Speciality Head Chef (L'Artisan)

AccorHotels

Doha, Qatar

Ref: RP714-6276

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our Food & Beverage Motto To Follow Strictly

"Gracious with people, ruthless with standards & hungry for more"

Job Purpose

The position is responsible of managing daily kitchen activities, including overseeing staff, aiding with menu preparation, ensuring food quality and freshness, and monitoring ordering and stocking. Ensuring a high-quality dining experience through leadership of junior culinary team. Ensuring all hygiene, cost control systems are followed and maintain a close working relationship with F&B and other operational departments.

Grooming

Our appearance is a statement of who we are. Our grooming should create a professional image at work that is why our every team member needs to follow the grooming standards at all the time.

Reporting Lines

Key Interactions

Internally

- Food & Beverage
- Catering sales
- Engineering
- Talent & Culture
- Stewarding
- Purchasing
- Housekeeping
- Finance

Externally

- Guests
- Suppliers
- Vendor

Primary Responsibilities

- Manage daily kitchen operation, quality control & food hygiene
- Assign in detail, specific duties to all employees under your supervision & instruct them in their work, in order to manage the daily kitchen operation, quality control & food hygiene
- Ensuring creative menu planning, all recipes & product yields are accurately costed, reviewed regularly, as well as MEP is done according to recipes, portion control & waste minimization
- Efficient preparation of dishes and meals according to recipes, portion control & waste management
- Assists to analyze monthly P&L & month-end reports & sets periodical budget & forecast
- Check the taste, temperature and visual appeal of food items prepared to ensure that the quality and portion are consistent and as per specifications set out
- To work in close conjunction with the F&B manager and respective & teams, to create a yearly marketing Plan for the outlet
- Provides guidance to junior kitchen staff members, including, but not limited, to line cooking, food preparation, and dish plating
- Improve waste reduction & manage budgetary concerns
- Oversees and organizes kitchen stock and ingredients
- Supervises all food preparation & presentation to ensure quality and restaurant standards
- Responds to and handles guest problems and complaints & reports always to senior
- Make recommendations to the Executive Chef regarding succession planning
- Accuracy in recipes, cost control, ordering & stock management
- Strict adherence to purchasing procedures
- Leading by example on all hygiene requirements (safe personal hygiene and sanitary food-handling practices, labelling and FIFO/FEFO practices)
- Regular review of guest comments so that improvements can be driven in VOG
- Liaison between F & B departments and rest of hotel effective for guest experience
- To be aware of all financial budgets and goals
- Ensure that all safety, health, security and loss control policies and procedures and Government legislation are adhered to
- Prevent the use of contaminated products in any phase of food preparation and prevent colleagues who are ill or suffering from an infection from taking part in the preparation or handling of food

Team Management

- Manage & provide leadership to all subordinate such as jr. sous chef, cdp, commis as well as stewarding & ensure adherence to all company and hotel policies and procedures at all times
- Interview, select and recruit team members
- Project a positive and motivated attitude amongst all colleagues & conduct regular team meetings where active attendance is key
- Ensure positive & constructive feedback on work performance is given very regular in fair manner to encourage a positive & eager environment
- Coach and counsel employees in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies, don't hesitate to involve seniors in order for best level outcome & always keep following up on
- Identify strengths and weaknesses, take personal interest of each team mate & provide timely feedback on very regular base
- Ensure that weekly work schedules are administered in anticipation of business levels, operating budgets and service standards, furthermore that public holiday & annual leave planners are very proactive & regularly reviewed in order to avoid extensive accrual & all are file correctly as per standards set by hotel and local authorities

Other Responsibilities

- Follow guidelines provided in colleague handbook
- Set example to others on personal hygiene and cleanliness on and off duty
- Perform other reasonable duties assigned by senior
- Acquire culinary knowledge and skills to grow as a leader
- Interface the needs/requirements of other departments with the kitchen: chefs office, engineering, food & beverage, security, finance, talent & culture, stewarding and food safety hygiene
- Attend all briefings, meetings and trainings as assigned by management
- Ensure cleanliness and appearance of all kitchens and related areas
- Provide a level of safety & security for all team members whilst working

Main Complexity/Critical issues in the Job

- Practice strict control of food portioning & wastage, ensuring gross food profitability
- Ability to multi task
- Delivery of consistent high quality products with no excuse
- Assess the risk in the kitchen operations
- Knowledgeable in new culinary techniques and trends

Span of Control

Nature Amount

- Food hygiene < 3% of mishap
- Food cost Forecast vs actual ±1%
- Headcount Direct : XX employees
- Management of stock With accordance to forecast food cost

Requirements

Profile

Knowledge and Experience

- Minimum of 8 to 10 years relevant experiences in culinary management position, in Michelin Starred restaurant or similar. Such as World 50 best, 5 diamonds, Gault Millau or 3 Chef's Hats (for Australia).
- Basic & local necessary food hygiene certificates
- Relevant culinary school or college diploma, preferred
- Strong working knowledge with computer, microsoft office, procurement & requisition module
- Knowledge of labour laws and visa requirements in Doha
- Good reading, writing and oral proficiency in English language
- Ability to speak other languages & basic understanding of local languages will be an advantage

Competencies

- Strong leadership & interpersonal skills with ability to communicate with all levels of employees
- Service oriented with an eye for details, able to work well in stressful & high-pressure situations & take quick decisions
- Ability to work effectively and contribute in a team
- Good presentation and influencing skills
- Multicultural awareness and able to work with people from diverse cultures
- Flexible and able to embrace and respond to change effectively
- Ability to work independently and has good initiative under dynamic environment
- Self-motivated, energetic, team player able to reflect on to his team
- Hungry to learn and apply in operation in order to grow

Talent & Culture

The hotel reserves the right to revise all job descriptions from time to time as business needs demand. Other duties may be assigned as and when necessary. The above-mentioned job description attempts to outline key aspects of the role, however, does not limit its right to assign other duties to an employee in this position. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

About the Company

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We are much more than a world leader. We are 250,000 hoteliers with the same shared passion for welcoming. We take care of millions of guests in our 4,300 addresses and on our digital platforms. As an operator and franchisor (HotelServices), owner and investor (HotelInvest), we invest all our energy into making "Feel Welcome" resonate as the finest hotel promise.

From luxury to economy and in every corner of the globe, AccorHotels'​ more than 20 brands meet all the needs of business and leisure travelers seeking comfort, attention and high-quality services.

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Chef salaries in Qatar

Average monthly compensation
QAR 8,500

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