South Africa: Senior Sous Chef (Island Resort) – Madagascar posted by Phoenix Recruitment

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Sous Chef to join our luxury private island resort in Madagascar. As a key member of our culinary team, you will be responsible for driving menu development, managing kitchen operations, and leading training initiatives to enhance the skills of local staff. If you have a passion for innovative cuisine, excellent interpersonal skills, and a commitment to delivering exceptional guest experiences, we encourage you to apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Working towards always developing and bettering the menu, including situational dinners, beach picnics, and occasion dining
• Creative situational dining
• Ensuring that rain and weather management plan is in place
• Approaching guests with a positive outlook, being customer-focused, and having excellent attention to detail
• Advising managers on new ideas for guest experiences
• Responsible for training chefs & implementing kitchen standards
• Culturally aware, patient approach to kitchen staff
• Good administration of personnel files of all kitchen staff
• Maintaining good discipline and fair treatment
• Maintaining good interaction with guests, management, & kitchen staff; inviting feedback, exchanging ideas; being suggestion-friendly and willing to share experience
• Train chefs on kitchen controls and waste management
• Train chefs on how to present the food to the guests
• Development of staff to increase their individual skills and ensure promotion when possible
• Ensuring that kitchen hygiene and standards are set high
• Good stock controls and stock rotation and forward planning skills
• Responsible for all food orders, storerooms, and fridge and deep freezes
• Left-over management
• Liaising with management and procurement to address issues with orders and refine supply chain

Requirements

• Grade 12
• A formal culinary qualification from a reputable culinary school
• At least 5 years’ experience as a Sous Chef in a 5* luxury environment
• Good interpersonal skills
• Sense of urgency
• Passionate about guest delight
• Attention to detail
• Diligence and self-motivation to meet deadlines and keep on top of your job
• Willingness/ability to share information and teach and inspire others
• Must be able to work under pressure, have attention to detail, must be accurate, customer-focused, have a positive outlook, excellent team player, committed, hardworking and eager to learn

Qualifications

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Salary & Benefits

Salary details not specified in the original job description.