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 $32.00 / hour   -    maximum $35.00/ hour

 

Guaranteed hours of work per week:  minimum 40 hours

 

Requirements for the job:

·         At least 2 years of relevant work experience is required

·         Full time availability, able to work till midnight and during weekends

·         No criminal record

Candidates need to be NZ citizens/residents

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