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Akwa Ibom |
Posted 12 months ago |
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Chef de Partie
Job Number: 23177663
Location: Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom
Schedule: Full-Time
Position Type: Management
Brand: Four Points by Sheraton
Job Category: Food and Beverage & Culinary
Job Summary
- Assists the Sous Chef in ensuring the quality, consistency and production of areas of responsibility in kitchen.
- Exhibits culinary talents by personally performing tasks while leading the staff and managing all food related functions.
- Works with team to improve guest and employee satisfaction while maintaining the operating budget.
- Must ensure sanitation and food standards are achieved. Develops and trains team to improve results.
Core Work Activities
Ensuring Culinary Standards and Responsibilities are Met:
- Supervises the preparation and production of all hot or cold food items for buffet and a la carte menu to ensure that they are in compliance with the prescribed recipes and specifications.
- Supervises kitchen shift operations and ensures compliance with all Food & Beverage policies, standards and procedures.
- Maintains food preparation handling and correct storage standards.
- Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavor.
- Plans and manages food quantities and plating requirements for the food operation (e.g., restaurant, banquet, pastry shop).
- Communications production needs to key personnel.
- Produces production prep list.
- Assists in developing daily and seasonal menu items.
- Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and regulations (e.g., HACCP, OSHA, ASI and Health Department).
- Assists in estimating daily restaurant production needs.
- Prepares and cooks foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
- Checks the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
- Determines how food should be presented and creates decorative food displays.
Leading Kitchen Team:
- Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
- Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
- Leads shift teams while personally preparing food items and executing requests based on required specifications.
- Supervises and manages restaurant kitchen employees. Understanding employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees’ absence.
- Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Serving as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
- Ensuring and maintaining the productivity level of employees.
- Ensures employees are cross-trained to support successful daily operations.
- Ensures employees understand expectations and parameters.
- Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees and ensures employees do the same within the team.
- Assumes duties of the Sous Chef in his/her absence.
- Assists Chef in daily line up and conducts in his/her absence.
Establishing and Maintaining Kitchen Goals
- Sets and supports achievement of kitchen goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
- Developing specific guidance and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish daily kitchen operations work.
- Understands the impact of kitchen operation on the overall property financial goals and objectives and manages to achieve or exceed budgeted goals.
- Effectively investigates, reports and follows-up on employee accidents.
- Knows and implements company safety standards.
Ensuring Exceptional Customer Service:
- Provides services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
- Manages day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the customers on a daily basis.
- Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
- Sets a positive example for guest relations.
- Emphasizes guest satisfaction during all departmental meetings and focuses on continuous improvement.
- Empowers employees to provide excellent customer service.
- Handles guest problems and complaints.
- Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels.
Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities:
- Identifies the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Participates in training restaurant staff on menu items including ingredients, preparation methods and unique tastes.
- Manages employee progressive discipline procedures.
- Participates in the employee performance appraisal process, providing feedback as needed.
- Uses all available on the job training tools for employees.
- Assists as needed in the interviewing and hiring of employee team members with appropriate skills.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Provides information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Analyzes information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Attends and participates in all pertinent meetings.
Candidates Profile
Educational Qualifications and Experiences
- High School Diploma or GED; 4 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.
OR
- 2-year Degree from an accredited university in Culinary Arts, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; 2 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Job Features
Job Category | Pastry Chef |