Chinese Sous Chef: Lead Kitchen & Menu Innovation

Renaissance Hotels; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Renaissance Hotels in Johor Bahru | Malaysia is seeking an experienced Kitchen Manager to oversee compassionate leadership of the restaurant kitchen, ensuring quality, sanitation, and budget compliance. You will supervise staff, coordinate menus, purchasing, staffing, and food preparation for the property's restaurant while driving guest satisfaction.

The role demands strong culinary skills, team leadership, and adherence to safety standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED; 4 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.
• 2-year degree from an accredited university in Culinary Arts, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; 2 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.

Responsibilities

• Develops, designs, or creates new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions for restaurant.
• Supervises restaurant kitchen shift operations and ensures compliance with all Food & Beverage policies, standards and procedures.
• Maintains food preparation handling and correct storage standards.
• Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavor.
• Plans and manages food quantities and plating requirements for the restaurant.
• Communications production needs to key personnel.
• Assists in developing daily and seasonal menu items for the restaurant.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and regulations regulations.
• Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products.
• Estimates daily restaurant production needs.
• Prepares and cooks foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
• Checks the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• Determines how food should be presented and creates decorative food displays.
• Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
• Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
• Leads shift teams while personally preparing food items and executing requests based on required specifications.
• Supervises and manages restaurant kitchen employees. Managing all day-to-day operations. Understanding employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence.
• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• Serving as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
• Ensuring and maintaining the productivity level of employees.
• Ensures employees are cross-trained to support successful daily operations.
• Ensures employees understand expectations and parameters.
• Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees and ensures employees do the same within the team.

Education

High school diploma or GED

2-year degree in Culinary Arts / Hotel and Restaurant Management

Job description

Renaissance Hotels in Johor Bahru | Malaysia is seeking an experienced Kitchen Manager to oversee compassionate leadership of the restaurant kitchen, ensuring quality, sanitation, and budget compliance. You will supervise staff, coordinate menus, purchasing, staffing, and food preparation for the property's restaurant while driving guest satisfaction.

The role demands strong culinary skills, team leadership, and adherence to safety standards.