Chef-Specialty Restaurant
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About the Role
Marriott International is seeking a Chef for a specialty restaurant in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The role is accountable for the quality, consistency and production of the specialty restaurant kitchen, requiring 4 years of culinary experience or a degree with 2 years experience.
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Responsibilities
- Develops, designs, or creates new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions for specialty restaurant
- Supervises specialty restaurant kitchen shift operations and ensures compliance with all Food & Beverage policies, standards and procedures
- Maintains food preparation handling and correct storage standards
- Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavor
- Plans and manages food quantities and plating requirements for the specialty restaurant
- Assists in developing daily and seasonal menu items for the specialty restaurant
- Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and regulations
- Prepares and cooks foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions
- Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation
- Leads shift teams while personally preparing food items and executing requests based on required specifications
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED; 4 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area
- OR 2 year degree from an accredited university in Culinary Arts, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; 2 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area
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JOB SUMMARY
- Accountable for the quality, consistency and production of the specialty restaurant kitchen.
- Exhibits culinary talents by personally performing tasks while leading the staff and managing all food related functions.
- Coordinates menus, purchasing, staffing and food preparation for the property's specialty restaurant.
- Works with team to improve guest and employee satisfaction while maintaining the operating budget.
- Must ensure sanitation and food standards are achieved.
- Develops and trains team to improve results.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
- High school diploma or GED; 4 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.
- OR 2 year degree from an accredited university in Culinary Arts, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; 2 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.
Setting and Ensuring Culinary Standards and Responsibilities are Met for Special
- Develops, designs, or creates new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions for specialty restaurant.
- Supervises specialty restaurant kitchen shift operations and ensures compliance with all Food & Beverage policies, standards and procedures.
- Maintains food preparation handling and correct storage standards.
- Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavor.
- Plans and manages food quantities and plating requirements for the specialty restaurant.
- Communications production needs to key personnel.
- Assists in developing daily and seasonal menu items for the specialty restaurant.
- Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
- Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products.
- Estimates daily specialty restaurant production needs.
- Prepares and cooks foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
- Checks the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
Leading Kitchen Team
- Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
- Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
- Leads shift teams while personally preparing food items and executing requests based on required specifications.
- Supervises and manages specialty restaurant kitchen employees. Managing all day to day operations. Understanding employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence.
- Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Serving as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
- Ensuring and maintaining the productivity level of employees.
- Ensures employees are cross trained to support successful daily operations.
- Ensures employees understand expectations and parameters.
- Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees and ensures employees do the same within the team.
Establishing and Maintaining Specialty Restaurant Kitchen Goals
- Sets and supports achievement of kitchen goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
- Developing specific guidance and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish daily kitchen operations work.
- Understands the impact of kitchen operation on the overall property financial goals and objectives and manages to achieve or exceed budgeted goals.
- Effectively investigates, reports and follows up on employee accidents.
- Knows and implements company safety standards.
Ensuring Exceptional Customer Service
- Provides services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
- Manages day to day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the customers on a daily basis.
- Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
- Sets a positive example for guest relations.
- Emphasizes guest satisfaction during all departmental meetings and focuses on continuous improvement.
- Empowers employees to provide excellent customer service.
- Handles guest problems and complaints.
- Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels.
Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities
- Identifies the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Participates in training specialty restaurant staff on menu items including ingredients, preparation methods and unique tastes.
- Manages employee progressive discipline procedures.
- Participates in the employee performance appraisal process, providing feedback as needed.
- Uses all available on the job training tools for employees.
- Assists as needed in the interviewing and hiring of employee team members with appropriate skills.
Additional Responsibilities
- Provides information to supervisors, co workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e mail, or in person.
- Analyzes information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Attends and participates in all pertinent meetings.
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