Executive Sous Chef

Accor Hotels; All (MO); On-site; USD 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in hospitality is seeking a dedicated culinary professional to assist in managing kitchen operations. This role involves ensuring the highest standards of food quality, hygiene, and presentation while leading a team of chefs. You will play a crucial part in creating memorable dining experiences, adhering to food safety protocols, and contributing to sustainable practices within the kitchen. Join a supportive environment that fosters growth and offers unique opportunities to advance your culinary career across various locations. If you have a passion for food and a commitment to excellence, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Exclusive Benefits

Career Development Opportunities

Recognition for Commitment

Qualifications

• 5+ years of extensive practical and managerial experience in culinary operations.
• Intermediate level English proficiency required.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Executive Culinary Chef in all kitchen operations and ensure food quality.
• Control food presentation and manage kitchen personnel effectively.

Skills

Culinary Skills

Management Skills

Food Safety Knowledge

Cooking Techniques

Communication Skills

Education

High School or Vocational Diploma

Tools

Basic Computer Applications

Job description

Company Description

Join us at Accor, where life pulses with passion!

As a pioneer in the art of responsible hospitality, the Accor Group gathers more than 45 brands, 5,600 hotels, 10,000 restaurants, and lifestyle destinations in 110 countries. While each brand has its own personality, where you will be able to truly find yourself, they all share a common ambition: to keep innovating and challenging the status quo.

By joining us, you will become a Heartist, because hospitality is, first and foremost, a work of heart.

You will join a caring environment and a team where you can be all you are. You will be in a supportive place to grow, to fulfill yourself, to discover other professions and to pursue career opportunities, in your hotel or in other hospitality environments, in your country or anywhere in the world!

You will enjoy exclusive benefits, specific to the sector and beyond, as well as strong recognition for your daily commitment.

Everything you will do with us, regardless of your profession, will offer a deep sense of meaning, to create lasting, memorable and impactful experiences for your customers, for your colleagues and for the planet.

Hospitality is a work of heart,
Join us and become a Heartist.

Job Description

1. Assist the Executive Culinary Chef in the full operation of all kitchen units.
2. Be responsible for the cost, quality, hygiene, taste, and presentation of all types of food produced in or purchased by the facility and the customer satisfaction related to these.
3. Within kitchen hygiene rules, the chef who is working in the kitchen should have short and well-cared hair; it is not allowed for men to have a moustache or beard.
4. Identify the work methods and cooking standards and ensure that these are applied to ensure that food is prepared in a quality manner and that personnel work efficiently.
5. Work in a coordinated manner with all section chefs and instruct them as needed.
6. Personally control that the presentation and quality of food prepared for breakfast, lunch, and dinner is in accordance with the standards.
7. Prepare the list of materials to be purchased, place their orders on the system, and check the meat, fish, and vegetables that are purchased.
8. Control the daily provision vouchers and accelerate the circulation of slow-moving supplies.
9. Check the cooling systems of food storages and ensure that food is used according to the first in, first out principle.
10. Plan food production in accordance with the stages identified by the Executive Culinary Chef.
11. Control the current status of raw foods and provisions, as well as the way that excess food is used, prevent food from spoiling, use excess food efficiently, and control the portions of food.
12. Be responsible for preparing standard recipes for all foods produced in order to standardize the portions, taste, and quality.
13. Continuously monitor that the personnel working in the department comply with personal hygiene rules.
14. Ensure that the records needed for the food safety system are kept regularly.
15. Check all of the storage houses at the beginning of work and ensure that they are orderly, deliver old products to production, and make sure that the remaining food is made use of.
16. Check the menu and inform and warn personnel of any missing or problematic products so that the same situation does not re-occur.
17. Monitor the performance of personnel and report personnel that do not work efficiently to the Executive Culinary Chef.
18. Organize the personnel’s weekly schedule. Control the monthly timecards and submit to the Executive Chef for approval.
19. Identify the training needs of kitchen personnel and ensure that the necessary trainings are organized and delivered.
20. Deliver training to food production personnel about menu preparation, product recipes, and food costs, etc. (except for standard trainings such as the Food Safety System and ISO standards).
21. Predict that all activities and purchased equipment and belongings may create disease for the environment; join all activities organized to protect biological diversity and share responsibilities to increase environmental knowledge. Provide minimum consumption of currently used materials and equipment (paper, printed out, etc.).
22. Implement necessary warnings and departmental trainings in order to save energy inside the facility.
23. Implement responsibilities to eliminate and collect waste properly, reduce environmental pollution and harmful effects on the environment, and lead staff.
24. Provide safe carrying, storing, and using of chemicals in accordance with laws, controlling and reducing chemical contamination.
25. Carry out all responsibilities related to the quality management and food safety management systems implemented at the facility.
26. Carry out all other duties assigned by managers and hotel management not specified in the job description.

Qualifications

1. Education: At least a high school or vocational diploma.
2. Experience: Extensive practical and managerial experience related to the processes in the respective department (at least 5 years).
3. Foreign Language: At least intermediate level English.
4. Courses and Training: Prior attendance in courses and seminars in the related field.
5. Computer Literacy: Basic computer applications.
6. Skills: Excellent command of all products and cooking techniques in the related field and responsible for business development. Advanced knowledge of the other kitchen sections and processes. Knowledge of local or international cuisine.