Chef de Partie - Pizza Specialty

Hyatt Corporation; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury hospitality company in Dubai seeks a skilled Chef de Partie specializing in pizza. Your role will include preparing classic and gourmet pizzas, supervising a team, and ensuring top-quality standards. Candidates must have at least 2 years of experience in upscale kitchen environments, formal culinary education, and knowledge of food safety. This is a full-time position offering the chance to work in a high-pressure, fine-dining setting, with responsibilities spanning recipe development to hygiene management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of professional kitchen experience, particularly in pizza preparation.
• Strong knowledge of traditional and modern pizza-making techniques.
• Food safety and hygiene certification is essential.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook a variety of pizza with consistency and high quality.
• Supervise commis chefs and ensure proper preparation and hygiene.
• Collaborate with the Sous Chef to develop new recipes.

Skills

Pizza preparation

Team management

Food safety standards

Education

Formal culinary education

Job description

Chef de Partie - Pizza Specialty

Park Hyatt Park Hyatt Dubai AE - DubaiCulinaryHourly / Entry Level EmployeeFull-timeReq ID : DUB006461Worldwide

Summary

• Prepare and cook a wide variety of pizza in classic and gourmet style ensuring consistency and high quality in taste and presentation.
• Supervise and support the commis chefs in the pizza section, ensuring proper preparation, hygiene, and mise en place.
• Monitor oven temperatures, cooking times, and ingredient freshness to maintain food safety and quality standards.
• Collaborate with the Sous Chef to develop new pizza recipes and seasonal menu items.
• Check for all functions and special requirements, outlet preparation lists and change of brands.
• To check function list net weight requirements up to 96 hours in advance.
• To check on weekly function board and monthly function forecast.
• To inspect delivery for correct temperatures, quality and correct count (weight) etc.
• To follow strict packing and storage guidelines, rules and regulationsestablished in Hotel’s policy on Fire, Hygiene, Health and Safety.
• To assist in carrying out quarterly, bi-yearly, yearly inventory of operating equipment.

Qualifications

• Formal culinary education or relevant professional training from a recognized institution.
• Minimum 2 years of professional kitchen experience, specifically in pizza preparation within upscale or 5-star hotel environments.
• Strong knowledge of traditional and modern pizza-making techniques, including dough fermentation, wood-fired baking, and ingredient pairing.
• Food safety and hygiene certification (e.g., HACCP or equivalent) is essential.
• Ability to work under pressure, manage a team, and maintain consistency in a high-volume, fine-dining kitchen setting.