Our client is a fine dining Cafe Restaurant located in Port-Harcourt.  They are currently recruiting for a dynamic and versatile candidate to lead a team of enthusiastic colleagues to ensure efficiency and high productivity.

They seek to hire an experienced Head Chef to join their great team and to bring together all the ingredients for culinary success in their Restaurant. You are expected to lead the way in creating a venue of choice by delivering tasty, homely food through the leadership of the kitchen brigade. They would also love to see new ideas for revenue generation, and profitability and challenge the status quo! 

• Experienced with preparing national and continental dishes 
• Live our values of Service, Teamwork, Ambition, Responsibility, and Solutions
• Collaborate and work as part of the wider hotel management team
• Recruit, train, develop and retain chefs and kitchen personnel; create plans for the team by agreed objectives and goals in appraisals and reviews
• Responsible for stock control and achieving business gross profit margins
• Schedules and organizes regular menu taste panels for the front of house team
• Manages and meets the expectations of  relevant audits
• Review of menus and feedback to the Food and Beverage team 
• All menus are delivered to brand standards and menu specification
• Manages expectations behind the pass as well as in the outlets, driving customer and employee engagement.
• Participating in constructing daily menus with new or existing culinary creations ensuring the variety and quality of the servings
• Maintain hygiene and quality standards and follow sanitary rules
• Foster a climate of cooperation and respect between coworkers

• Minimum three years experience as a Head chef in a reputed restaurant,  or culinary-focused operation
• Advanced level certification in food safety, preferably at level 3 or higher
• Prior experience in a branded environment
• You have a broad experience of working in a dynamic environment, primarily in service industries
• You have a passion for cooking and food preparation with a focus on the quality of preparation, but also on the presentation of dishes
• You keep track of new culinary trends and know different types of cuisine
• You are familiar with food safety and the basics of HACCP
• You love working with people and are prone to teamwork
•  You have a professional approach to work and colleagues
• You actively use English and other local dialects in speech
• You have a strong focus on details
• You have strong time management skills

Deadline for submission is March 30, 2023. Interviews are on a rolling basis to this date. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Remuneration is competitive