Executive Sous Chef
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About the Role
Sheraton Grand Hotel, Dubai is hiring an Executive Sous Chef to oversee kitchen operations, manage a large brigade, and ensure high-quality food production. The role requires experience in multi-outlet kitchen operations, world cuisines, and conference & banqueting for up to 700 covers daily.
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Responsibilities
- Support all aspects of kitchen management, team training, and development
- Ensure full liaison with other kitchen team members to maintain department standards
- Maintain high levels of cleanliness in production and storage areas
- Complete daily food safety records to comply with HACCP & Sous Vide SOPs
- Supervise and maintain high level of food production, preparation, and delivery
- Effective menu planning, costing, and direction
- Manage kitchen team through rotas, training, and communication meetings
- Deputize for Chef & B / Exec Pastry in their absence
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- Experience with conference & banqueting for up to 700 covers daily
- Experience in world cuisines like European, North American, East Asian, South Asian, or Middle Eastern Arabic
- Experience managing a multi outlet kitchen operation
- Experience supervising a large brigade of chefs
- Knowledge of HACCP and Sous Vide SOPs
Full Job Posting
Position Purpose
- As a senior member of the kitchen team you are responsible for supporting all aspects of kitchen management, team training and development, team planning, food budget management, menu delivery and development, food and non food purchasing and all Health and Safety aspects related to the kitchen.
Essential Functions
- Ensure full liaison with other members of the section and the Kitchen team to maintain department standards.
- Key relationship with the Chef & B, Pastry Chef & Sous Chefs.
- Key relationship with F&B Director, Venue Managers & Banqueting Manager and all Service staff/In Room Dining and Back of House Manager.
- Key relationship with General Manager.
- When appropriate represent the Kitchen at Operations meetings, Event Order Meetings etc.
- Key relationship with the stewarding department and the stewards.
Specific Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Completion of daily required food safety records to comply with HACCP & Sous Vide SOP's
- Have experience with conference & banqueting for up to 700 covers daily.
- Ability to supervise and maintain a high level of food production, preparation and delivery throughout the kitchens.
- Be knowledgeable of classic food & modern preparation, dishes and cooking.
- Have experience in world cuisines like European, North American, East Asian, South Asian and or Middle Eastern Arabic.
- Has experience in working and or managing a multi outlet kitchen operation.
- Have experience with working with & supervising a large brigade of chefs on a daily basis.
- Knowledge of hotel policy and fire safety procedures.
- Knowledge of Kitchen based firefighting equipment.
- To maintain high standards of personal hygiene at all times.
- Effective menu planning, implantation and direction through menu engineering, costings, recipes and photography.
- Manage the kitchen team, through department rota’s, training and communication meetings.
Qualification Standards
- Have the ability to effectively communicate with other departments;
- Embrace and value operational guidelines and brand standards;
- Possess superior analytical skills;
- Have the ability to plan and prioritize in order to achieve deadlines;
- Have the awareness of maximizing the returns to all stakeholders;
- Are adaptable to the ideas of different cultures, settings and situations;
- Enjoy working in a team setting;
- Do build lasting relationships with internal and external customers;
- Have immaculate personal presentation e.g. grooming and conversational ability;
- Demonstrate effective problem solving skills and analysis of issues and trends, in order to develop and apply appropriate strategies;
- Have knowledge of hotel computer systems and other IT related applications;
- Uphold ethical business practices.
Education
- Bachelor degree required.
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