Executive Chef

ABDUS SALAM ROJAK PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ABDUS SALAM ROJAK PTE. LTD. seeks an Executive Chef to lead our culinary team in delivering innovative, high-quality cuisine for dining rooms, events, and facilities, ensuring consistency in taste, presentation, and guest satisfaction.

You will oversee kitchen operations, control stock and wastage, uphold hygiene standards, and mentor staff while driving menu development and costing. Strong leadership and financial sense are essential.

Responsibilities

• Trains, develops and motivates supervisors and culinary staff to meet and exceed established food preparation standards on a consistent basis.
• Teaches preparation according to well defined recipes and discusses ways to constantly improve cuisine.
• Display exceptional leadership by providing a positive work environment and professional management.
• Provide direction for all day-to-day operations in the kitchen.
• Understand employee positions to fill gaps when absent or designate replacements.
• Guides subordinates, sets performance standards and monitors performance.
• Uses interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and kitchen staff.
• Advocates sound financial/business decisions, demonstrates honesty and leads by example.
• Supports service behaviours above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
• Improves service by understanding guest needs and providing coaching when needed.
• Delegates to develop supervisors and subordinates to accept responsibility and meet goals.
• Reviews staffing levels to ensure guest service, operations and financial objectives are met.
• Involves in menu development and maintains costing of all dishes prepared and sold.
• Determines how food should be presented and creates decorative displays.
• Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavour.
• Ensures compliance with food handling and sanitation standards.
• Ensures proper handling and temperatures of all food products.
• Ensures kitchen equipment is maintained and functioning per Health department standards.
• Coordinates with purchasing for needed goods and services.
• Ensures all products are prepared consistently and meet quality standards.
• Ensures grooming and hygiene standards for kitchen staff.

Job description

Responsible for the consistent preparation of innovative and creative cuisine of the highest quality, presentation and flavour for the dining rooms, banquets and other food facilities, resulting in outstanding guest satisfaction. Additionally responsible for the smooth running of the kitchen and manage areas of profit, stock, wastage control, hygiene practices and training within the kitchen.

Executive Chef Duties and Responsibilities:

• Trains, develops and motivates supervisors and culinary staff to meet and exceed established food preparation standards on a consistent basis.
• Teaches preparation according to well defined recipes and follows up and discusses ways of constantly improving the cuisine at the property.
• Display exceptional leadership by providing a positive work environment, counselling employees as appropriate and demonstrating a dedicated and professional approach to management.
• Should be able to provide direction for all day-to-day operations in the kitchen.
• Understand employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence or determine appropriate replacement to fill gaps.
• Provides guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and kitchen staff.
• He/She should advocate sound financial/business decision making, demonstrates honesty, integrity and also leads by example.
• Provides and supports service behaviours that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
• Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
• Delegates as appropriate to develop supervisors and subordinates to accept responsibility and meet clearly defined goals and objectives.
• Reviews staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs and financial objectives are met.
• Actively involves in menu development and maintaining updated and accurate costing of all dishes prepared and sold in the Food and Beverage operation.
• Determines how food should be presented, and create decorative food displays.
• Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavour.
• Ensures compliance with food handling and sanitation standards.
• Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products.
• Ensures all equipment in the kitchen is properly maintained and in working order in accordance with local Health department and hotel standards.
• Coordinates with the purchasing department for the acquisition of needed goods and services.
• Ensure all products are prepared in a consistent manner and meet departmental appearance/quality standards.
• Ensure proper grooming and hygiene standards for all kitchen staffs.