CULINARY CHEF GRADUATE REQUIRED

Newrest; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 223,200 - 334,800; Full time

Job summary

Newrest is seeking a culinary professional with advanced qualifications in cooking and prior internship experience. The role includes ensuring recipe consistency, preparing quality procedures, and conducting culinary audits.

Located in Jet Park, Boksburg, the ideal candidate must possess an Advanced Patisserie Diploma and a Grande Diploma in Professional Cookery. The ability to maintain consistency and hygiene control is crucial for this position.

Qualifications

• At least 6 months internship experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure recipe consistency with budget and client requests.
• Write clear preparation procedures.
• Control of products and recipe grids.
• Conduct culinary audits to monitor production quality.

Skills

Ability to cook well

Ability to maintain consistency

Portion and waste control monitoring

Multi-task

Hygiene control

Education

Grade 12

Advanced Patisserie Diploma

Grande Diploma in Professional Cookery

Computer literacy

Job description

Responsibilities

• Ensuring recipe consistency with budget & client requests
• Writing simple and clear preparation procedures
• Control of products and recipe grids with correct preparation yields
• Creation of menu and recipe grids with correct preparation yields

Use Of Winrest Catering System

• How the purchasing log works
• Suppliers
• Creating recipes
• Calculating costs of recipes
• Ensuring recipe consistency with budget & client requests
• Writing simple and clear preparation procedures
• Control of products and recipe grids with correct preparation yields
• Creation of menu and recipe grids with correct preparation yields

Operational Skills

• Goods receiving
• Raw material issuing
• Kitchen preparation
• Preparation assembly
• Trolley assembly
• Dishwashing (pot wash area)
• Equipment allocation
• Flight check
• Knowledge of QHSE (Quality, Health, Safety, Environment)

Customer Presentations

• Understanding the organization of client presentations (before, during, and after)
• Analysis and communication of client needs
• Implementation of recipes in Wincosting and/or Winrest

Culinary Audit

• Improvement of purchasing processes
• Product control
• Daily production quality monitoring
• Verification that recipes are compliant with what was presented and sold to clients
• Verification of technical recipe sheets in Winrest (correct yields and complete procedures)

Qualifications & Other Requirements

• Grade 12
• Advanced Patisserie Diploma
• Grande Diploma in Professional Cookery
• Computer literacy

Experience

• At least 6 month internship experience

Skills

• Ability to cook well
• Ability to maintain consistency
• Portion and waste control monitoring
• Multi-task
• Hygiene control

Competencies

• Ability to follow recipe standards
• Ability to procure correct recipe items

Location

• Jet Park, Boksburg