Chef de Cuisine – Italian Cuisine

Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas seeks a Chef de Cuisine - Italian to lead the Italian kitchen team, ensuring adherence to concept statements and Park Hyatt performance standards.

You will supervise, train, and demonstrate duties in the kitchen, assign tasks, and maintain hands-on presence to drive excellence in service and cost control. UAE-based candidates preferred.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as Chef de Cuisine - Italian in a hotel of good standards and operations.
• Already based in the UAE will be ideal.

Responsibilities

• To ensure that the assigned Kitchen is managed efficiently according to the established concept statement, providing a courteous, professional, efficient and flexible service at all times, following Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas’ Standards of Performance.
• To have a full working knowledge and capability to supervise, correct and demonstrate all duties and tasks in the assigned Place of Work to the standard set.
• To assign responsibilities to subordinates, implementing Multi-Tasking principle and to check their performance periodically.
• To be a hands-on Manager and be present at all times in the operation.
• To implement a flexible scheduling based on business patterns.
• To establish and strictly adhere to the par stocks for all operating equipment, supplies, inventoried items, and to ensure that the outlet is adequately equipped.
• To develop standard recipes which allow the restaurant to operate at an acceptable food cost and to ensure that the monthly forecasted Food Cost is achieved.
• To strictly adhere to the established operating expenses and ensure that all costs are controlled.
• To ensure an effective payroll control through a flexible work force and close cooperation with other Food & Beverage outlets.
• To participate in the formulation of the Annual Operating Budget in determining outlet projected revenues and expenses, operating equipment and FF&E requirements in line with the compilation of the Annual Business Plan.

Skills

Chef de Cuisine - Italian

Leadership & supervision

Job description

To ensure that the assigned Kitchen is managed efficiently according to the established concept statement, providing a courteous, professional, efficient and flexible service at all times, following Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas’ Standards of Performance.

To have a full working knowledge and capability to supervise, correct and demonstrate all duties and tasks in the assigned Place of Work to the standard set. Please note that Master Task Lists are reviewed and changed on a regular basis reflecting change in trends, guest expectations and operating philosophies.

To assign responsibilities to subordinates, implementing Multi-Tasking principle and to check their performance periodically.

To be a hands-on Manager and be present at all times in the operation.

To implement a flexible scheduling based on business patterns.

To establish and strictly adhere to the par stocks for all operating equipment, supplies, inventoried items, and to ensure that the outlet is adequately equipped.

To develop standard recipes which allow the restaurant to operate at an acceptable food cost and to ensure that the monthly forecasted Food Cost is achieved.

To strictly adhere to the established operating expenses and ensure that all costs are controlled.

To ensure an effective payroll control through a flexible work force and close cooperation with other Food & Beverage outlets.

To participate in the formulation of the Annual Operating Budget in determining outlet projected revenues and expenses, operating equipment and FF&E requirements in line with the compilation of the Annual Business Plan.

Qualifications:

• Previous experience as Chef de Cuisine - Italian in a hotel of good standards and operations.
• Already based in the UAE will be ideal.