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Junior Sous Chef/ Chinese Cuisine
SHANGHAI YONGFU SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Singapore
On-site
SGD 20,000 - 60,000
21 days ago
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HRNET VENTURES PTE. LTD.
Singapore
On-site
SGD 20,000 - 60,000
21 days ago
Culinary Chef (De Partie) [Katong | 5.5 Days Roster | $2,800–$3,500] – EH03
THE SUPREME HR ADVISORY PTE. LTD.
Singapore
On-site
SGD 20,000 - 60,000
21 days ago
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Iron Chef F&B Pte. Ltd.
Singapore
On-site
SGD 60,000 - 80,000
21 days ago
Assistant Chef (Japanese Cuisine)
VAULT PERSONNEL PTE. LTD.
Singapore
On-site
SGD 35,000 - 45,000
21 days ago
Junior Sous Chef / 5 days
LE JARDIN FORT CANNING PTE. LTD.
Singapore
On-site
SGD 36,000 - 50,000
21 days ago
Sous Chef
MODU K PTE. LTD.
Singapore
On-site
SGD 60,000 - 80,000
Full time
22 days ago
Job summary
A reputable culinary institution in Singapore seeks a Junior Sous Chef to assist the Head Chef in daily kitchen operations. The role demands a strong background in culinary arts with 3-5 years of experience, emphasizing food hygiene and safety. The ideal candidate should demonstrate leadership, attention to detail, and effective communication skills while managing kitchen staff and operations efficiently.
Qualifications
- 3 to 5 years of experience as a Junior Sous Chef.
- Completed the WSQ Basic Food Hygiene Course – Food Safety Course Levels 1 and 2.
- Updated in COSHH regulations or HACCP methods.
- Working knowledge of kitchen organizing.
- Good communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Assists the Head Chef in day-to-day kitchen operations.
- Controls and directs food preparation processes.
- Helps manage kitchen stocks and minimize wastage.
- Ensures the kitchen runs on schedule and at high quality.
- Trains kitchen staff to maintain high food production standards.
Skills
Interpersonal skills
Leadership skills
Problem-solving skills
Attention to detail
Team player
Education
Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in Culinary Arts or Science, Business
Tools
POS systems
Restaurant management systems
Microsoft Office
Job description
Job Description
- Assists the Head Chef in carrying out all aspects of the kitchen’s day-to-day operations that precludes the management of food hygiene and safety, enforcing performance and quality standards, and monitoring to ensure attainment of these goals
- Helps control and direct the food preparation process efficiently and professionally
- Ensures that the kitchen runs on schedule and that food and related services are of a high grade
- Supports the Head Chef in planning and coordinating tasks while keeping labor expenses in mind
- Identifies and resolves any challenges that emerge in the kitchen as well as takes charge of any potentially dangerous scenario
- Helps create meals using new or current culinary inventions or as the business prescribes
- Approves and polishes dishes before they are delivered and served to customers
- Produces quality menu that could change seasonally as the business requires
- Places equipment, tools or ingredient orders in response to possible detected shortfalls
- When required and directed, makes arrangements for repairs of cooking equipment
- When directed by the Head Chef, hires, manages, trains and educates kitchen workers to be par with the highest possible culinary standards
- Manages kitchen stocks and ensures minimal wastage
- Assists to forecast and assess personnel requirements ensuring no shortage or excess of kitchen staff while keeping labor costs in control
- Helps purchase, store, and handle all food products and materials within the agreed-upon budget and to maximize gross profit to include the effective staff management and staff salary
- Helps supervise subordinates’ work on dishes and guides them, at times hand holding them, to produce the best expected outcome
- Assists in ensuring that base food preparations and the mise en place are well organized for service, allowing smooth kitchen operations
- When required, regulates the workload of junior kitchen staff
- Helps train kitchen staff to maintain consistency in the highest possible standard in food production and workplace hygiene, as well as to support a continuous improvement process
- Helps maintain punctuality and attendance records
- Follows and strictly implements all food and sanitary rules as well as safety guidelines
- Encourages coworkers to cooperate and respect one another, motivates teamwork
- Keeps updated in the latest trends in culinary trends and kitchen processes and technologies
- Helps in the sourcing of food raw materials to ensure quality dishes and coordinates with vendors to guarantee reliability of ingredient supplies at the best possible quality within the department’s food cost target set by management
- Assists in the preparation of duty rotas for kitchen staff to provide appropriate coverage at all times while accounting for the seasonality of the business and keeping overtime to the minimum
- Ensures that staff are aware of the job list and the different sections it covers such as meal schedules, functions, and holidays
- Helps the Head Chef to ascertain that the personnel follow the regulations on hygiene, stock rotation, dates, storages, refrigerator temperature control, pest control, reporting of malfunctioning equipment, reporting of notifiable illnesses, and reporting of absenteeism, whether due to illness or otherwise
- If and when directed by the Head Chef, keeps recipe files in excellent condition and up-to-date
- Undertakes any other duties and ad hoc related roles as the business requires
Qualifications
- Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in Culinary Arts or Science, Business, or relevant fields
- Three (3) to five (5) years of experience as a Jr sous chef
- Completed the WSQ Basic Food Hygiene Course – Food Safety Course Levels 1 and 2
- Updated in control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH) regulations or hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) methods
- Working knowledge of kitchen organizing
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Quick in picking up concepts and possesses good logical and analytical problem-solving skills
- Able to grasp business requirements and processes
- Good understanding of computer software such as POS, restaurant management system, and Microsoft Office
- Service oriented, meticulous, attention to detail
- Good communication skills
- Team player
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