South Africa: Regional Chef Trainer | Luxury Safari Operator | Tanzania posted by HotelJobs

? ?? ??????????? ??????????? is assisting a leading luxury safari operator in sourcing an experienced, visionary culinary leader to oversee food standards, menu innovation, and chef development across its East African portfolio as ???????? ???? ??????? This is a high-impact regional leadership role requiring a seasoned culinary professional with strong training capability, refined presentation standards, and extensive experience in luxury lodge dining. Rotating between properties, you will elevate menu quality, presentation, bush dining, and special dietary frameworks while embedding consistency, cost awareness, and procurement alignment across the region. Working closely with lodge teams and leadership, you will ensure food strategy aligns with brand standards, guest expectations, and sustainability objectives. You will actively mentor and develop chefs, strengthening individual capability and building succession within the region, while driving accountability and continuously raising the culinary benchmark across multiple lodges. ??? ???????????????? Revise and refine menus in line with approved food styling guides and recipes Upgrade bush banqueting, guest delight concepts, and special dietary offerings Train chefs on presentation, storytelling, menu costing, kitchen controls, and waste management Maintain and update food styling standards across all lodges Rotate through properties to elevate food quality, consistency, and guest experience Align with procurement to strengthen local sourcing and supplier development Host annual regional food workshops and encourage chef exchange programmes Monitor guest feedback relating to food and beverage and implement improvements Collaborate with regional training teams on culinary development initiatives Provide input into F&B projects, budgets, and strategic food direction ???????????? Higher Diploma in Culinary Arts or related field Minimum 10+ years relevant culinary experience, including senior leadership exposure Strong background in luxury hospitality or safari lodge environments Proven ability to train, mentor, and uplift culinary teams Strong menu development, costing, and operational control knowledge Excellent communication and interpersonal skills High personal standards, integrity, and commitment to world-class service A food portfolio must be submitted with your application that clearly displays your creativity, innovation and attention to detail. All images with be checked to ensure ownership ??????? To be discussed ?????? ???? Although we appreciated all applications received, we will only reply to those candidates who have the background and experience required. Thank you for understanding.