Executive Chef-Machakos at Ital Global

Role Objective

• A leading superior hotel in Machakos offering premium amenities and qualities services. It is located in an ideal prime location. The hotel is looking for a seasoned and creative executive chef who has the ability to lead and run an efficient kitchen staff all aspects of the kitchen, dining restaurants and food service operations while adhering to hotels standards and having a creativity mindset to retain and attract clientele with an exceptional culinary experience.

Core Duties and Responsibilities

• Overall management of kitchen operations to achieve efficiency for a multi cuisine setting.
• Overseeing the kitchen team and ensuring meals are prepared to a high standard while ensuring client satisfaction.
• Implementing hygiene policies and examining kitchen equipment for cleanliness, safety at all times, ensuring the highest possible hygiene, sanitary and maintenance standards are adhered to.
• Designing creative recipes, planning menus and selecting suitable plate presentation suitable to the client while also customizing for those that have special preferences or dietary restrictions.
• Reviewing staffing levels to meet service, operational and financial objectives.
• Hiring and training kitchen staff, such as cooks, food preparation workers, stewards etc.
• Performing administrative tasks, taking stock of food and equipment supplies, and preparing purchase orders.
• Coordinating junior chefs, cooks’ , other kitchen staff tasks.
• Leading, motivating, and developing your kitchen team, while promoting and fostering a positive, collaborative professional and productive work environment.
• Training of kitchen staff members to ensure that consistency and standardization are well maintained at all times in aspects of food quality, service delivery, portion sizes, presentation, new recipes, cooking techniques and use of equipment, and oversee cooking, performing food preparation process.
• Attending and conducting meetings with food suppliers, other vendors for the department to review products, prices, quality, delivery etc.
• Attending management meetings regularly, prepare and present relevant and other requested reports.
• In charge of performance reviews of the Kitchen staff department, setting and monitoring performance standards for staff.
• Conducting frequent and regular meetings with the Kitchen Team and management to communicate daily operational challenges & successes.
• Ensuring all culinary and kitchen team are aware of standards and expectations.
• Keeping up with current on new trends in the industry in order to retain relevance..
• Ensuring that the kitchen heads utilize progressive corrective actions to correct, supervise and coach colleagues that need improved performance.
• In charge of kitchen budgeting and cost control to ensure food production to achieve set budgets and minimize wastage/spoilage, including labour costs, and operational expenses, to ensure overall financial targets are met.
• In charge of inventory to ensure that stock levels are optimal at all times food and equipment are available and meet quality standards while minimizing waste and in charge of procuring process for the kitchen department.
• Participating in client satisfaction activities by interacting and obtaining feedback on service quality, addressing concerns, complaints to enhance and improve the dining experience. and service quality, and handling customer problems and complaints.
• Participating in idea creation and execution especially with the management for various curation of themed, special and catering events
• Perform other duties as allocated in the relevant department 

Job Specifications and Qualifications

• Diploma or Higher National Diploma in Culinary Arts, Food Production or its equivalent.
• At least 5 years’ experience in a similar leadership position in a Business hotel or five Star Hotel
• Advanced knowledge of food profession principles and practices.
• Proven experience in diverse cuisines
• Expert in menu planning, costing and computer literate
• Knowledge in HACCP

    Key Competencies

• Effective and proven leadership skills
• Exceptional culinary skills and a passion for delivering top-quality cuisine.
• Hotel Software platforms knowledge & Computer skills is an added advantage
• Knowledge in Food Safety and hygiene awareness
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proven track record of cost control including food, equipment, labor and wastage.
• Outstanding menu planning skills
• Excellent organizational skills and delegation skills
• Great at training juniors
• Service Oriented
• Ability to work under pressure