Executive Chef - Mercure Bhubaneswar

MERCURE; Khordha; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Come As You Are

Work With Purpose

Grow, Learn and Enjoy

Explore Limitless Possibilities

Job summary

Accor's Mercure property in India seeks an experienced Head of Culinary to oversee food production across restaurants and banquets, drive innovative displays, and ensure top-tier hygiene and safety. You will lead a diverse kitchen team, manage pre-opening initiatives, and collaborate with PR and guest relations to uphold brand standards.

The role requires a strong track record in leadership, creative culinary vision, and 10–12 years of experience, including 2–3 years in a similar head role.

Qualifications

• Need strong public relations and communication abilities.
• Proven leadership and team management experience.
• Culinary creativity with a modern, visionary approach.
• Solid operational knowledge and understanding of kitchen systems.
• Ability to drive change and seek operational efficiencies across a network.
• Experience with pre-openings is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Oversee food production in all restaurants, banquets and stewarding.
• Identify market needs for hotel guests and local market; monitor competition trends.
• Ensure innovative food displays and effective promotional activities.
• Communicate effectively with guests and external stakeholders maintaining professionalism.
• Maintain food safety and hygiene adhering to international standards and local regulations.

Skills

Public relations

Leadership

Communication skills

Culinary creativity

Operational knowledge

Strategic thinking

Project ownership

Change management

Pre-opening experience

Team management

Job description

We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor’s limitless possibilities.
By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow's hospitality. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor, visit https://careers.accor.com/

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Job Description

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

• Oversee the operations concerning food production in all restaurants, banquet functions and stewarding operations while introducing new methods.
• Identify Market needs to Hotel Guests & local market. Monitor and analyze the activities and trends of competition Hotels.
• Ensure innovative & creative food display with exceptional promotional activities.
• Communicate & play a major role in public relations both with hotel guests and outside hotel while maintaining highest levels of professionalism & ethics.
• Maintain food safety & hygiene to international standards and also ensure compliance as per local regulations.

Qualifications

YOUR EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS INCLUDE:

• Creative & Modern Visionary.
• Curious & innovative to continue the existing concepts along with implementation of new trends & ideas in Culinary.
• Perfectionist with sharp eye for details leading to excellence.
• Excellent in Public Relations & Communication Skills.
• Strong process orientation;
• Strong Leadership abilities and organizational skills;
• Entrepreneurial, thinks out of the box;
• Able to drive change and look for operational efficiencies/synergies across the network
• Go-getter; comfortable taking ownership of projects and expanding scope of responsibilities.
• Successful Pre-opening experience & records a distinct advantage
• Minimum 10 to 12 years of experience of which at least 2 to 3 years in similar role.
• Strong Operational/Technical Knowledge.

Additional Information

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU:

• Come As You Are
• Work With Purpose
• Grow, Learn and Enjoy
• Explore Limitless Possibilities

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