Summary
Emirates Flight Catering is hiring a Senior Sous Chef in Dubai. The role oversees kitchen production, staff, schedules, materials and equipment, ensuring food meets airline specifications and quality requirements. Duties include monitoring recipe compliance, maintaining production sheets, coaching staff, addressing operational issues and supporting lean manufacturing practices. Applicants need a hotel management or culinary degree and at least six years of culinary experience; experience in high-volume catering and managing large teams is valued.
The posting
As published on emiratesflightcatering.com. Pulled from the employer's site and shown as they wrote it.
Responsibilities
Ensure that all assigned production staff carry out their duties in a set time frame in order to maintain continuity of work flow and to prevent any subsequent delays in operations.
Shares responsibility with ESC and deputes in his absence for compliance of all policies/ procedures/ rules/ regulations of the kitchen.
Supervise staff in the implementation process in their section, report any non-conformance. Propose solutions if it cannot be corrected immediately. Ensure that Sous chefs and Junior staff follow all developed specifications in terms of portion size, quantity and quality
Check and ensure that the dishing is correct in weight, presentation and items are prepared as per airline specifications, and food products are colour coded with dates
Manages production, processes and schedules in assigned areas in accordance to policies, regulations, specifications, recipes and requirements applying effective controls.
While handling daily operational activities find solution to problems and take corrective action before they occur and ensure that the Executive Sous Chefs are kept informed about the daily production, problems encountered and actions taken.
Manage material, staff and equipment in most effective manner to ensure on time high quality deliveries in strict adherence to all the laid down procedures.
Manage any issues, focussing on products, equipment, labour topics and material management, coach team on proactive attempt at solutions.
Conduct daily tasting panels, checks, cascades, briefings and reports as and when applicable in an organized and responsible manner
Strictly implement procedures to ensure recipe compliance at all times while actively promoting innovative ideas for cost-reduction without compromising on quality.
Address customer expectations and issues effectively and suggests long-term solutions to any anomalies or improvement ideas reported or observed.
Prepare, update and maintain production sheets including separate breakdowns for EK and other airlines for the production and assembly staff.
Understands the lean manufacturing standards established by EKFC and support the efforts on the shift to deploy and maintain the best practices that will reduce or eliminate the 7 areas of waste in operations
Qualifications
Education Qualification:
Hotel Management or Culinary degree
Work Experience:
Must have
Minimum of 6 years’ experience in the culinary field
Preferred
Knowledge and experience of food products and processes in a facility with extensive in-house production.
Excellent knowledge and understanding of all aspects of cooking in various cuisines
Experience in creating recipes, menu development and costing
Demonstrated leadership skills to efficiently manage a large multi-national workforce
Hotel Catering equivalent in 5 star facility with an excellent knowledge in all aspects of cooking and different cuisines
Previous experience in high volume a la carte and / or banqueting in a large kitchen team preferential
Skills:
Ability to provide feedback and coaching
Ability to develop himself / herself in the current role and beyond
Willingness to take on responsibility
Effective delegation skills
Problem solving and decision making ability in real time, creative and out of box thinking
Strong organizational skills, effective Training and communication skills