Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Trains develop and motivate supervisors and culinary staff to meet and exceed established food preparation standards on a consistent basis.
2. Teaches preparation according to well-defined recipes and follows up and discusses ways of constantly improving the cuisine at the property.
3. Display exceptional leadership by providing a positive work environment, counselling employees as appropriate and demonstrating a dedicated and professional approach to management.
4. Should be able to provide direction for all day-to-day operations in the kitchen.
5. Understand employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence or determine appropriate replacement to fill gaps.
6. Provides guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
7. Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and kitchen staff.
8. He/She should advocate sound financial/business decision making, demonstrate honesty, integrity and also lead by example.
9. Provides and supports service behaviours that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
10. Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
11. Delegates as appropriate to develop supervisors and subordinates to accept responsibility and meet clearly defined goals and objectives.
12. Reviews staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs and financial objectives are met.
13. Actively involves in menu development and maintaining updated and accurate costing of all dishes prepared and sold in the Food and Beverage operation.
14. Determines how food should be presented, and create decorative food displays.
15. Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavour.
16. Ensures compliance with food handling and sanitation standards.
17. Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products.
18. Ensures all equipment in the kitchen is properly maintained and in working order.
19. Coordinates with the purchasing department for the acquisition of needed goods and services.
20. Ensure all products are prepared in a consistent manner and meet departmental appearance/quality standards.
21. Ensure proper grooming and hygiene standards for all kitchen staff.
22. Ensure proper purchasing, receiving and food storage standards in the kitchen.
23. Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on food quality, presentation and service levels.
24. Actively responds to and handles guest problems and complaints.
25. Maintain Quality levels of receiving, storage, production and presentation of food.
26. Ensure sufficient staffing levels are scheduled to accommodate business demands.
27. Follows and enforces all applicable safety procedures specified for kitchen and food servers.
28. Discuss daily food cost reports with key kitchen and F&B team members.
29. Review weekly and monthly schedules to meet forecast and budget.
30. Attend the daily morning meetings and other administrative sessions.
31. Identifies the developmental needs of kitchen staff and provide coaching, mentoring, and also helps them to improve their knowledge or skills.
32. Trains kitchen associates on the fundamentals of good cooking and excellent plate presentations. Also, interview and hire new applicants for the kitchen.
33. Frequently review finished products for quality and presentation before the orders are sent to guests.
34. Ensures disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to The College Standard and Management Policy.

Qualification and Requirements

1. Culinary school degree/diploma.
2. Past experience as a working chef.
3. Advanced knowledge of the culinary arts.
4. Perfectionism in sanitation and quality control.
5. Strong Communication and Organisational Skills.
6. Portfolio of creative, unique dishes.
7. Expert multitasking ability.
8. Great leadership and interpersonal skills.
9. Ability to run stocktaking and place orders for resupply.
10. Exemplary work ethic in a high-pressure environment.
11. Passion and pride for delighting people with food.

Please forward your CV/Resume with a cover letter to our email: jobs@thebritishcollege.edu.np