Position: Chef
Job duties:
· Planning menus, creating new dishes
· Discussing food preparation issues with Director, manager and staff
· Ordering supplies and checking products to ensure the standards are met, handling and maintaining all products properly
· Ensuring all food items are stored at the right temperature and all food is used by date, may freeze and preserve food in order to ensure food quality
· Ensuring enough stock is kept for daily operation through carrying out a stocktake
· Cooking food to menu specifications in quality and quantity by using appropriate cooking techniques
· Monitoring quality of dishes at all stages of preparation and presentation with a high standard quality.
· Proper plate presentation and garnish set up for all dishes, determining how food should be presented
· Overseeing kitchen work progress, and ensuring implementation of health and safety procedures in the kitchen
· Ensuring all equipment and kitchen environments are operational and meeting standards
· Investigating customer complaints
· Controlling kitchen cost and expenses, estimating materials or labour requirements, maintaining/raising the food's profit margins for the restaurant
· Maintaining work records when necessary
· Monitoring kitchen operation and providing solutions or decisions when necessary
· Ensuring cleaning and hygiene of the kitchen facility is at a high standard by preparing cleaning schedules for fellow kitchen staff and inspecting all areas after cleaning.
· Involve in recruitment for kitchen staff by carrying out CV selection, interviews and providing staff training
· Any other duties the employer reasonably may require employee to perform
Pay rate: minimum $29.66/ hour maximum $32.00/ hour
Guaranteed hours of work per week: Minimum 30 hours
Requirements for the job:
· At least 2 years of relevant work experience is required AND
· Bachelor's degree in any fields or above
· Be physically fit
· Full time availability, always available on weekends and public holidays
· Able to do both of morning and evening shifts across a 7 days roster
· Able to follow flexible weekly timetable
· Be able to work in a team and take direction from supervisors
· Have a can-do attitude and good work ethic
· Reliable and having a positive attitude
· Have good time management skills, be well organised and capable of multitasking.
· Be able to work effectively in a team as well as individually
· No criminal record
· Candidates need to be NZ citizens/residents
