Kitchen Supervisor at HRLeverage Africa

Location: Benin, Edo

Job Description

• As kitchen supervisor, you’ll be leading a small team of kitchen staff and overseeing the day to day running of the kitchen, including cleaning the equipment, checking supplies and rotating food stock.
• Note that part of your day may be spent working at your desk, ordering supplies and so on.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing the kitchen team.
• Making sure the kitchen is a safe and hygienic place to work.
• Organising the inventory, storage,and distribution of foodstuffs and supplies
• Helping to plan menus, apportion ingredients and use food surpluses.
• Control portion costs by working out the number of portions per foodbatch
• On rare occasions you might have to cook.
• Ensure recipes are developed and followed.
• Supervise chefs and cook to ensure food taste and looks are in conformance with recipes and standards.
• Adhere to food presentation protocols.

Qualifications

• Must have a commercial cooking experience preferably for a restaurant or hotel, a vocational training in catering will be an added advantage although not compulsory.
• Supervisory experience will be an added advantage.
• Ability to multitask.
• Creative and customer oriented.
• Computer literacy is a must.

Additional Information:

• This position best suits someone who likes to be hands on and is a stickler for detail.
• You’re going to have to get down to the nitty gritty because it’s your job to help maintain high standards of health and safety and to make sure the kitchen never runs out of ingredients.