Complex Executive Chef

The Capital Hotels, Apartments & Resorts; Ballito; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

The Capital Hotels is seeking an Executive Chef to lead all food production for the restaurant, conferences, banqueting, and room service. Develop and cost menus, orders and recipes, while upholding top sanitation and quality standards.

The Executive Chef will supervise and manage a kitchen team, focusing on production and administration to ensure exceptional guest experience across all outlets.

Qualifications

• Matric
• Professional Qualification in Culinary Arts
• 3 - 5 Years previous Executive Chef experience in a 4/5 Start environment
• Able to create and cost menus as well as recipes
• Hands on Problem Solving approach and the ability to remain calm under pressure
• Customer service driven with outstanding communication and active listening skills
• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently
• Effective communication with members of staff as well as Guests of the Hotel
• Honest and trustworthy beyond approach
• Great attention to detail
• Presentable/Professional appearance and well spoken
• Team Player who leads by example
• Proactive in approach
• Interpersonal skills
• Leadership skills and ability to delegate effectively
• Think creatively

Responsibilities

• Oversee all food production across restaurant, conferences, banqueting, and room service.
• Develop and cost menus, orders and recipes; maintain quality and sanitation standards.
• Focus on supervision, food production and administration; manage a kitchen team.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Menu costing

Menu development

Problem solving

Communication

Guest service orientation

Team collaboration

Education

Matric

Professional Qualification in Culinary Arts

Job description

The Capital Hotels stands for equal opportunity while transforming the Hospitality Industry into a modern aspirational industry once again. We believe that the industry is broken and needs to reinvent the image of service and hospitality. We are achieving this through our incredible staff culture. Our dedicated staff believe in offering the highest level of guest service to our guests while maintaining their dignity and integrity. Our staff are our everything!

WHY WORK FOR US?

Our staff love coming to work as they feel respected, appreciated, heard, successful and secure. Imagine a company where managers don’t manage managers, we are all simply doers.

Making decisions in regard to our best employees also comes fast, where we recognise talent and reward it quickly through promotions. We don’t need to or want to wait for approval. We recruit on experience but promote on values — the core of which is rigor, disciplined thought and disciplined

Description:

The Executive Chef is responsible for all food production in the restaurant, conferences and banqueting, room service and any other food outlets. This includes developing and costing menus, orders and recipe development, while maintaining the highest professional food quality and sanitation standards. The position is primarily concerned with three main functional activities: supervision, food production and administration. The Executive Chef will manage a team beneath him/her.

Minimum Requirements:

• Matric
• Professional Qualification in Culinary Arts
• 3 - 5 Years previous Executive Chef experience in a 4/5 Start environment
• Able to create and cost menus as well as recipes
• Hands on Problem Solving approach and the ability to remain calm under pressure
• Customer service driven with outstanding communication and active listening skills
• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently
• Effective communication with members of staff as well as Guests of the Hotel
• Honest and trustworthy beyond approach
• Great attention to detail
• Presentable/Professional appearance and well spoken
• Team Player who leads by example
• Proactive in approach
• Interpersonal skills
• Leadership skills and ability to delegate effectively
• Think creatively

Please note that relocation costs will be for your own expense should your application be successful and you reside outside of the city where the Hotel is located.