Executive Souf Chef

Job description / Role

Company Description

Welcome to the award-winning five-star Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain, located adjacent to Bahrain International Airport, with a magnificent view of the sprawling lagoon and less than 10 minutes away from downtown city centre of Manama, the capital of Kingdom of Bahrain.

The hotel offers 97 luxury hotel rooms and 10 suites with state-of-art facilities and amenities. Our 5 star hotel went through a complete transformation; including restaurants and bars as well as rooms and suites.

Silk's restaurant is all day dining, offering international cuisine and theme nights. Gallery lounge is located in the high ceiling natural light glass lobby, serving French pastries, high tea and Swiss Mövenpick coffee and delights. While Xenia bar and lounge is offering exotic cocktails and bar food with live night entertainment daily. Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain is well known for its award-winning Friday Brunch.

The award-winning European Rimal spa, features 12 treatment rooms, including single treatment suites, one double female suite and two traditional Turkish hammam suites with their own steam rooms and heated wet tables. Rimal Spa is the only spa that offers non-surgical CACI Synergy machines in the Kingdom. All treatment rooms are designed to the highest standards and have private showers.

Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain is a place to experience world-class luxury hospitality, blended with Arabian tradition and a touch of Swiss that makes our guests feel at home in one of the most attractive and friendly destinations in the Gulf Region.

Job Description

The Executive Sous Chef is in charge of all activities related to the kitchen, which usually includes suggest recipes to create menus, managing kitchen staff, ordering and purchasing stock and equipment, plating design, and ensuring that all meals served in the outlets and banquet are both delicious and nutritious. He/ She will lead the staff while personally assisting in all areas of the kitchen, including food production, purchasing and kitchen sanitation.

- Lead, mentor and train the kitchen operations team
- The ability to ensure the correct preparation and presentation of a consistent level for all food items prepared
- Monitor food costs with the supervision of the Executive Chef
- Support the Executive Chef with the administrative responsibilities i.e. scheduling, payroll, expenses, etc. ensuring that all costs are place and carried out appropriately
- Supervise all methods of food preparation and cooking methods, size of portions, garnishing and presentation of food
- Coordinate and supervise the ordering of all food supplies and kitchen equipment; approves all products to meet quality standards; keeps cost accounts; and takes responsibility of food preparation areas
- Train, develop, discipline, supervise and organize all kitchen personnel on a regular basis
- Lead regular meetings with the kitchen staff as well as attend and participate in all required meetings to set expectation for the operation and heartists
- Supervise the maintenance and cleanliness of all food preparation equipment
- Supervise and monitor stewarding team
- Develop and ensure a safe working environment for people to work.\\
- Communicate with the Executive Chef on a regular basis of the activities and result of the kitchen.

- Proven knowledge of, and ability to oversee and manage our hotel banquet kitchen/restaurant operations
- Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Be able to use good judgement and work independently in a multi-task position
- Solid time-management
- Organizational and people skills
- Able to work a flexible schedule including evenings, weekends and holidays.
- Minimum 5 years cooking experience including experience
- Service focused personality is essential and previous leadership experience required
- Ability to lead by example, believe in a strong team culture and set the scene for high performance

Additional Information

Why work for Accor?

When you become one of our Heartists®, you will also be a member of the Accor group with all the benefits that brings. The ALL Heartists® program is the benefits program dedicated to Accor Heartists®. It provides employees with the opportunity to enjoy living life to its fullest throughout the year, thanks to preferential rates in hotels and exclusive discounts with a wide range of partners (travel, gourmet, wellness, shopping...).

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