Chef de Cuisine - Main Restaurant - Park Hyatt Kyoto

Job description

About Park Hyatt

Finding luxury in every detail, Park Hyatt hotels provide discerning, affluent business and leisure guests with elegant and luxurious accommodations. Guests of Park Hyatt hotels receive highly attentive personal service in an intimate environment. Located in several of the world's premier destinations, each Park Hyatt hotel is custom designed to combine sophistication with a distinctive regional character.

About the role

Park Hyatt Kyoto is currently seeking an experienced Chef de Cuisine who will be responsible for the efficient running of the department in line with Hyatt International's Corporate Strategies and brand standards, whilst meeting employee, guest and owner expectations. The goal of Chef de Cuisine is to manage the main restaurant. The Chef de Cuisine will take council from the Executive Chef to create, implement menu and concepts but position is designed so that individuals will work in a manner that is consistent as that of an independent owner/operator.

Responsibilities include:

· Act as senior leadership by developing and assuming key management responsibilities
· Assume the role of liaison between all dining room operations and culinary staff
· Supervise the preparation and cooking of various food items
· Develop and implement creative menu items within the restaurant concept
· Manage hourly kitchen employees through scheduling, payroll, training, coaching, evaluating and hiring
· Lead and coach the team towards achieving exceptional guest service and employee satisfaction results
· Monitor food production, ordering, cost, and quality and consistency on a daily basis
· Participate in marketing events directly related to their specific restaurant
· Exceptional standards for hygiene, health, and safety

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Qualifications

·  Minimum 3 years experience working as senior chef at similar Luxury Hotel or high end restaurant.
·  Culinary education and/or on the job training, independent restaurant experience is preferred
·  A true desire to exceed guest expectations in a fast paced customer service environment
·  In-depth skills and knowledge of all kitchen operations
·  Possess strong leadership, communication, organization and relationship skills
·  Experience with training, basic financial management and customer service
·  Proficient in general computer knowledge
·  Capable of producing a consistent product in a timely manner
·  Strong training and communication skills
·  Geographic and schedule flexibility preferred
·  Flexible mindset for cooking is essential

A career with Hyatt opens a world of opportunities. We have continually been named one of the World’s Best Multinational Workplaces.

Our values of Empathy, Creativity, Fun, Humility, Integrity and Respect are at the core of what we do. Our family atmosphere is what keeps our associates highly engaged. To get a peek into how our colleagues experience the brand, check out #InAHyattWorld, #WorldofHyatt, and Hyatt.com .

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