Executive Chef - Umhlanga

The Capital Hotels, Apartments & Resorts; Umhlanga Rocks; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic hospitality team as an Executive Chef, responsible for leading food production across various outlets. This role demands strong leadership, culinary expertise, and a commitment to high standards of quality and service. If you have the passion for creativity and excellence in customer satisfaction, we want you on our team!

Qualifications

• 3 - 5 years of previous Executive Chef experience in a 4/5-star environment.
• Ability to create and cost menus and recipes.
• Effective communication with staff and hotel guests.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all food production including restaurant, conferences, and room service.
• Develop and cost menus, maintaining food quality and sanitation standards.
• Supervise a team and manage food production and administration.

Skills

Problem-solving

Customer service orientation

Communication

Leadership

Creative thinking

Attention to detail

Education

Professional Qualification in Culinary Arts

Matric

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 regarding our best employees also comes quickly, where we recognise talent and reward it through promotions. We recruit based on experience but promote on values — the core of which is rigor, disciplined thought, and disciplined action.

Description:

The Executive Chef is responsible for all food production in the restaurant, conferences and banqueting, room service, and other food outlets. This includes developing and costing menus, recipe development, and maintaining the highest standards of food quality and sanitation. The role involves supervision, food production, and administration, managing a team beneath them.

Minimum Requirements:

• Matric
• Professional Qualification in Culinary Arts
• 3 - 5 Years of previous Executive Chef experience in a 4/5-star environment
• Ability to create and cost menus and recipes
• Hands-on problem-solving skills and ability to remain calm under pressure
• Customer service orientation with excellent communication and active listening skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Effective communication with staff and hotel guests
• Honest and trustworthy
• Great attention to detail
• Professional appearance and well-spoken
• Leadership skills with the ability to delegate effectively
• Creative thinking
• Proactive approach
• Strong interpersonal skills

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