The Africa House Hotel, part of African Hotels & Tours Company Limited, located in the heart Stone Town, overlooking the Indian Ocean is one of Zanzibar’s most famous attractions - Formally a royal residence before becoming the English Club. The 15 bedroom hotel combines classic colonial and Zanzibari décor. The world famous Sunset Bar is one of Zanzibar’s liveliest venues and Tradewinds Restaurant is the foremost dining venue in Stone Town.
The role:
As Executive Chef you’ll have overall responsibility for the hotel’s kitchen operations, directly supervise kitchen personnel with responsibility for recruiting an extremely skilled and motivated team and ensure they consistently work to the highest standards and carry out discipline and performance reviews.
You will also actively drive the food sales introducing appropriate incentives in order to increase business development.
Your main responsibilities will include:
Training and management of kitchen personnel and supervise/coordinate all related culinary activities; estimate food consumption and requisition or purchase food; select and develop recipes; standardize production recipes to ensure consistent quality; establish presentation technique and quality standards; plan and price menus; ensure proper equipment operation/maintenance and proper safety and sanitation in kitchen. The executive chef will oversee special catering events and offer culinary instruction and/or demonstrate culinary techniques.
Special qualifications
- The ability to manage in a diverse environment with focus on client and customer services is essential to success in this role.
Experience
- Previous experience with food control and labor cost, demonstration cooking, menu development, and pricing and development of culinary team.
Core competencies: Leadership, Management, Planning
What we will be looking for in you:
The Africa House Hotel is looking for a Chef with hands on approach; this is not a 9-5 position. With a first-rate commercial outlook, you’ll know how to achieve our ambitious targets for food sales – indeed, if you’re the person we’re looking for you’ll positively relish the challenge. Alongside your ambition, though, you’ll also have a clear head for figures and the experience needed to create an inspired team.
Requirements
- Graduate level or equivalent
- Minimum 5 years F&B culinary management experience
- Experience of working with a budget and financial data
- Experience of leading and motivating a team
- Excellent communication skills to include English, written and verbal
- Excellent level of numeracy and literacy and confident with POS systems
- Able to use own initiative
- Excellent planning and control skills
- Technical skills in the areas of food hygiene, food handling and other food related health and safety requirements
Reporting to: The Managing Director.
Salary: Very Competitive, plus excellent benefits for the right candidate.
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