Chef de Cuisine - Sofitel Riyadh

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• Maintain consistency and excellent quality in food taste, temperature, and presentation.
• Ensure the quality and cleanliness of all food presentations through very creative procedures.
• Coordinate all restaurant, banquet, and food production, as well as any special duties assigned to chefs and other staff under his/her supervision.
• Examine all setups for restaurant and banquet functions. Responsible for the proper timing during service and that the food supplied is always of the greatest quality.
• Monitor and enforce portion control established with the recipe cards and the butcher test to reduce waste and spoilage.
• Check stores and freezers to ensure proper storage and recycling of leftovers.
• Ensure excellent communication between kitchens and other areas.
• Maintain appropriate controls on purchase orders and requisitions.
• Track monthly food inventory turnover and slow-moving products.
• Ensure purchasing, receiving and all storage are efficiently handled
• Monitor staff schedules for the assigned outlets
• Conduct section / departmental meetings and staff daily briefings
• Manage staff appraisal process

• Minimum of 12 years of culinary experience, with at least 5 years at an international class hotel or large volume 5-star operations.
• In-depth culinary expertise
• Finished a globally recognised apprenticeship, culinary school, or certified training program.
• Apprenticeship or any other culinary certificate/diploma is a benefit.

Proficiency in Arabic and previous experience in Saudi Arabia are highly desirable