Airline Catering Sous Chef — Lead, Train & Optimize Kitchen

Emirates Flight Catering; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 480,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Two duty meals provided at EKFC

Health and wellness coverage

Paid time off and public holidays

Performance-based annual bonus and pay

Recognition for achievements (NAJM)

Job summary

Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC) is hiring a senior culinary supervisor to oversee staff, production planning, and adherence to airline-standard recipes while maintaining stringent food safety practices. You will coordinate with Sr.

Sous Chefs to ensure smooth operations in a high-volume kitchen environment. The role requires a hotel catering background with 5+ years in culinary roles, including banqueting experience, and strong leadership, coaching, and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the culinary field.
• Hotel Catering equivalent in 5‑star facility with excellent knowledge in all aspects of cooking and different cuisines
• Previous experience in high volume and / or banqueting in a large kitchen team preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and allocate work to subordinates, observe productivity, assist them, and coordinate training for smooth workflow and target output achievement.
• Ensure output through roster planning / scheduling.
• Maintain accurate portioning and presentation as per recipes and airline standards with daily food safety monitoring.
• Identify and resolve operational issues during daily production with timely actions and communication with senior staff.
• Drive SOP adherence and implement corrective actions to ensure standardized operations and quality standards.
• Support development, trial, and implementation of new recipes and menu items aligning with client requirements and quality.
• Prepare, update, and execute the production plan to meet targets, maintaining production sheets for airlines/catering businesses.
• Ensure proper stock rotation, on-time deliveries, high-quality service, and hygiene compliance.
• Implement food cost and wastage controls by monitoring portions and material usage.

Skills

Feedback & coaching

Self-development

Responsibility ownership

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Education

Hotel Management or Culinary degree

Job description

Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC) is hiring a senior culinary supervisor to oversee staff, production planning, and adherence to airline-standard recipes while maintaining stringent food safety practices. You will coordinate with Sr.

Sous Chefs to ensure smooth operations in a high-volume kitchen environment. The role requires a hotel catering background with 5+ years in culinary roles, including banqueting experience, and strong leadership, coaching, and problem-solving skills.