Chef de Cuisine - voco Dubai

Job Description

At voco?, we?ve created a new hotel brand that gives people a different choice. Hotels to count on but different enough to be fun. Unstuffy hotels, where people feel comfortable to relax, and just get on with relaxing. Our new family of hotels are connected by their own sense of style and individual character ? and that?s something we make the most of. Finding the perfect mix of reliability and new experiences. Because we believe that when you respect individuality life gets interesting.At the heart of every great stay is a great host. We think the trick to hosting is to take the time to understand what your guests need, and want. So before they arrive, we find out more about them and how we can make their stay better. Whilst they are with us we give tempting recommendations of our favourite drinks or food, or tips for local experiences that they won?t find in any guidebook.We are currently recruiting for a full-time Chef de Cuisine to join our enthusiastic team at voco Dubai. As a Chef de Cuisine, you will support the section chef by preparing, presenting, storing, and serving a selection of food items. Moreover, you will be responsible for:

• Managing the sous chefs and pastry chefs guiding their oversight of the kitchen staff with a primary focus on selection, training, and supervising of daily work assignments.
• Act as a coach and mentor; manage performance by setting objectives, delivering performance reviews, providing ongoing performance feedback, and administering corrective action when needed.
• Monitor and train all staff in proper sanitation procedures. Ensure that all employees are in assigned uniforms and serve safe food.
• Oversee daily production from each kitchen department to ensure proper presentation and preparation of event guidelines.
• Conduct regular department walk-throughs and random food tastings.
• Establish proper portion sizes and controls to ensure proper amounts are being prepared for events. Oversee the creation of standard operating photos, recipes, and descriptions for all cooks.
• Attends events in the field as necessary.
• Oversee the culinary aspects of tastings, making appearances as necessary.
• Review event orders with Field Chefs to give thorough explanations of methods and presentation.
• Cook in any kitchen department as needed, taste products that are produced to ensure quality and consistency.
• Assist the Head Chef in presenting new menu items and relevant culinary information to the sales team, culinary staff, and other company properties on an ongoing basis.
• Participate in bi-weekly production meetings to confirm all kitchen details with sales and operations colleagues, making arrangements to obtain information missed if not in attendance.
• Continually monitor cleaning and maintenance of all kitchen equipment according to Blue Plate cleaning and sanitation guidelines.
• Implement the policies and practices as outlined by the Blue Plate Safety Policy.
• Make recommendations for equipment purchases and monitor equipment repairs, ensuring equipment is fixed in a safe and timely manner.
• Assist with placing food and cleaning supplies orders with vendors as needed, using order guides and purchase orders (when required) to organize all orders.
• Perform other relevant duties as required.

At voco Dubai, we look for hosts who are reliably different and contribute in the success of bringing our brand to life!Ideally, youll have a minimum of 2 years? experience in a similar role in a four or five-star hotel or comparable industry, the ability to demonstrate working with and engaging teams from different cultures, strong verbal and written communication skills along with being quality-oriented with a focus on details, high-performance standards, able to multi-task in the kitchen & meet deadlines and Committed to serving food of the highest quality.

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