Chef De Partie

Celebrity Cruises; Dubai; On-site; AED 202,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Celebrity Cruises is seeking an experienced Chef de Partie to lead and supervise culinary teams across multiple kitchen sections aboard our ships. You will coach, coordinate with the Sous Chef, and ensure consistent taste and plating according to corporate recipes, while upholding cleanliness and safety standards.

You will uphold HACCP standards, oversee food production, and train staff in a multicultural shipboard environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years in upscale hotel, resort, cruise ship or banquet service.
• At least 2 years as Chef de Partie.
• Strong management, communication, problem solving, and interpersonal skills.
• Superior customer service, teambuilding, and conflict resolution skills.
• Knowledge of personalized service principles, guest satisfaction evaluation, and quality standards.
• Strong planning, coaching, organizing, staffing, controlling, and evaluating skills.

Responsibilities

• Directs, coaches, supports, supervises, and evaluates (with the Sous Chef) all direct reports.
• Read, understand, follow, and prepare company recipes to maintain quality and consistency in taste per corporate instructions.
• Proficient in completing tasks, working efficiently and productively.
• Ability to work in any section of a kitchen.
• Coordinate and supervise all team members in their section, assign and delegate tasks.
• Undertake recipe reviews daily and maintain recipe folders in immaculate condition.
• Handle requests from supervisor or manager, including show plates, food samples and tastings.
• Control production levels and suggest improvements for cost control.
• Prepare daily electronic food requisitions for the section and verify deliveries for accuracy.
• Oversee main sections (Sauce, Entremetier, Fish, Roast, Outlet CDP, Tournant and Cold Kitchen) and entire production.
• Ensure Public Health compliance per company standards and ensure HACCP program is carried out correctly.
• Maintain area readiness for USPH inspections and other audits.
• Report for duty on time and uphold personal appearance and hygiene per company rules.

Skills

Management skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Team building

Customer service

Job description

• Directs, coaches, supports, supervises, and evaluates (with the Sous Chef) all direct reports.
• Must have excellent food knowledge and a full understanding of culinary terms.
• Must be able to read, understand, follow, and prepare company recipes by maintaining the quality and consistency in taste according to the instructions provided by the corporate office.
• Must be proficient in completing tasks, work efficiently and productively.
• Must be able to work in any section of a kitchen.
• Coordinate and supervise all team members assigned to their section, assign and delegate tasks accordingly.
• Undertake recipe reviews daily. Maintain recipe folders in immaculate condition.
• Responsible for follow-through on any request within the area of responsibility received from the direct supervisor or manager on duty; this may include show plates, food samples and random food tastings.
• Control production levels and recommend ideas for improvements and better cost controlling.
• Prepare daily electronic food requisitions needed for his section production and countercheck deliveries for its accuracy; Report any discrepancies to his immediate supervisor.
• Must be able to oversee any main section (Sauce, Entremetier, Fish, Roast, Outlet CDP, Tournant and Cold Kitchen) and its entire food production.
• Maintain and ensure that Public Health are followed according to company standards and expectation (referring to US, Anvisa, Shipsan, Canadian, Australian etc.) and always followed within their section.
• Ensures that the HACCP program is carried out correctly.
• Maintains their assigned area in preparation for announced or unannounced United States Public Health type inspection either done by the Food & Beverage Director or the actual inspectors.
• Reports for duty at assigned times, follows their supervisor’s instructions, and ensures that personal appearance, uniform, and personal hygiene are in accordance with the company’s rules and regulations.

QUALIFICATION

• A minimum of 8 years in an upscale hotel, resort, cruise ship or convention banqueting service and at least 2 years as Chef de Partie.
• Very strong management skills in a multicultural and dynamic environment.
• Very strong communication, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal skills.
• Superior customer service, teambuilding, and conflict resolution skills.
• Knowledge of the principles and processes for providing personalized services including needs assessment techniques, quality service standards, alternative delivery systems, and guest satisfaction evaluation techniques.
• Strong planning, coaching, organizing, staffing, controlling, and evaluating skills.
• Intermediate computer software skills required.
• Possess a good understanding of basic accounting principles such as numbering flow, “Debits/Credits”, adjusting entries, and corrections.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence and to establish a good rapport with the ship’s Senior Officers and the corporate office.