Restaurant Chef Job in Nairobi Kenya

Duma Works is recruiting a Restaurant Chef for one of our clients, an inspiring Restaurant and Grill combining eclectic atmosphere with excellent dining.
 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Determine how food should be presented, and create decorative food displays.


• Determine production schedules and staff requirements necessary to ensure timely delivery of services.


• Estimate amounts and costs of required supplies, such as food and ingredients.


• Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure conformance to established standards.


• Instruct cooks and other workers in the preparation, cooking, garnishing, and presentation of food.


• Monitor sanitation practices to ensure that employees follow standards and regulations.


• Order or requisition food and other supplies needed to ensure efficient operation.


• Recruit and hire staff, including cooks and other kitchen workers.


• Analyze recipes to assign prices to menu items, based on food, labor, and overhead costs.


• Arrange for equipment purchases and repairs.


• Meet with customers to discuss menus for special occasions such as weddings, parties, and banquets.


• Meet with sales representatives in order to negotiate prices and order supplies.


• Prepare and cook foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.


• Supervise and coordinate activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.


• Collaborate with other personnel to plan and develop recipes and menus, taking into account such factors as seasonal availability of ingredients and the likely number of customers.


• Check the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.


• Check the quantity and quality of received products.


• Demonstrate new cooking techniques and equipment to staff.


• Record production and operational data on specified forms.


• Coordinate planning, budgeting, and purchasing for all the food operations within establishments such as clubs, hotels, or restaurant chains.


• Plan, direct, and supervise the food preparation and cooking activities of multiple kitchens or restaurants in an establishment such as a restaurant chain, hospital, or hotel.

Experience Requirements

• 3+ years hot kitchen experience is mandatory


• Food Production training


• Diploma Level preferably Utalli or Top Chef


• Works experience in reputable establishments no juakali restaurants

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Nairobi

How to Apply

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please send your application letter and detailed CV by email to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “1944”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. 1944, Barack Obama, 07xxxxxxxxx. 

If you don’t follow these instructions, your application will not go through

Deadline for receiving applications: 14th November 2015

N.B.* When applying to any job through Duma Works, you can expect that after you apply, you will receive a confirmation email, and then an SMS alert asking you to take a basic screening test over SMS. The SMS with the test may not arrive immediately. Please be patient. The SMS test will typically be 5-8 questions to help us understand your background. Regular SMS rates apply to the test, and if you ever have any issues with the process, please reach out to 0702093793.