Head Chef - Upington at Empact Group

Education and Experience:

• Relevant Tertiary qualification in hospitality or the relevant experience in the industry
• Must be a qualified chef
• Knowledge of the catering environment ranging from fine dining to restaurant dining
• Knowledge of South African and industry-specific law
• Strong financial acumen, proven budgetary and food control practices

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• To develop and plan menus
• Establish recipes and food purchase specifications
• Coordinate, execute, supervise and evaluate all food production activities of a fast-paced operation
• Assist in the management of the strategic and day to day operations of the operation
• Overseeing, implementation and responsibility for all Occupational Health and Safety across the site in the food production areas
• Assisting the manager to uphold the customer service standards in daily trading
• Providing tasteful, well designed menus with costings to ensure the business operates at its optimum GP% requirements
• Food innovation and promotional menus that includes the latest trends in visual display and grab & go items
• Placing orders for kitchen production and menus
• Accurate compliance with daily tie backs, stock control and waste recordings
• Keeping the necessary stock par levels to ensure efficiency and preventing stock wastage
• Management of the production team includes:
• Ensuring that the teams abides by the working hours and break times
• Ensuring that the company disciplinary guidelines are followed