Shift Lead Chef — Luxury Hotel Kitchen

SLS Dubai Hotel & Residences; Dubai; On-site; AED 134,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

SLS Dubai Hotel & Residences is seeking an experienced culinary professional to lead the kitchen in the absence of the Chef de cuisine / Sous Chef. You will supervise staff, manage costs, and ensure service and food quality at all times.

Responsibilities include training staff, maintaining safety and hygiene standards, controlling wastage and stock, and coordinating with other departments to deliver an exceptional guest experience in a luxury setting.

Qualifications

• One to two years in a public contact position, preferably in an upscale or lifestyle brand hotel.
• Enter and locate work related information using computers and/or point of sale systems
• Gracious, friendly, and fun demeanor
• Ability to multitask, work in a fast paced environment and have a high level attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
• Maintain positive and productive working relationships with other employees and departments
• Ability to work independently and to partner with others to promote an environment of teamwork

Responsibilities

• In the absence of the Chef de cuisine / Sous Chef take full responsibility for the running of the kitchen.
• Assist in the employment and retention of all staff.
• Supervise all commis chef's in the department.
• Assist in maintaining budgets and cost throughout all of the kitchens.
• Assist and supervise the agreed standard of food service during shift.
• Liaise and co-operate effectively with all other associated members of staff.
• Supervise the training of all new staff members in the department.
• Promote the safe use of the kitchen, its equipment and building under the Health and Safety at Work acts, Hygiene and other regulations.
• Ensure all relevant food controls and correct temperatures are logged and adhered to at all time.
• Attend any training that is required by the company
• Monitor all staff time keeping and follow up where needed.
• To provide a friendly, courteous, quick, efficient and professional service at all times.
• Demonstrate a high standard of personal appearance, always wearing clean Chef’s whites changed daily or when necessary.
• Check all prepared mis en place and food stocks and replenish as necessary, and inform Head Chef or Senior Sous Chef of any relevant shortages.
• Be aware of all relevant food suppliers and their products. Be in charge of ordering.
• Supervise the smooth and efficient service and production of food from the department by working and liaising with other departments and Restaurant staff, and ensuring all necessary work is completed prior to the commencement of service.
• To ensure all department staff work hygienically and productively. Ensure that the agreed standards of food preparation and presentation are supervised and adhered to.
• To assist in the prevention of pilferage from the dry stores and refrigeration within the department. Control wastage by maintaining the correct stock levels and rotation from dry stores and avoid the over production of food and mis en place.

Skills

Multitasking

Attention to detail

English communication

Friendly demeanor

Teamwork

POS systems

Job description

SLS Dubai Hotel & Residences is seeking an experienced culinary professional to lead the kitchen in the absence of the Chef de cuisine / Sous Chef. You will supervise staff, manage costs, and ensure service and food quality at all times.

Responsibilities include training staff, maintaining safety and hygiene standards, controlling wastage and stock, and coordinating with other departments to deliver an exceptional guest experience in a luxury setting.