Kitchen Assistant (Casual) - Springfield Park, Durban at Hollywoodbets

Job Description

Hollywood Bets has an exciting opportunity available for a Kitchen Assistant to be based at the Springfield Park branch, Durban. The incumbent will take responsibility for basic food preparation, assisting chefs with dishing up of food and presentation, whilst ensuring that the housekeeping is in line with company standards. Responsible for kitchen stock count and ensuring the kitchen stock is stored and maintained appropriately.

Advantageous:

• Food and Beverage experience

Key responsibilities:

• Ensure appropriate dress code together with health and safety requirements are in accordance with company standards.
• Inspect and clean food preparation areas, such as equipment and work surfaces, to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices and ensure conformance to established standards.
• Inspect kitchen stock - all food, spices, etc. Recommendations to defrost freezers as and when required.
• Ensure all kitchen stock is well maintained, packaged and allocated to the correct area- shelves, freezers etc.
• Ensure stock rotation and ensure expired food is disposed of and classified as waste.
• Leftover food from the previous day is dished into appropriate containers and appropriately stored for serving.
• Ensures preparation of food in readiness for chefs for all manufactured menu items as per GAAP.
• Dish up orders in accordance with GAAP portion sizes as per waitron orders.
• Ensures that all orders are prepared and dished up timeously to ensure exceptional customer service.
• Ensures presentation of orders is in line with company standards.
• Reports any operational problems (faulty/damaged equipment) that could hinder daily operations.
• Assisting in reporting of all stock items to the Chef on items that are running low.
• Ensures that all wastages and breakages during the shift are disclosed and accounted for.
• Ensures the cleaning of kitchen appliances, work surfaces, floors and walls as and when the need arises.
• Ensures that the kitchen and cooking area is left neat and tidy prior to the next shift.
• Continuously monitor the kitchen area to ensure that the kitchen is clean and tidy.
• Responsible for kitchen stock count.
• Stock Reporting on back of house stock: daily report indicating issued stock, receiving/ordering/GRV of stock, transfer of stock between branches if applicable, stock disclosure of breakages/wastages.
• Management of the store man/stock clerks. Ensure that stock control is always maintained. Manage the portioning of stock into containers.
• Ensure timeous submission of daily, weekly, monthly F&B stock reports.
• Capture stock on GAAP system.
• Complete voids on POS.
• Attend to customer query and complaints.
• Any ad hoc duties that might be required.

Skills and competencies:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• High level of integrity, trustworthiness and reliability
• Good numeracy and stock analysis
• Ability to take initiative whilst adhering to company policies and procedures
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent time management
• Ability to meet deadlines while maintaining efficiency and professionalism at all times

Please note that only Candidates who meet the stipulated minimum requirements will be considered.

Please be advised that should you not be contacted within 30 days, kindly consider your application to be unsuccessful.