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    head chef position - Cape Town, South Africa - mPower People Solutions

    mPower People Solutions
    mPower People Solutions Cape Town, South Africa

    Found in: Talent ZA C2 - 1 week ago

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    Description

    Our Client located in Stellenbosch, is a signature fine-dining restaurant. We offer the opportunity to a highly experienced and committed individual to join our exceptional team as Head Chef and to spearhead the overall kitchen operations with a strong ability to lead a fine dining operation.

    The perfect individual is highly self-motivated, someone with a strong background relating to Fine Dine Cuisine with exceptional culinary skills, passionate about food, experienced in a sophisticated and focused kitchen environment, quality driven, a leader, and able to perform under pressure.

    Key roles and responsibilities are as follows but not limited to:

    • Menu engineering, costing, recipe design and testing, kitchen budget management
    • Strong financial and administrative competence to drive through commercial efficiencies, kitchen budgets and to ensure profitability
    • Strict stock controls and management, stock movement, rotation, ordering, supplier liaison and price negotiations
    • Excellent control of food cost, wastage and kitchen preparation
    • Ongoing staff training and development and staff recruitment
    • Ensuring the team has high standards of food hygiene and follow the rules of health and safety

    Minimum Requirements:

    • A formal Culinary Education
    • Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Head Chef, leading a highly motivated kitchen team, with a love for sophisticated dining
    • It is essential that you have experience working in a 4/5* establishment
    • Stable and solid track record with contactable references
    • International culinary experience will be advantageous
    • Knowledge of food trends local & international
    • Excellent record of kitchen management
    • Own reliable transport

    Key Skills Requirements:

    • The position requires a creative and hands-on approach to food preparation and cooking
    • Creative and passionate about the culinary industry
    • Strong operational and management skills
    • Ability to lead and manage a team of people effectively
    • Excellent interpersonal skills
    • Excellent problem-solving skills
    • Resourceful, creative and forward-thinking
    • Adaptable to change
    • Computer literate

    Remuneration Details:

    A competitive remuneration package will be offered.

    Consideration:

    Candidates, who are reside in Cape Town or Stellenbosch will have preference. We can only consider South African Citizens or applicants who hold a valid South African Permanent Residence. Applicants, who live in other provinces of South Africa still need to attend personal interviews and if requested to do any cook-offs, will do so completely at their own expense.

    We handle high volumes of applications daily and will only be able to reply, via e-mail, to candidates who have met our clients' requirements. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

    All applications submitted must contain:

    • Updated CV with contactable references
    • Tertiary Educational documents
    • Professional Written References
    • 1x Recent presentable profile photo in chef's uniform
    • X10 of your best 5-star food pictures

    How to apply:

    Email us at -

    Please Note:

    If you have not heard back from our team within 2 weeks regarding your application, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

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