Chef at UnifiedTrust Network

Company: Tima's Kitchen LP

Location: Lagos Island / close to Lagos Island, Lagos

Role Type: Kitchen Operations / Food Production

About the Role 

Tima's Kitchen LP is a healthy African food brand focused on affordable, tasty meals, walk-in service, subscriptions, rewards, and technology-enabled customer experience. We are looking for a skilled, organised Chef who can prepare quality African meals consistently while maintaining hygiene, portion control, and kitchen discipline. 

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare healthy African meals for breakfast, lunch, dinner, walk-in customers, and subscription orders. 
• Follow approved recipes, portion sizes, food presentation standards, and daily production plans. 
• Maintain high hygiene, food safety, cleanliness, and kitchen organisation at all times.
• Support menu planning, meal prep, stock checks, and daily kitchen opening/closing routines. 
• Work with sales/kitchen assistants to ensure orders are packed, labelled, and served correctly.
• Monitor ingredients, report low stock, reduce waste, and protect company equipment. 
• Use simple digital tools for inventory, order updates, production notes, and daily reports. 
• Maintain a calm, professional, respectful attitude under pressure. 

Requirements 

• Minimum of National Diploma, catering certificate, hospitality qualification, SSCE with strong relevant experience, or equivalent training. 
• Proven experience preparing Nigerian/African meals in a restaurant, catering, food business, or commercial kitchen. 
• Must be educated, organised, hygienic, punctual, and able to follow documented processes. 
• Must be tech-savvy and comfortable using a phone, POS/order app, WhatsApp, spreadsheets, or inventory tools. 
• Must understand food safety, portion control, meal prep, and customer service standards. 
• Must live on Lagos Island or close enough to commute reliably.
• Ability to work early mornings, weekends, or flexible shifts when required.