Airport Kitchen Sous Chef: Lead High-Volume Prep

Dempsey Resource Management Inc.; Pasay; On-site; PHP 446,000 - 502,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Service charge distribution

Incentive leaves after one year

Medical reimbursement after one year

Job summary

Dempsey Resource Management Inc. is seeking a dedicated Sous Chef to support airport dining operations in Pasay. The role focuses on leading kitchen teams, ensuring mise en place, quality, and timely service in a high-volume environment.

You will supervise shifts, manage recipes, portions, and food safety standards, while coordinating with the Head Chef and Restaurant Manager to meet daily flight-related demands and maintain audit-ready kitchen practices.

Qualifications

• Relevant professional kitchen experience, preferably in a hotel, restaurant, or quality-focused food service operation; supervisory kitchen experience is an advantage.
• Strong cooking skills, mise en place discipline, and ability to execute recipes and plating standards consistently.
• Ability to guide and coordinate kitchen team members while remaining hands-on during preparation and service.
• Working knowledge of food safety, sanitation, hygiene, safe food handling, and HACCP principles.
• Basic understanding of inventory control, portioning, yield, food waste, and food-cost management.
• Strong organization, time management, communication, and problem-solving skills; able to work effectively under pressure.
• Flexibility to work shifting schedules, including opening, mid, closing, weekend, and holiday shifts.
• Formal culinary training or equivalent practical experience preferred; relevant food safety certification is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Head Chef in planning, organizing, and supervising daily kitchen operations, mise en place, production, and service execution.
• Supervise kitchen team members during assigned shifts and help ensure stations are staffed, organized, and prepared for service.
• Execute and monitor menu items in accordance with recipes, preparation methods, plating guides, portion sizes, and quality standards.
• Support the Head Chef in training, coaching, and guiding kitchen staff; demonstrate proper techniques, teamwork, and safe work practices.
• Monitor food preparation and service timing, particularly during peak periods and flight-related rushes, to ensure timely execution.
• Check ingredient quality, freshness, storage, labeling, rotation, and handling; maintain compliance with HACCP principles.
• Assist with inventory counts, requisitions, receiving checks, portion control, yield management, and minimizing spoilage.
• Help monitor food costs and report variances, shortages, quality concerns, equipment issues to Head Chef.
• Coordinate with Head Chef and Restaurant Manager on menu availability, special requirements, service needs, and operational concerns.
• Support recipe testing, menu updates, and standardization of recipes and procedures.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and audit-ready kitchen and ensure equipment and work areas are used safely.

Skills

Cooking skills

Mise en place

Team supervision

Food safety HACCP

Inventory control

Time management

Communication

Work under pressure

Flexible shifts

Education

Culinary training

Job description

Dempsey Resource Management Inc. is seeking a dedicated Sous Chef to support airport dining operations in Pasay. The role focuses on leading kitchen teams, ensuring mise en place, quality, and timely service in a high-volume environment.

You will supervise shifts, manage recipes, portions, and food safety standards, while coordinating with the Head Chef and Restaurant Manager to meet daily flight-related demands and maintain audit-ready kitchen practices.