Pastry Sous Chef
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About the Role
Marriott International is hiring a Pastry Sous Chef for Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa in Dubai. The role involves managing kitchen operations, leading culinary teams, ensuring food quality and safety, and delivering exceptional guest experiences in a luxury desert resort.
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Responsibilities
- Manage kitchen shift operations and ensure compliance with food and beverage policies
- Prepare and cook foods of all types for regular service and special events
- Develop and create new culinary applications and decorative food displays
- Supervise and coordinate activities of cooks and food preparation workers
- Maintain purchasing, receiving, and food storage standards
- Ensure compliance with food handling, sanitation, and safety regulations
- Lead shifts and personally prepare food items to required specifications
- Train and mentor kitchen associates in safety procedures and culinary skills
Requirements
- Previous culinary management experience in a luxury hotel or resort
- Strong knowledge of food safety and sanitation standards
- Ability to lead and train kitchen teams
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Basic computer skills
Full Job Posting
Overview
- Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa, is seeking a Pastry Sous Chef.
- Join a team that brings the spirit of Arabia to life, crafting unforgettable experiences in the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve.
Ensuring Culinary Standards and Responsibilities
- Manages kitchen shift operations and ensures compliance with all Food & Beverage policies, standards and procedures.
- Estimates daily production needs on a weekly basis and communicates production needs to kitchen personnel daily.
- Assists Executive Chef with all kitchen operations and preparation.
- Prepares and cooks foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
- Develops, designs, or creates new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Assists in determining how food should be presented and creates decorative food displays.
- Maintains purchasing, receiving and food storage standards.
- Ensures compliance with food handling and sanitation standards.
- Performs all duties of kitchen managers and associates as necessary.
- Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavor.
- Ensures compliance with all local, state and federal regulations.
- Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products.
Leading Kitchen Operations
- Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
- Leads shifts while personally preparing food items and executing requests based on required specifications.
- Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others.
- Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Serves as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
- Maintains the productivity level of associates.
- Ensures associates understand expectations and parameters.
- Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with associates.
- Ensures property policies are administered fairly and consistently.
- Communicates performance expectations in accordance with job descriptions.
- Recognizes success performance and produces desired results.
Ensuring Exceptional Customer Service
- Provides services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
- Manages day to day operations, ensuring quality, standards and meeting customer expectations.
- Sets a positive example for guest relations.
- Empowers associates to provide excellent customer service.
- Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels.
- Handles guest problems and complaints.
Maintaining Culinary Goals
- Achieves and exceeds goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
- Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work.
- Utilizes the Labor Management System to effectively schedule to business demands.
- Trains associates in safety procedures.
Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities
- Identifies the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve.
- Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs.
- Participates in the associate performance appraisal process, providing feedback as needed.
- Brings issues to the attention of the department manager and Human Resources as necessary.
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.
Food Safety
- Follow appropriate personal hygiene procedures to ensure food served to guests is safe for consumption.
- Follow and ensure compliance with food safety and handling policies and procedures.
- Prepare all potentially hazardous foods at the correct temperature according to HACCP guidelines.
- Maintain kitchen logs for food safety program compliance.
- Maintain up to date knowledge of company Food Safety Programs and Dubai Municipality standards.
- Follow guidelines and checklists related to PIC (Person in charge).
- Support initiatives related to food safety.
- Report any guest complaints or other issues related to food safety to the culinary management.
- Check and ensure the correctness of the temperature of appliances and food using thermostats and thermometers.
Management Competencies
- Leadership: Adaptability, Communication, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Professional Demeanour.
- Managing Execution: Building and Contributing to Teams, Driving for Results, Planning and Organizing.
- Building Relationships: Co worker Relationships, Customer Relationships, Global Mind set.
- Generating Talent and Organizational Capability: Organizational Capability, Talent Management.
- Learning and Applying Professional Expertise: Applied Learning, Business Acumen, Technical Acumen, Basic Competencies.
Benefits
- A career with limitless horizons, from Al Maha to over 8,000 Marriott hotels worldwide.
- Professional growth and mentorship guided by some of the region’s most accomplished hoteliers.
- Competitive salary and benefits, including on property accommodation and full board meals.
- Exclusive Marriott privileges, discounted stays and dining, plus special rates for friends and family.
- Comprehensive medical and life insurance coverage.
- All the tools, resources, and support you need to excel every day.
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