Chef de Cuisine - All Day Dining
Udaipur, INDIA Hotels - Restaurants
Job description
Company Description
Your Fairmont Journey Starts Here:
Are you a someone with a passion for excellence and a flair for exceptional hospitality? Fairmont Udaipur Palace invites you to embark on an unforgettable journey of luxury and join our pre-opening team.
Job Description
Responsibilities and essential job functions include, but are not limited to, the following:
· Showcasing your artistic culinary talents through your menu design
· Leading the local market restaurant industry with trend setting food offerings
· Strives to advance his/her knowledge, skills and abilities and consistently shares same with others
· Making key operating decisions that impact the F&B offering for the restaurant
· Training a team of diverse and professional Colleagues to deliver on our dining experience
· Responsible for the food culture and food safety of the restaurant
· Being a key leader in the hotel operations team
· Oversees daily Culinary operation and sets direction of the team and menu
· Works in conjunction with the PR and Marketing team to grow ADD revenues via social and other marketing campaigns
· Preparation of financial forecasts and budgets for the Restaurant team including ordering of product and scheduling of team members
· Ensuring proper inventory control and ordering practices are utilized
· Sets and oversees the goals as identified through employee engagement surveys.
· Leading initiatives to guarantee Guest Satisfaction Scores are achieved
· Training and development of culinary team members with emphasis on team leads, food presentation and preparation methods
· In conjunction with other leaders, the Chef de Cuisine will ensure the kitchen is maintained in optimum condition
· Instrumental in running a department that meets Health & Safety committee objectives
· Will support and provide direction for the menu development and implementation of menus with consideration to banquet concept, food trends, Guest Satisfaction results & food cost
· Actively involved in kitchen and department head meetings
Qualifications
· Creative, self-motivated, detail oriented and well organized
· Product and quality obsessed with good knowledge in menu engineering and design
· A team player with the ability to train, coach and motivate employees.
· Experience leading a fast paced culinary operation
· Strong leadership and communication skills
· Previous experience scheduling of a large culinary team
· Understanding of labor costs and productivity
· Versed on calculation of food cost; Experience with conducting food inventories and understanding of inventory turn-over
· Minimum 3 years in a similar role
Additional Information
Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion :
We are an inclusive company, and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.