Canteen Chef de Partie (Cuoco Capo Partita Mensa)

Corinthia Hotels; Roma; On-site; EUR 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury hotel chain in Rome is seeking a passionate Canteen Chef to join its pre-opening team. Responsible for managing meal preparation, ensuring HACCP compliance, and collaborating with kitchen staff, this role is perfect for an experienced chef ready to contribute to a prestigious new establishment. The position requires flexibility and strong organizational skills. If you're eager to shape the culinary experience at a 5-star venue, we'd love to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Experience in luxury hotel kitchens preferred.
• Strong communication skills required.
• Willingness to work weekends and holidays.
• Proficiency in Italian and English
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Flexibility, manual dexterity and handiwork
• Team working and excellent time management
• Proactive, collaborative mindset with high attention to detail and stress management
• Willingness to work weekends and national holidays on rotation
• Legal right to work in Italy

Responsibilities

• Manage canteen meals' preparation and minimize food waste.
• Ensure cleanliness and hygiene of kitchen areas.
• Liaise with Executive Chef for food costs.
• Order foodstuffs and maintain stock.
• Report defects in kitchen equipment.
• Support kitchen operations during peak demand
• Order foodstuffs and manage stock rotation, labeling and storage per HACCP and Corinthia standards
• Promote eco-sustainability and minimize wastage of utilities
• Keep refrigerated areas clean and temperatures recorded accurately
• Report defects in kitchen/equipment per hotel procedures

Skills

Proven experience as Canteen Chef / Banqueting Chef

Knowledge of pastas, seafood, meats, vegetables

Mandatory knowledge of HACCP

Proficiency in Italian and English

Strong interpersonal and organizational skills

Flexibility and manual dexterity

Team working and excellent time management

High attention to detail

Stress management skills

Job description

Apply now to join the Corinthia Rome Pre-Opening Team — and help us define a new era of hospitality! A new icon is rising in the Eternal City. Corinthia Rome is preparing to open its doors in one of the most prestigious and historic locations in the city — and we are looking for a brilliant Canteen Chef to join our pre-opening team.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to create a synergical and remarkable Kitchen team, directly hired by our Hotel with a long term horizon. Our Canteen Chef reports to the Executive Chef and aims to organize and deliver excellent canteen meals with a passion to satisfy the colleagues, keeping a constant eye for HACCP compliance.

What you’ll focus on

• Managing the Canteen meals’ preparation, minimizing the wastage of food and guaranteeing the highest cleanliness and hygiene of all equipment and areas of responsibility,
• Assuring agreed food standards are maintained at all times,
• Liaising with the Executive Chef to ensure accurate food cost and anticipating potential opportunities,
• Attending department training sessions and meetings required,
• Collaborating synergically with other departments (for example, registering the food intolerances of any employees),
• Supporting the kitchen operations in times of demand,
• Ordering foodstuffs as required and ensuring that stock is rotated, labelled and stored in compliance with HACCP manual and Corinthia standards,
• Generally being responsible for eco-sustainability, minimizing the wastage of utilities, such as gas, electricity and water,
• Ensuring that all refrigerated areas are kept clean and temperatures are maintained at correct levels and recorded in the correct manner,
• Timely reporting any defects in the kitchen and in the equipment according to Hotel procedures.

Who we are looking for

• Proven experience as Canteen Chef / Banqueting Chef preferably within Luxury Hotels,
• Demonstrate skills in several parties such as pastas, seafood, meats, vegetables…
• Mandatory knowledge of HACCP,
• Proficiency in Italian and English,
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills,
• Flexibility, manual dexterity and skills at handiwork are a must,
• Team working and excellent time management for meeting operational needs,
• A proactive, collaborative, team working mindset, high attention to details and stress management are a must,
• Must be comfortable with weekend and national holidays shifts on rotation and unsociable hours if business requires,
• Legal right to work in Italy.

Why to join Corinthia Rome?

You’ll be part of a once-in-a-lifetime project — shaping a 5-star Luxury Hotel from the very beginning. Corinthia is known globally for elegance, authenticity and excellence and in the historic heart of Rome that legacy will come to life in a breathtaking way.

If you're passionate about Canteen preparation and ready to leave your mark on the next great Luxury Hotel in the downtown of Rome, we can’t wait to hear from you!

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Other - Hospitality