senior cook

WESTRAMA MANAGEMENT (S) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent restaurant group in Singapore is seeking a Senior Cook to lead kitchen operations with a focus on Indian and South Indian cuisines. The role entails overseeing food preparation, ensuring hygiene standards, and collaborating with kitchen staff to innovate new dishes. Ideal candidates should possess expertise in Tandoori cooking and experience with South Indian recipes. Flexibility and a customer-focused approach are essential for maintaining high service standards. Join a dynamic kitchen environment and enhance your culinary skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar style of cooking.
• Excellent knowledge of relevant food and health & safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook and present dishes within your specialty.
• Assist with stock ordering and monitoring procedures.
• Maintain high standards of food hygiene and health & safety.
• Support team in introduction of new seasonal dishes.
• Cascade knowledge to all kitchen staff.

Skills

Expertise in Tandoori cooking

Ability to cook South Indian dishes

Excellent knowledge of food hygiene

Ability to manage kitchen staff

Customer-focused approach

Job description

Senior Cook - Job Description

Senior Cook instruct and oversee a kitchen staff in food preparation and production for restaurant. They might determine a restaurant's menu, adjust item pricing, develop new recipes, purchase culinary supplies, cook, and/or manage the restaurant.

Senior Cook and other workers involved in food handling must observe safety and sanitation procedures. They also might help reinforce government laws regarding health codes. He must implement guidelines in keeping utensils, food equipment, storage chambers, and cooking areas clean. They also check the freshness and quality of ingredients to prevent contamination and food-related illness.

Senior Cook might talk with customers to gauge their level of satisfaction and evaluate the quality of service that the establishment provides. They might deal directly with businesses or individual clients who want to organize catering and banquet activities for corporate events, birthday parties, weddings, or other celebrations. Additionally, He coordinates with the kitchen staff to create new dishes. They also might train kitchen personnel in cooking techniques, food garnishing, and presentation.

Work conditions for Senior Cook include potential dangers, such as hot ovens and stovetop pans, slippery floors, and sharp knives. Senior Cook might work long hours, including weekends and evenings, because of morning food deliveries and the planning and preparation of meals during the day.

Senior Cook (Indian Tandoors , South Indian Cuisines)

The Senior Cook, individuals must learn to cook using a tandoor, a brick or clay oven commonly used in Indian-style cooking. The tandoor, which is heated by charcoal or gas, may have rounded sides and stand as high as five feet. Traditional tandoors usually are placed outside because of the heat and smoke; however, some moderne tandoors have ventilation systems that allow them to be used indoors.

A tandoor Senior Cook cooks by quickly searing and sealing the outside of food items such as fish, meat, and bread. Traditionally, food items are dyed orange and marinated in dry spices or a sauce. Tandoori Senior Cook must take special care in ensuring that food is cooked evenly since the temperature in the tandoor can vary from bottom to top. Tandoori-cooked food not immediately consumed is usually kept under a heat lamp or refrigerated for later use.

The South Indian Cuisine Senior Cook is required to know well about South Indian cuisines including different type of Curries, Biriyani to cook fantastic meals with your talent always.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Preparation, cooking and presenting dishes within your specialty


• Assist with stock ordering and monitoring procedures


• Maintain high standards of food hygiene and health & safety at all times


• Participate fully in all meetings, training, and forums, Take responsibility for your own personal development


• Demonstrate excellent food preparation practices, portion control and end to end food production


• Supporting the team to deliver on all company measures & targets


• Follow all company operational kitchen process and procedures, achieving all required standards


• Take responsibility for delivering the highest measures of food production and presentation to customers including manning the live cooking stations if required


• Monitor food consumption to ensure 100% customer satisfaction and minimum waste


• Support the team in the introduction of new seasonal dishes


• Cascade your knowledge and expert cooking to all kitchen staff


• Suggested innovation and commercially viable ideas to improve food quality


• Monitoring portion and waste control to maintain profit margins


• Perform any reasonable duties as required from time to time to contribute to the achievement of business aims and objective

Key Behaviours:

• Expertise in Tandoori, Curry and Biriyani cooking


• Thrives under pressure in a high-volume food environment


• Possess/develop a food & customer focused approach to work


• High standard of personal hygiene, Detailed and precise working


• High level of enthusiasm and drive to achieve high standards


• Hard working, flexible and prepared for change


• Ambitious and driven by over exceeding customer expectations


• Open for continual development, Excellent interpersonal skills

Relevant Experience:

• Experience in a similar style of cooking


• Excellent knowledge of relevant food and health & safety regulations