Executive Chef at a fast growing Restaurant Group

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A fast-growing restaurant group in Lekki, Phase 1, Lagos is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: EXECUTIVE CHEF

Location: Lekki, Phase 1, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Executive Chef at a fast-growing Restaurant Group

Job Description:

We are looking for a multi-faceted, very creative & modern executive chef to lead our culinary team.

Cuisine focus: (FAST CASUAL) Nigerian food, authentic native food, gourmet burgers, small chops, Chinese, salads, etc.

The Company:

• Fast-growing restaurant group
• 180 – 250 orders per day and growing
• Open breakfast lunch and dinner 8am – 12am
• Peak periods – lunch rush, dinner rush, late-night rush (7 days a week)
• The kitchen team of approx. 35
• Located in Lekki, Phase 1
• Excellent kitchen space

The Job:

• Manage a fast-growing kitchen operation
• Quality control to ensure promptness, freshness, and quality of dishes.
• Coordinating cooks’ tasks
• Implementing hygiene policies and examining equipment for cleanliness.
• Design new recipes, plan menus and select plate presentations.
• Reviewing staffing levels to meet service, operational, and financial objectives.
• Hiring and training kitchen staff, such as cooks, food preparation workers, and dishwashers.
• Performing administrative tasks, taking stock of food and equipment supplies, and doing purchase orders.
• Setting and monitoring performance standards for staff.
• Obtaining feedback on food and service quality, and handling customer problems and complaints.
• Kitchen team management & growth
• Recipe development
• Recipe standardisation
• Menu development & pricing
• Detailed Inventory management knowledge
• Innovating kitchen processes to improve efficiency
• Ensuring preparation time is kept low
• Ensuring consistent quality across locations

Requirements:

• Modern creativity & passion
• Culinary degree
• Candidate must have at least 2-5+ years experience in an Executive Chef kitchen management capacity and excellent knowledge of current culinary trends & technology.
• Must have experience in high volume hotel business or other multi-outlet business
• Flexibility and ability to manage a multiple menu, multiple shift high volume kitchen businesses
• Must be competent in culinary creativity as demonstrated by cooking test.
• With a strong knowledge of food cost and inventories.
• Must possess the ability to handle stressful, growing operation
• Candidate must have good knowledge of computers (i.e: Excel & Word).
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills.
• The candidate must be comfortable speaking to guests and conducting meetings.
• Must have a good understanding of cost control & pricing.
• The candidate must be a leader and a mentor.

Benefits:

• Highly negotiable salary
• Benefits possible for the right person
• Opportunity to grow with the business

Application Closing Date
Not specified

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV with references to: exclusive.lettings@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.