Food Preparation: Prepare and cook a variety of dishes according to recipes, menu specifications, and dietary requirements, ensuring high quality and consistency in taste, appearance, and presentation.
Menu Planning: Collaborate with chefs or menu planners to develop menus, select ingredients, and plan meal offerings based on customer preferences, seasonal availability, and budget considerations.
Ingredient Procurement: Source and procure fresh ingredients, spices, and culinary supplies from reputable suppliers or vendors, ensuring quality, freshness, and adherence to food safety standards.
Kitchen Organization: Maintain cleanliness and organization in the kitchen area, including food storage areas, workstations, and equipment, to ensure a safe and efficient work environment.
Cooking Techniques: Utilize various cooking methods and techniques, such as grilling, sautéing, roasting, baking, and frying, to achieve desired flavors, textures, and doneness levels in cooked dishes.
Portion Control: Monitor portion sizes and serving portions to minimize food waste, control costs, and ensure consistency in portioning according to menu specifications.
Food Safety and Sanitation: Adhere to food safety and sanitation standards, including proper handling, storage, and temperature control of food items, to prevent foodborne illnesses and ensure compliance with health regulations.
Quality Control: Conduct quality checks on prepared dishes to ensure they meet established standards for taste, texture, and appearance before serving to guests.
Cleaning and Organizing: Clean kitchen equipment, surfaces, and utensils after each use.
Cleaning and Organizing: Maintain a clean and safe working environment in accordance with company policies and safety standards.
Cleaning and Organizing: Assist with the general cleaning of the kitchen, including sweeping, mopping, and organizing storage areas and other office rooms, washrooms and office premises.
Safeguarding: Read, understand, practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action
Safeguarding: Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so
