Chef

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 $31.00/ hour     maximum $32.00/ hour
 
Guaranteed hours of work per week:  Minimum 30 hours
 
Requirements for the job:
 
·         At least 6 months 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 start early in the morning and finish until late
·         Able to do both of morning and evening shifts across a 7 days roster
·         Able to follow flexible weekly timetable
·         Good skill in cooking Hue Royal meals and Vietnamese meals (Hue cuisine and Vietnamese cuisine)
·         Knowledge of Vietnam culture would be an advantage.
·         Good skill in cooking European cuisine as well
·         No criminal record
·         Candidates need to be NZ citizens/residents