Job title : Junior Sous Chef – Pastry
Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town
Deadline : October 20, 2024
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Primary Responsibilities Include:
- Assisting the Sous Chef in creating menu items, recipes, developing dishes and costings.
- Maintain good knowledge of cooking methods, styles and alternatives.
- Produce all necessary food for all food service operations as required and as instructed by the senior Chef.
- Ensure that allocated section is always kept clean, and all prep is completed.
- Run the shift independently and supervise staff to prescribed SOP and maintain discipline in the kitchen.
- Order, rotate and take stock of inventory.
- Pro-active ordering, maintaining minimum par levels of food for your section of the kitchen.
- Maintaining quality and quantity control in all aspects, from portion control to freshness of the product presented.
- Ensure correct stock rotation procedures are followed.
- Judging quality of raw material & providing quality finished products.
- Ensure that the production, preparation, and presentation of food are always of the highest quality.
- Ensure that the quality & quantity standards are adhered to in the section.
- Supervise and guide junior staff as required in accordance to set standards
- Estimate the daily production needs and checking the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
- Maintain full awareness of all menu items, their recipes, methods of production and presentation standards.
- Deputise in the absence of senior chefs.
- Maintain and implement preservation standards for the proper handling of all food products at the right temperature.
- Operate and maintain all department equipment and reporting of any malfunctioning.
- Ensure effective communication between staff.
- Responsible for hygiene, safety and correct use of equipment and utensils.
- Periodically check the expiry dates and proper storage of food items in the section.
- Guide and train subordinates daily to ensure high motivation and efficient working environment.
- Assess quality control and adhere to hotels service standards.
- Carry out any other duties as required by management.
- Monitoring portion and waste control to maintain profit margins.
- Ensure that all potential hazards are reported immediately and rectified.
- Be able to make recommendations for alternatives, understand and action all required dietaries and allergens as requested.
- Perform other administrative tasks as will be communicated by superiors.
- Resolve possible disputes within the kitchen and report any unresolved.
Requirements
What You Bring:
- 3-5 years’ relevant kitchen experience in a supervisory role.
- Computer literate in MS Excel, MS Word and Gmail.
- Good communication skills.
- Good knowledge of hygiene & safety standards.
- Ability to work with little supervision.
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