Executive Chef - Central Kitchen (Healthcare & School)

Euro Staffs; Dubai; On-site; AED 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Leadership opportunity

Healthcare/education exposure

On-site work

Dubai-based role

Job summary

Euro Staffs is seeking an Executive Chef for a large-scale centralized kitchen operation in Dubai, UAE. The role oversees healthcare, hospital and school catering, ensuring meals meet approved menus, recipes, portions, and dietary requirements.

The candidate will lead a diverse culinary team, ensure HACCP/GMP compliance, and coordinate with logistics for on-time dispatch. On-site, full-time position with significant leadership responsibilities and travel across sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Culinary Arts, Hospitality Management or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee daily Central Kitchen and food production operations.
• Manage high-volume meal production for healthcare, hospital, school and institutional catering contracts.
• Ensure food is prepared according to approved menus, standardized recipes, production schedules and portion specifications.
• Maintain consistent food quality, taste, presentation and portion control.
• Plan daily production requirements based on meal volumes and client requirements.
• Coordinate with dispatch and logistics teams to ensure meals are prepared and dispatched on time.
• Provide hands-on operational support during peak production periods.
• Oversee the preparation of patient meals, children's meals, special diets and allergen-controlled meals.
• Work closely with the Nutritionist/Dietitian and QHSE team to ensure dietary, nutritional and food safety requirements are met.
• Ensure correct preparation, portioning, labelling and distribution of special and therapeutic meals.
• Maintain strict controls to prevent cross-contamination and allergen-related incidents.
• Ensure client-specific meal specifications and service standards are consistently followed.
• Develop and review menus suitable for healthcare, school and institutional catering.
• Develop standardized recipes and production specifications.
• Support menu costing and recipe standardization.
• Introduce menu improvements while maintaining quality and cost-effectiveness.
• Work with Nutrition/Dietary teams to meet nutritional and special dietary requirements.
• Ensure compliance with UAE food safety regulations and Municipality requirements.
• Maintain high standards of personal hygiene, food handling and kitchen sanitation.
• Monitor temperature control during receiving, preparation, cooking, holding, chilling and dispatch.
• Ensure effective implementation of HACCP, GMP and food safety procedures.
• Coordinate with the QHSE team during inspections, audits and client visits.
• Take immediate corrective action on food safety and quality issues.
• Ensure appropriate cleaning, sanitation and pest-control standards are maintained.
• Monitor food costs, wastage and portion control.
• Ensure effective utilization of raw materials.
• Minimize food waste through accurate production planning and stock utilization.
• Work closely with Procurement and Stores on ingredient requirements and inventory.
• Monitor recipe and production costs.
• Support the Operations team in achieving agreed food cost targets.
• Lead, supervise and motivate the Central Kitchen culinary team.
• Plan manpower and allocate duties according to production requirements.
• Monitor attendance, performance, discipline and productivity.
• Train and develop chefs and kitchen staff.
• Ensure adequate manpower is available for daily production.
• Maintain a professional, disciplined and positive kitchen environment.
• Coordinate with Storekeepers regarding availability and quality of raw materials.
• Ensure proper FIFO/FEFO practices are followed.
• Monitor stock levels and communicate replenishment requirements.
• Coordinate with warehouse, dispatch and logistics teams to meet production and delivery schedules.
• Ensure meal quantities and dispatch requirements are accurately checked before delivery.
• Work closely with Operations to meet client requirements and service standards.
• Participate in client meetings, food tastings and menu reviews when required.
• Address food quality and production-related concerns promptly.
• Support new contract mobilization, menu implementation and kitchen setup.
• Coordinate with hospital, school and site teams regarding food production requirements.
• Ensure agreed meal specifications and service levels are consistently achieved.

Skills

Central Kitchen Operations

Large-Scale Food Production

Healthcare & Hospital Catering

School Catering

Menu Planning & Development

Recipe Standardization

HACCP & GMP

Food Safety & Hygiene

Food Cost Control

Waste Management

Portion Control

Production Planning

Team Leadership

Inventory Coordination

Quality Control

Client Coordination

Education

Degree/Diploma in Culinary Arts, Hospitality Management or a related field

Job description

Euro Staffs is seeking an Executive Chef for a large-scale centralized kitchen operation in Dubai, UAE. The role oversees healthcare, hospital and school catering, ensuring meals meet approved menus, recipes, portions, and dietary requirements.

The candidate will lead a diverse culinary team, ensure HACCP/GMP compliance, and coordinate with logistics for on-time dispatch. On-site, full-time position with significant leadership responsibilities and travel across sites as needed.