Chef Garde Manger
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About the Role
IHG Hotels & Resorts seeks a Chef Garde Manger in Jeddah to oversee cold kitchen production including salads, charcuterie, and buffet displays. The role involves leading the garde manger team, ensuring food safety, and innovating menu items.
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Responsibilities
- Oversee production of all cold items: salads, dressings, cold sauces, cured meats, terrines, pâtés, canapés, hors d’oeuvres and buffet/banquet displays
- Develop, standardize and execute recipes, portioning and plating for outlets, room service and events
- Plan mise en place and production schedules to meet daily service and banquet demands while ensuring product freshness and quality
- Lead, train and mentor garde manger team members; assign tasks and maintain performance standards during service
- Ensure consistent taste, texture, temperature and visual presentation across all cold items
- Maintain strict food safety, sanitation and allergen control procedures; ensure compliance with HACCP and local regulations
- Manage stock control for perishables, monitor yields, minimize waste and support food cost management and ordering processes
- Collaborate with other kitchen sections and banquet coordinators on menu planning, special events and seasonal offerings
- Innovate cold menu items and decorative displays to enhance guest experience and support revenue initiatives
Requirements
- Culinary diploma or relevant professional experience in cold kitchen/pastry/garde manger disciplines preferred
- 2–5 years’ professional experience with proven competence in garde manger/cold cookery; supervisory experience an advantage
- Strong technical skills in salads, charcuterie, curing, terrines, aspic, cold sauces and buffet/display presentation
- Solid knowledge of food safety, HACCP and required local certifications/permits
- Ability to read and scale recipes, perform basic food cost calculations and meet kitchen KPIs
- Leadership, attention to detail, creativity, and clear communication in the local language; additional languages an advantage
- Flexibility to work varied shifts including mornings, evenings, weekends and banquet events
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A little taste of your day to day
- Oversee production of all cold items: salads, dressings, cold sauces, cured meats, terrines, pâtés, canapés, hors d’oeuvres and buffet/banquet displays.
- Develop, standardize and execute recipes, portioning and plating for outlets, room service and events.
- Plan mise en place and production schedules to meet daily service and banquet demands while ensuring product freshness and quality.
- Lead, train and mentor garde manger team members; assign tasks and maintain performance standards during service.
- Ensure consistent taste, texture, temperature and visual presentation across all cold items.
- Maintain strict food safety, sanitation and allergen control procedures; ensure compliance with HACCP and local regulations.
- Manage stock control for perishables, monitor yields, minimize waste and support food cost management and ordering processes.
- Collaborate with other kitchen sections and banquet coordinators on menu planning, special events and seasonal offerings.
- Innovate cold menu items and decorative displays to enhance guest experience and support revenue initiatives.
What we need from you
- Culinary diploma or relevant professional experience in cold kitchen/pastry/garde manger disciplines preferred.
- 2–5 years’ professional experience with proven competence in garde manger/cold cookery; supervisory experience an advantage.
- Strong technical skills in salads, charcuterie, curing, terrines, aspic, cold sauces and buffet/display presentation.
- Solid knowledge of food safety, HACCP and required local certifications/permits.
- Ability to read and scale recipes, perform basic food cost calculations and meet kitchen KPIs.
- Leadership, attention to detail, creativity, and clear communication in the local language; additional languages an advantage.
- Flexibility to work varied shifts including mornings, evenings, weekends and banquet events.
What you can expect from us
- Competitive salary, benefits, full uniform, staff dining discounts and opportunities for culinary training and career progression.
- Wellbeing programs support your health, lifestyle and workplace needs.
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