Part time

Zohorecruit; Dubai; On-site; AED 67,000 - 112,000; Part time

Job summary

Zohorecruit is seeking an experienced Part-Time Family Chef for a private VIP family in Dubai. The role blends restaurant-quality cooking with healthy, fresh meals, including breakfast for children and adults, lunch, and dinner, with minimal event duties.

Requires proven VIP/fine-dining background, versatile cuisines (European, Russian, Central Asian), strong hygiene standards, menu planning, and independent kitchen management during the morning schedule.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in VIP-level restaurants, fine dining or high-end culinary establishments is mandatory.
• Exceptional culinary skills with restaurant-quality food that is delicious, refined and exceptionally healthy.
• Strong knowledge of healthy cooking and wellness-oriented nutrition.
• Versatility across European, Russian, Central Asian and international cuisines.
• Ability to prepare nutritious and appealing children's meals.
• Strong understanding of ingredient quality, freshness and food safety.
• Excellent menu-planning and grocery-selection skills.
• High standards of personal hygiene and kitchen cleanliness.
• Professional, discreet, reliable and respectful of private-family environments.
• Able to work independently and manage the kitchen efficiently within the morning schedule.

Responsibilities

• Start work at 6:00 AM to prepare and serve a fresh, nutritious breakfast for the children before school.
• Prepare and serve breakfast for the adults at approximately 9:00 AM.
• Prepare and cook lunch and dinner for the family for the day.
• Organise meals appropriately for storage and provide clear reheating instructions where required.
• Create diverse weekly menus according to the individual tastes, dietary preferences and nutritional needs of the family.
• Prepare healthy and balanced meals suitable for adults and children.
• Apply fine-dining techniques and presentation standards while maintaining a comfortable family-style approach.
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of healthy eating, wellness, fitness nutrition and quality ingredients.
• Independently manage the complete grocery-shopping process, including visiting premium supermarkets and markets and selecting the freshest, highest-quality products.
• Maintain excellent food hygiene, kitchen cleanliness and sanitary standards at all times.
• Monitor food freshness, storage conditions and expiry dates.
• Maintain an organized and efficient kitchen.
• Adapt menus according to family feedback, preferences and changing requirements.
• After completing breakfast and preparing lunch and dinner, leave the residence for the day.

Skills

VIP dining

Fine dining

Healthy cooking

Wellness nutrition

European cuisine

Russian cuisine

Central Asian cuisine

International cuisine

Children's meals

Menu planning

Grocery selection

Hygiene standards

Kitchen cleanliness

Discretion

Independent work

Job description

Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Posted on 09/25/2026

• Salary Depending on qualifications and experience
• City Dubai
• Country United Arab Emirates
• Job Type Part time
• Industry Personal and Household Services
• Work Experience 4-5 years

Job Description

A private VIP family in Dubai is seeking an experiencedand highly professional Part-Time Family Chef with a strong fine dining / VIPrestaurant background.

The ideal candidate will be capable of combiningrestaurant-quality culinary skills with exceptionally healthy, fresh andwell-balanced family meals. The Chef will prepare breakfast for the childrenbefore school, serve breakfast to the adults later in the morning, and preparelunch and dinner for the family before completing the working day.

This is a family-focused position with no regular banquetor large-event requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Startwork at 6:00 AM to prepare and serve a fresh, nutritious breakfast for thechildren before school.
• Prepareand serve breakfast for the adults at approximately 9:00 AM.
• Prepareand cook lunch and dinner for the family for the day.
• Organisemeals appropriately for storage and provide clear reheating instructionswhere required.
• Creatediverse weekly menus according to the individual tastes, dietarypreferences and nutritional needs of the family.
• Preparehealthy and balanced meals suitable for adults and children.
• Preparehigh-quality home-style dishes across Russian, Central Asian and Europeancuisines.
• Applyfine-dining techniques and presentation standards while maintaining acomfortable family-style approach.
• Demonstratestrong knowledge of healthy eating, wellness, fitness nutrition andquality ingredients.
• Independentlymanage the complete grocery-shopping process, including visiting premiumsupermarkets and markets and selecting the freshest, highest-qualityproducts.
• Maintainexcellent food hygiene, kitchen cleanliness and sanitary standards at alltimes.
• Monitorfood freshness, storage conditions and expiry dates.
• Maintainan organised and efficient kitchen.
• Adaptmenus according to family feedback, preferences and changing requirements.
• Aftercompleting breakfast and preparing lunch and dinner, leave the residencefor the day.

Requirements

• Provenexperience in VIP-level restaurants, fine dining or high-end culinaryestablishments is mandatory.
• Exceptionalculinary skills with the ability to produce restaurant-quality food thatis delicious, refined and exceptionally healthy.
• Strongknowledge of healthy cooking and wellness-oriented nutrition.
• Versatilityacross European, Russian, Central Asian and international cuisines.
• Abilityto prepare nutritious and appealing children's meals.
• Strongunderstanding of ingredient quality, freshness and food safety.
• Excellentmenu-planning and grocery-selection skills.
• Highstandards of personal hygiene and kitchen cleanliness.
• Professional,discreet, reliable and respectful of private-family environments.
• Ableto work independently and manage the kitchen efficiently within themorning schedule.