Chef De Cuisine
Role Overview
Lead culinary operations for an assigned specialty dining concept within an exclusive luxury destination.
The role covers menu development, preparation standards, team performance, cost control, and daily service delivery.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Lead culinary operations for an assigned specialty dining concept within an exclusive luxury destination.
The role covers menu development, preparation standards, team performance, cost control, and daily service delivery.
Culinary operations
- Lead daily operations and develop menus that reflect the concept and its culinary identity.
- Create, test, cost, and standardize recipes; ensure consistent preparation, portioning, quality, and presentation.
- Plan production for regular service, private functions, events, and special occasions.
- Supervise, schedule, brief, train, coach, and develop the culinary team.
- Maintain food-safety, hygiene, sanitation, health, fire, and workplace-safety standards; inspect work areas and equipment.
- Control food costs, portions, stock, purchasing, waste, receiving, storage, and ingredient rotation.
- Coordinate with the Executive Chef and other departments; develop supplier relationships and monitor guest feedback.
- Address dietary needs and allergies, maintain records, report equipment issues, support culinary events, and maintain confidentiality.
Qualifications and experience
- Culinary degree, diploma, or recognized professional culinary qualification.
- Significant experience as a Chef de Cuisine, Head Chef, Executive Sous Chef, or senior specialty-cuisine chef.
- Proven expertise in the relevant specialty cuisine and experience in a luxury, premium, private, corporate, lifestyle, or high-end dining environment.
- Strong knowledge of menu development, recipe costing, purchasing, inventory, food-cost control, and food-safety standards.
- Proven culinary team leadership and development experience; strong communication, organization, creativity, and decision-making skills.
- Able to manage competing priorities and work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, public holidays, and special events.
- Kitchen-management systems and Microsoft Office or comparable systems are advantageous.
About the employer and venue
The First Group Hospitality is a Dubai-headquartered hotel management company that also develops and operates hotels, residences, and restaurants.
Hotel Local Dubai is a community-centric lifestyle hotel in Jumeirah Village Triangle and part of Autograph Collection.
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