keeping detailed records and minimizes waste, plus works with existing systems to improve waste reduction and manage budgetary concerns
- Supervises all food preparation and presentation to ensure quality and restaurant standards
- Works with head chef to maintain kitchen organization, staff ability and training opportunities
- Assists head chef with menu creation
- Monitor and maintain health and safety
- Maintain staff and leave rosters
- Ensure that all CDP’s are familiar with the weekly and daily reservations, events and menu requirements
- Ensure that each dish leaving the kitchen is checked for quality, quantity, presentation and correct temperature
PLEASE NOTE THIS POSITION IS BASED IN STELLENBOSCH (Need to Live in Surrounding Areas)
Our Client is looking for a Senior Sous Chef to work alongside the Head Chef to manage daily kitchen activities, including overseeing staff, menu preparation and ensuring food quality and freshness. Providing meal quality and consistency by following designated recipes.
Main responsibilities
Candidate Requirements
- Culinary Diploma
- Preferably +/- 4 years previous in a senior chef role
- Own transport
- Leadership and management skills
- Able to work in a team
- Basic computer skills (word, excel, outlook)
- Excellent written & oral communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Attention to detail
- Availability to work within opening hours (e.g., evenings, public holidays, weekends)
Main requirements
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About Hotel and Catering Personnel
Since its founding in 1994, Hotel and Catering Personnel have gone from strength to strength. A privately owned company, Hotel and Catering Personnel specialise in the search and recruitment of high caliber personnel for the hospitality industry.
Based in Cape Town, Hotel and Catering Personnel know the demands, the complexities and skills required for the successful, profitable operation and management of a hotel. We understand our client's need for highly accomplished professionals who have what it takes, to run a successful operation.
With a client list that includes some of the finest hotels and a team of dedicated, experienced professionals working in partnership, we aim to provide the best people, product and service in the industry. At Hotel and Catering personnel we're not just committed to solving immediate problems with superior, professional people, we're committed to building long term relationships with our clients.
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