Head Chef – Indian Cuisine (Boutique Hotels)

SSG HOTELS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Garcha Group in Singapore is seeking a senior culinary professional to oversee kitchen standards, menu development, and guest experience across its Marriott-affiliated properties. You will drive food quality, presentation, temperature control, and staff grooming while ensuring compliance with local regulations and brand guidelines.

You will lead daily briefings, coordinate with the executive team, develop seasonal menus, and manage costs and capital planning.

Responsibilities

• Ensure consistency and highest quality in taste, presentation and appropriate food temperature for food served in all kitchens.
• Ensure the quality and cleanliness of all food displays to the minimum standards of the company.
• Ensure maximum creativity in all food displays.
• Responsible for ensuring smooth and effective communication among the host.
• Ensures that host is fully aware and complies with the resort guidelines set by management.
• Comply with local legislation food service standards and temperatures.
• Work closely with the chief steward in monitoring and ensuring that all cleanings are properly done and according to schedule.
• Conducts regular tour of the front and back of the house to check that all equipment is in working order and standards are adhered to.
• Ensures that all kitchen personnel follow the company's grooming standards.
• Recipe development for new items on the menu or Seasonal Menu's.
• Menu development for special occasions and events
• Conducts Monthly Meetings To Discuss The Following
• Information update on functions
• Maintenance updates
• Highlights achievements, identified problems and challenges
• Cost control updates
• Guest critique feedback
• Hygiene and Sanitation issues
• Discusses profit & loss compared to budget / forecast figures
• Attends F&B Communication / strategy meeting
• Attends Executive Committee meetings forecast figures
• Conducts daily briefing which will include: Important hotel / divisional /section information. Emphasizes current priorities, new problem, services and products Daily guest feedback Coordinates details on upcoming Banquet events and food production
• Prepares CAPEX budget to review new equipment requirements for following year to ensure maximum quality output and productivity
• Maintains proper and adequate controls over purchase orders and requisitions
• Monitor on monthly food inventory turnover and slow-moving items
• Ensures that purchasing, receiving and all storage are efficiently handled and that the goods purchased conform to the hotel's specification
• Reviews food cost analysis on a daily basic to maintain in line budget and forecast
• Analyses top 20 highest consumable purchased items on a monthly basis
• Conduct monthly market survey
• To monitor and fully implement the portion control established with the recipe cards and butcher test
• To check stores and refrigerator and be responsible for the proper storing and recycling of leftover. To practice "FIFO" system at all times
• Reviews and analyses monthly profit and loss statement with Financial controller and GM/Hotel Manager/Resident Manager
• Recommends/ institutes measures for control for any deviation of plus or minus 5%
• Delegate duties and responsibilities to other hosts in the department as appropriate.
• Maintains hosting level at approved manning guide / productivity level giving due consideration to the volume of business and service standards
• Single out potential host for development and prepare succession plan
• Ensures progressive training for on-the-job skills and technical job knowledge
• Ensures compliance with minimum training level as required by policy is met
• Conducts regular weekly training session
• Conducts performance appraisals of essential culinary management host
• Regularly solicits feedback from supervisors on performance of individual host, and/or personal observes host performance
• Conducts yearly appraisals of direct reports
• To provide honest and fair feedback to GM/ Hotel Manager/ Executive Chef /Resident Manager
• Ensure minimum wastage and sustainability practices are followed in the in the workplace.
• Be harmonious and sensitive to the environment and cultural surroundings.
• Strive to perform any additional duties an

Job description

The Garcha Group in Singapore is seeking a senior culinary professional to oversee kitchen standards, menu development, and guest experience across its Marriott-affiliated properties. You will drive food quality, presentation, temperature control, and staff grooming while ensuring compliance with local regulations and brand guidelines.

You will lead daily briefings, coordinate with the executive team, develop seasonal menus, and manage costs and capital planning.