Chef De Partie
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About the Role
About Calo Launched in November 2019, Calo is on a mission to make healthy easy. We provide better, faster, and more accessible ways to enjoy nutritious food through technology-.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Take full ownership of the cloud kitchen operations during the assigned shift
- Run the kitchen independently and ensure smooth end to end operations
- Lead, supervise, and manage all kitchen staff on shift
- Ensure timely preparation and dispatch of orders while maintaining Calo's quality standards
- Execute menu items consistently according to approved recipes, taste, presentation, and nutritional guidelines
- Plan daily production and workflow to meet operational demand
- Monitor food quality, freshness, portioning, and waste control
- Manage inventory, ordering, stock rotation, and storage
- Enforce strict compliance with food safety, hygiene, and sanitation regulations
- Train, coach, and evaluate kitchen staff performance
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Chef De Partie (CDP)
- Minimum of 5 years experience in hospitality within dine in, à la carte, casual dining, or high volume restaurant kitchens
- Strong background in heavy pace à la carte operations
- Culinary degree or equivalent professional kitchen experience
- Previous experience running a kitchen or leading shifts independently
- Must be currently present in KSA
- Proficient in spoken and written English
Full Job Posting
About Calo
- Launched in November 2019, Calo is on a mission to make healthy easy.
- We provide better, faster, and more accessible ways to enjoy nutritious food through technology driven kitchens.
- CALO operates high performance cloud kitchens focused on consistency, speed, and quality, delivering healthy meals at scale.
Role Overview
- We are looking for a Chef De Partie to lead CALO's on demand Kitchen operation.
- The CDP will be fully responsible for the kitchen ALACARTE during their shift and will oversee the entire cloud kitchen operation.
- This includes food production, staff supervision, inventory control, quality standards, and operational efficiency.
- This is a hands on leadership role in a single shift, high volume, fast paced cloud kitchen environment.
Main Responsibilities
- Take full ownership of the cloud kitchen operations during the assigned shift.
- Run the kitchen independently and ensure smooth end to end operations.
- Lead, supervise, and manage all kitchen staff on shift.
- Ensure timely preparation and dispatch of orders while maintaining Calo's quality standards.
- Execute menu items consistently according to approved recipes, taste, presentation, and nutritional guidelines.
- Plan daily production and workflow to meet operational demand.
- Monitor food quality, freshness, portioning, and waste control.
- Manage inventory, ordering, stock rotation, and storage.
- Enforce strict compliance with food safety, hygiene, and sanitation regulations.
- Train, coach, and evaluate kitchen staff performance.
- Communicate clearly with team members and management (Central Kitchen).
- Resolve operational issues proactively and take control of challenging situations.
Ideal Candidate Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Chef De Partie (CDP).
- Minimum of 5 years experience in hospitality within dine in, à la carte, casual dining, or high volume restaurant kitchens.
- Strong background in heavy pace à la carte operations.
- Culinary degree or equivalent professional kitchen experience.
- Previous experience running a kitchen or leading shifts independently.
- Cloud kitchen or production kitchen experience is an advantage.
- Must be currently present in KSA.
- Proficient in spoken and written English.
Knowledge & Competency
- Strong leadership with the ability to run kitchen operations independently.
- Excellent kitchen management and organizational skills.
- Ability to handle high volume production under pressure.
- Skilled in staff scheduling, task delegation, and performance monitoring.
- Strong understanding of healthy food concepts and modern kitchen practices.
- Cost awareness, inventory control, and waste reduction knowledge.
- Ability to maintain consistency, speed, and quality simultaneously.
Personality
- Confident leader with a strong sense of ownership.
- Calm, decisive, and solutions oriented under pressure.
- Clear and effective communicator.
- Professional, disciplined, and detail oriented.
- Supportive leader who motivates teams with empathy and fairness.
- Customer focused mindset, even within a delivery first operation.
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