Executive Chef - Six Senses Zighy Bay

IHG Hotels & Resorts; Musandam Governorate; On-site; OMR 23,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury resort in Oman is seeking an Executive Chef to enhance the culinary experience and drive sustainability initiatives. The candidate must have a Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Culinary Arts with over 5 years of experience in luxury hotels. The role involves implementing wellness practices, managing costs, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. Ideal for someone passionate about food sustainability and hospitality, this position offers a unique opportunity to work in a remote location while delivering engaging culinary experiences.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related experience in luxury hotels as a chef.
• Ability to live in a remote location for extended periods.
• Certification in alcohol awareness or food service permit.

Responsibilities

• Rejuvenate the culinary experience with local produce.
• Implement wellness and nutrition initiatives.
• Manage department within legal and safety standards.

Skills

Culinary Arts

Management Experience

Nutrition Initiatives

Sustainability Practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in Culinary Arts or related field

Job description

As Executive Chef, I will fully comprehend the vision of Six Senses to help people reconnect with themselves, others and the world around them and our values of local sensitivity and global sensibility, crafted experiences, emotional hospitality, responsible and caring, fun and quirky and pioneering wellness.

Sustainability, Wellness and Out of the Ordinary experiences are at the core of everything we do at Six Senses. I will safeguard these pillars and its strategic planning and development and ensure all directives, practices and initiatives are implemented, embraced, adopted within the hotel/resort.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Continually focus on the rejuvenation of the culinary experience. Monitor sorting of food and material waste and liaise with the gardeners for efficient food wastage removal for composting, and growing our own produce and featuring this produce in our culinary offering.
• All aspects of wellness and nutrition initiatives will be adopted and implemented throughout the operation with particular focus on growing or making our own products.
• Establish purchasing practices that meet the requirements of the Six Senses nutrition and sustainability platforms.
• Constantly assess Menus and Wine Lists to remain relevant and in line with Eat With Six Senses practices.
• Instill a cost-focused philosophy through training and education.
• Establish and deliver pre-established financial returns related to revenue generation, profitability and ROIC.
• Operate the department consistent with all legal, statutory and financial requirements and documentation, reporting systems, contractual obligations, security and safety protocols, communications, product and service standards, host management practices and budgetary controls are implemented, reviewed and maintained to ensure the successful operation of the hotel.

Qualifications

To execute the position of Executive Chef, I must have the required qualifications, technical skills and experience in a similar role in luxury hotels with proven results and includes the following:

• Possess a Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in Culinary Arts, or related field plus 5 or more years related experience, including management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Alcohol awareness certification and/or food service permit or valid health/food handler card as required by local or state government agency.
• I have an excellent command of written and spoken English, and I am able to live in a remote location for extended periods of time and travel on single status.

Six Senses Zighy Bay is an equal opportunity employer. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

Six Senses serves as a changemaker and maintains a leadership commitment to community, sustainability, emotional hospitality, wellness, and crafted experiences, infused with a touch of quirkiness.

Whether an exquisite island resort, mountain retreat, or urban hotel; Six Senses unites a diverse, multinational, and multicultural portfolio of properties. Each host brings to life the values in their own way, while delivering on the brand’s vision: to reawaken people’s senses so they feel the purpose behind their travels and ultimately reconnect with themselves, others, and the world around them.

You’re about to be the author of this journey that takes you through life’s undiscovered passageways, hidden treasures, and meaningful experiences.

It’s a story unlike any other. Out of the ordinary, one could say. A journey across lands and seas, a tale about what it means to connect to the world around us.

Let the journey begin.

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