Head Cook at a Dynamic Logistics Services Company - Busy Minds Consult

Busy Minds Consult - Our client, a highly dynamic Logistics Services company in Lagos is seeking the services of an experienced candidate to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head Cook

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Train and manage kitchen personnel and monitor their roles.
• Coordinate all related culinary activities.
• Estimate food consumption and requisition or purchase food.
• Select and develop recipes as per contractual requirements.
• Standardize production recipes to ensure consistent quality.
• Plan and price menus for various functions and meals.
• Ensure proper and strict food safety and sanitation in kitchen.
• Responsible for meeting food costs via portion control process
• Responsible for hiring, discipline, performance reviews and initiating pay increases.
• Ability to manage a multi-national kitchen brigade.
• To plan and implement effective food promotion and theme nights.
• To train and develop each cook so that they can operate independently.
• Any other responsibility that may be assigned by your line manager.

Requirements

• Effective communication skill
• Analytical capacity and numerical accuracy
• Initiative and integrity
• Able to input date and use special software
• Ability to communicate with personnel of all levels
• Menu development and training skills
• Management of details
• Presentation of work
• Competent in locating discrepancies and ability to resolve.
• Competent in managing a catering multi-national facility serving a diverse clientele base from VIP to junior personnel
• Analytical capacity and accuracy
• Computer Literate
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Self-Motivated and willing to learn new processes;
• The resilience to deal with periods of work pressure and diplomacy to deal with difficult employees, customers, contactors and others in the course of their duties.
• Reliable, with the ability to maintain high levels of service
• Motivated with the ability to effectively work on own initiative
• Physical fitness and mental agility to successful function for an extended period if required.

Education and Qualifications

• Minimum of an Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Culinary arts or related field
• NVQ Professional Cookery
• Experience of HACCP.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in similar position inclusive supervising kitchen brigade
• Experience of both Nigerian and Western cuisine
• A background in catering within camp and remote sites

Application Closing Date
16th September, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] clearly indicating the "Job Title" as subject of your mail.

Note: Dates of each of your work experience should include the start month and year and stop month and year. E.g. July 2013 – May 2018.